I once again come to the cycling community for sound advice, direction, and a chance to be made fun of (which is just fine by me).
Ok, I was riding today and for the very first time, I broke my chain. I thought "No problem, I have a chain tool, I'll be out of here in no time." So I thought. Here is the dilemma that I was up against. Once you take out the link rivet from the link, how the heck do you get it to stay in place so you can get the chain tool cranked down on it? I had two of my friends trying with two little twigs to hold it up while I tryed to crank down the chain tool. We could never get it lined up properly so I could get the chain tool on the rivet. Was there something that I was missing??? Any fun filled advice would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Do share.
Oh, after about 40 minutes of wrestling with it and trying to carefully balance the rivet on the chain while cranking down on the chain tool, I was able to fix the chain and ride back to the car. I also need a new chain that has a master link in it. My current chain that came with the bike did not have a master link.
Thanks in advance
Ride On!
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Ok, I was riding today and for the very first time, I broke my chain. I thought "No problem, I have a chain tool, I'll be out of here in no time." So I thought. Here is the dilemma that I was up against. Once you take out the link rivet from the link, how the heck do you get it to stay in place so you can get the chain tool cranked down on it? I had two of my friends trying with two little twigs to hold it up while I tryed to crank down the chain tool. We could never get it lined up properly so I could get the chain tool on the rivet. Was there something that I was missing??? Any fun filled advice would be greatly appreciated. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Do share.
Oh, after about 40 minutes of wrestling with it and trying to carefully balance the rivet on the chain while cranking down on the chain tool, I was able to fix the chain and ride back to the car. I also need a new chain that has a master link in it. My current chain that came with the bike did not have a master link.
Thanks in advance
Ride On!
Rubber Side Down