What chain links to repair a chain ?

[Dodsy]

Hoping someone can help as I'm not very clued up on Bikes. My Sons chain has snapped , one of the links has sheared in 2. I have ordered a chain link tool but which links do I need to buy ? They seem to just be 8, 9 or 10 speed links , so do I just need to know the number of gears then order the appropriate links ? Does it make a difference ?

Is it that simple ?

I am going to just remove the broken link and rejoin the chain as a temporary solution.

[BOBTEE]

You could use one of these to rejoin the chain, http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/sram-powerlink-...

If the chain is fecked, which if it's snapped, it probably is, just buy a whole new chain, trim it to the length of the old one, rejoin with a power link as above

You need to match the chain to the number of gears on the cassette, more gears = narrower chain.

[Engineer1]

KMC links are nice depending on if you are road or MTB you may want to consider how difficult conecting the chain is I found some designs harder to get to link than others.

[Gren]

Always use KMC missing links on my MTBs. They are different depending on which gears you have sram/shimano use one sort and I think Campag another. You also need different ones depending on how many gears you have - 8,9 or 10.

Easy to put on, bit of a bugger to get off without the special tool.

[bbc]

Gren said:

Easy to put on, bit of a bugger to get off without the special tool.

I use KMC too, they're excellent, but without a special tool they really are a bugger to get off. The KMC tool is about £9 from CRC, however, these work just as well: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-Series-08675-Wire-S...

[anonymous-user]

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/wippermann-connex-chain-li...

Forget all the other links, they are ste compared to wippermann IME. No matter how nasty the chain gets you can always unclip the chain by hand with no fuss. I hate the KMC links with a passion.

[bert11]

the KMC ones are a pain to undo, but I shied away from the Wippermann ones as they looked cheap

[47p2]

For the cost of a new chain it's not worth trying to repair on old broken one

[Dodsy]

Thanks for all the replies, I'll probably go with the easy to use links and see how it goes . Never knew they existed.

[anonymous-user]

bert11 said:

the KMC ones are a pain to undo, but I shied away from the Wippermann ones as they looked cheap

I'd say they were higher quality than most of the chains I have bought

[Engineer1]

47p2 said:

For the cost of a new chain it's not worth trying to repair on old broken one

Depends on if you are a roady and can get home easily or a mountainbiker who needs to fix the chain so they can get off the trails without walking or carrying the bike. I'm much happier using a repair link trailside then fiting a new chain.