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Twisty chain

  • 12-11-2011 7:47pm
    #1
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭


    Hello all,

    Through a series of escalating mechanicals, I managed to put a twist in my chain today. I noticed the twist when the chain kept skipping whenever it passed through the derailleur. The twist seemed mainly confined to one link, and once I'd gotten a lend of a set of allen keys from a helpful passing cyclist (many thanks, Melanie the mountain biker) and twisted the link more-or-less back into place, the chain ran through the derailleur just fine.

    I was going to give it a go with a needle-nose pliers later on to make sure it's fully straightened, but is this something I should worry about, i.e. will the chain be badly weakened and snap on me next time I bring the bike out. Has anything like this ever happened to anyone else, and did it dramatically reduce the life-span of your chain?

    Many thanks,
    El T


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  • #2
    Paul Kiernan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,216 ✭✭✭Paul Kiernan


    Not sure what you mean by twisted - photo might help.

    Nonetheless, chains are cheap, balls are valuable, I'd replace the chain.

    Melanie, the mountain biker wasn't Ryan Sherlock's other half, was it? Decent of her to stop whoever it was.


  • #3
    El Tarangu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    Hi Paul,

    Many thanks for the prompt response - one link turned almost sideways. It's difficult to spot when I look at it now, so I'm not really able to photograph it adequately enough to illustrate the problem.

    Re: Mrs. Ryan Sherlock - I couldn't tell you, I wouldn't know.

    Cheers for the advice, fella.


  • #4
    Crow92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Crow92


    Twisting it back might help but the chain at that link will of been weakened.

    If you have a length of the same width chain and a chainbreaker you could replace the twisted link (maybe the ones immediately before and after If there's any twist on them too). If it's just the one link then a sram powerlink could do you.


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