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13-04.-2008, 01:11 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
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'quick link' on your race chain?
do you trust the new breed of master links to keep your chain together?
mtn. ? road ? racing ? the missing link from KMC is one such product... i believe there are many versions now on the market. all's'miles curby |
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13-04.-2008, 05:32 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: 'quick link' on your race chain?
Yeah - cyclocross.
I have been thinking about putting one on my road bike but just not 100% sure I trust them. rob |
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13-04.-2008, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dutchess County, NY
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Re: 'quick link' on your race chain?
I took a Park Tool Repair class and the guy who was running it spoke very highly of the KMC missing link. He went to a trade show and the KMC rep was there with a bike that was put together with a chain of nothing but missing links. He said he got on the bike and hammered it for a bit with no failure. For what it's worth I'm using the missing link on my Cervelo and have had pretty good luck with it. The cool thing about it is that you don't need any tools to put it on the bike (aside from a chain breaker to get the damaged link off) so if your chain breaks on the road it could get you going pretty quickly. Good luck.
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14-04.-2008, 11:42 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: 'quick link' on your race chain?
I've used 3 or 4 different models and have had no problems, except for one which interfered with front shifting when installed "upside down". Even the "single use" ones can easily be clicked open with a multigrip and reused (although I would only reuse them on the same chain, as they wear too).
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19-04.-2008, 09:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Central Coast NSW Australia
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Re: 'quick link' on your race chain?
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. |
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19-04.-2008, 10:42 PM
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Re: 'quick link' on your race chain?
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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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20-04.-2008, 07:17 AM
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Re: 'quick link' on your race chain?
Quote:
-Dave |
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