Re: [CR]Chain tool?

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

In-Reply-To: <8C873CFE326AADB-1AE0-4DFE@FWM-M36.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8C873CFE326AADB-1AE0-4DFE@FWM-M36.sysops.aol.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:20:13 -0400
To: rmikkelsen@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Chain tool?


An anonymous AOLer wrote:
>I'm retiring the 5-speed freewheel on my late-70s Chris Kvale bike
>and switching to a Suntour Ultra 6-speed Winner freewheel. I got a
>SRAM PC-68 chain with it. The chain instuctions refer to a
>proprietary chain tool for the PC-68. Do I really need that?

Nope.
>I tried removing a link with the standard chain tool I have used for
>my five-speed chains, and it seemed to have pinched the remaining
>link in the process -- it pivots stiffly now. Any advice?

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html#stifflink

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