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Don’t be afraid…follow the man with the ripped hoody-sweatshirt into the dark, dingy basement, where The Clash is blaring on the eight track player, and he’ll show you how to first, un-install a Sram 10 speed chain (without breaking it!) and then install a white, yes white Taya 10 speed chain.
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Great post Tom, as always. Buuut how about the right tool for that job? http://www.parktool.com/product/master-link-pliers
HA! he sized the chain too short!
please just get a set of these and enjoy
http://www.parktool.com/product/master-link-pliers
Dude. Good music.
Also, this: http://www.parktool.com/product/master-link-pliers
works brilliantly on the stupid 10-speed Powerlock and is super cheap.
Or you could replace it with a Connex link and be done with it, which is really the best solution.
pity you added music to the movie… now we can’t see it in europe
It wouldn’t be a “hack” if you used the right tool for the job now would it? MacGyver is spinning in his grave.
You gotta remember – not everyone is as up on his stuff as you guys are.
(And not everyone has specific tools for the job that get used twice a year.)
BUT almost anyone who owns more than five tools has a pair of channel locks.
We’d been removing 10 speed powelinks this way for a while at the shop before the Park tool came along. When we saw it our reaction was “meh, who needs it?”
I just wanted to share my way of doing it, because there doesn’t actually seem to be a lot of good info out there (during a quick Google search) on the subject.
Thanks for reading.
- t
I used to do this all the time, UNTIL it slipped and snapped my finger hard! Use the right tool, or face the risks!
crusty wench- that’s “Race Length”.
Splendid,many thank’s.