im in the woods without any tools (no clue how to use chain tools at this point anyways 😭). what does a noob do as a quick fix? bike is a 42×17 single speed conversion, got it 2nd hand about a month ago
by antwwon
im in the woods without any tools (no clue how to use chain tools at this point anyways 😭). what does a noob do as a quick fix? bike is a 42×17 single speed conversion, got it 2nd hand about a month ago
by antwwon
8 Comments
A chain tool is the only way to fix.
I’d put the chain in your pack and try to get home as best you can.
A small multitool with a chain tool is a great thing to carry.
Do the walk of shame home and then go to the bike shop or go online and get a new one and at the same time Google how a chain de-linker works
Looks like the outer plates weren’t completely seated around the pin, which usually happens after incorrectly using a chain tool.
Unfortunately the quickest fix is to start walking your way out of the woods and calling an uber/lyft once you get to a road.
That chain isn’t going back together.
Since you are desperate you could try to force the link back over the pin and try pounding the pin back in with a rock or something. Good chance it breaks once you actually try to pedal though.
Keep in mind that cog looks pretty worn out too so a new chain might now mesh that well
are you ok? my balls where blue the last time i have had this happen.
only decent fix is a chain tool. potato fix is a steel wire. plyers can be possible, but you can’t push more then lets say … 20 watts of power? not really possible.
i now carry a chaintool to work.
Is there a piece missing? it looks like someone put the chain together a half a link short as both ends have outer plates, one somehow becomes an inner plate, with a roller, but it isn’t a true inner plate.
Someone Macgyvered this pretty negligently, if not criminally, by joining two outside links together. If you ever make it out of the woods, I’d see the previous owner and have a word.