There is a short video on the park tool web site showing how the pliers work.
http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=5&item=MLP%2D1 Thanks for the recommendation Jim, I'm going to get a pair. Angus On Aug 10, 12:03 pm, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > Rob (and others): > If you are dead-set on using a chain tool, I think you are inviting a > potentially painful and injurious mishap, but suit yourself. Safety > and chain-damage concerns aside, using a chain tool is simply more > difficult and more time-consuming. The Park chain link pliers are > about $15 and well worth it - they require none of the complicated > squeezing/lubing/twisting/turning procedures. Find the quick-link, > apply the pliers, DONE! > > It's always better, my opinion of course, to use the correct tool for > the job than to fumble about with the wrong tool, cause yourself a > bunch of frustration, and then screw something up. My employees and I > take off chains every day. We use the chain link pliers for all chain- > removals, and use traditional chain tools only to shorten new chains, > or when working on antiques and department store bikes on which we are > not replacing the chain with something decent/modern. > > If you are in doubt, visit your LBS when they aren't too busy and ask > for a demonstration of this tool (Park MLP-1). Everybody who works on > bikes that have modern chains should own one, provided they have an > extra $15 to spend. > > On Aug 8, 3:58 pm, rob markwardt <robmar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > So in summary...I need to bag tie links together to make a U, > > lubricate with liquid wrench, use a special tool, and squeeze links > > together while turning perpendicular...gimme that chain tool!- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
