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Originally Posted by Tony P
I think carrying such a tool is an extravagant use of available space/weight.
A basic drift/punch, pliers and mole-grip are far more useful and already carried. Plus a few heavy rocks on the track side, as both hammer and anvil.
They did the trick for us in deepest Siberia when a chain snapped which we repaired with a couple of 'soft' links. That got us to a workshop several weeks later!
Biggest difficulty was the hungry mosquitos and no chain tool can deal with them.
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A chain tool would have avoided having to get you to a mechanic!
You could have done a permanent repair, and rocks tend to be a bit sparse in some places.
There are some nice light weight chain tools out there.
Motion pro do an ace one. zenoverland.com sell em.
As a mechanic I've seen many a thing "hammered" into a "will get you by" situation where a proper repair was a tool away and would have, well, repaired it!
A chain tool is such a thing
You hammer something, it distorts!
Although, in some cases, a variable pressure applicator does have it's uses!
But, each to their own!
There's lot's of "over loaded with useless stuff" bikes out there.
Just an opinion.
All the best bud.
Dave.
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