5MV-QL – Quick Link: Assembly Failure
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In this video I discuss a chain quick-link failure that I recently experienced. The root of the failure seems to be an assembly error.
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About the 5MV channel
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My name is Terry and I love cycling. I have named my channel “Five Minute Velo” (5MV). I have called it 5MV because the videos I upload will (mostly) last no longer than five minutes. Each video will cover just one subject that is described in the title. Although the channel is mainly about cycling on the road, I will also cover some light (gravel) off road riding, cycle touring and ebiking. No matter what, much of the advice will be pertinent to many branches of the sport/pastime.
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5 Comments
Do you re-use them – if so how many times?
I had one fail recently on a tandem. I didn't find the broken link so don't know why it failed ( cheap Amazon quick link or reused to many times because I wax the chain). I managed to fit a spare by the side of the road, so we weren't stranded.
Well to be honest the link didn`t fail, you failed to fit it properly
Quick Link: ASSEMBLY Failure should be the title, no? Can't blame it on KMC.
calling it missing link may be self-fulfulling prohecy but only if assembled in a hurry. joking aside i usually assemble it on the bottom part, pedal forwards about a turn to put it between the chainring and the cassette, give it a push by hand to click in position. i may get into the habit of after putting some force into the pedal by hand to click the link halves into each-other, also give a bit of a tactile check by touching both sides while i still know where the quicklink is. maybe. anyway i've never seen one fail (only used sram, but now almost 2 decades) and this video is certainly interesting