Albert 50 said:I have used them many times & reused the single use only ones.
The only problem I do have is using them on shimano 10 speed chains. The quicklink says only use on a 6.2mm chain. I don't actually know what a shimano 10s width is but the link is definitely wider than the chain. I have observed the pin in the link clip the teeth of the cassette when I spin the cranks by hand & I assume it does it when I'm riding as well.
I've never had a failure under load with either the SRM or Wipperman quick link. But last weekend at the start line of a road race I backpedaled to roll my left foot to the high side and my Wipperman 10 speed chain with quick link disconnected, the entire chain fell to the ground. With less than 2 minutes to the start I jumped off, rethreaded the chain and reconnected the link. Nothing was damaged but I stood up hard on the pedals 3 or 4 times with the brakes locked before trusting the chain. No problems during the race or since but I'm still replacing the chain and link with the SRM and its one time use quick link. That was just too spooky to have a chain disconnect at the quick link just because I backpedaled. The chain had been on the bike ~ 6 months with no issues and everything looks fine but it's clear that a link that can be disconnected by hand can also disconnect under unusual loading and I don't want that to happen again.Peter@vecchios said:Wipperman makes a narrow quick link for all current 10s chains, which are all 5.9mm. You can use a 6.2mm onna 5.9mm chain but it's best to use a narrower one. When 10s first happened many used a Sram gold 9s link on the chains w/o problem(6.5mm link).
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