Uniglide chain replacement needed

beets-<< Need something modern that will work with my uniglide 6 speed
cassette. Have
no idea what the criteria for compatibility are. Any suggestions? >><BR><BR>

Sram PC-48....

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

"Misterbeets" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Hi,

Need something modern that will work with my uniglide 6 speed cassette. Have
no idea what the criteria for compatibility are. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Joe Beets

Virtually anything cheap will work fine. You should probably avoid
9-speed chains.

I have a bike with a 6-speed Uniglide freewheel- not a cassette- and
it works fine with a Sachs PC-48 chain.

Jeff

Thanks. I'm adding it to my Nashbar cart.

I see the SRAM comes with a special link. Does this mean I need to buy a
$15-30 Park chain tool to remove the UG, never to use it again?

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"Misterbeets" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Quoted message said:

Hi,

Need something modern that will work with my uniglide 6 speed cassette.

Have

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

no idea what the criteria for compatibility are. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Joe Beets

Virtually anything cheap will work fine. You should probably avoid
9-speed chains.

I have a bike with a 6-speed Uniglide freewheel- not a cassette- and
it works fine with a Sachs PC-48 chain.

Jeff

beets-<< I see the SRAM comes with a special link. Does this mean I need to buy
a
$15-30 Park chain tool to remove the UG, never to use it again? >><BR><BR>

Any inexpensive chaintool, also to be used to shorten the Sram chain. Like a
Rivoli, for about $6.

Peter Chisholm
Vecchio's Bicicletteria
1833 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO, 80302
(303)440-3535
http://www.vecchios.com
"Ruote convenzionali costruite eccezionalmente bene"

Misterbeets said:

I see the SRAM comes with a special link. Does this mean I need to buy a
$15-30 Park chain tool to remove the UG, never to use it again?

I've used a hammer and nail to drive out chain pins. Or, a hacksaw
should get the old chain off with only a little trouble.

"Misterbeets" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Thanks. I'm adding it to my Nashbar cart.

I see the SRAM comes with a special link. Does this mean I need to buy a
$15-30 Park chain tool to remove the UG, never to use it again?

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No.

If I read right this chain is scrap.

You don't need to buy any tool to remove the chain - a hammer and a
flattened nail can be used to punch out a rivet (not so easy in
reverse).

A chain tool is a useful item, but you don't need an expensive one.
Any chain tool will remove your uniglide chain (but UG specific tools
will do it without damage to the side plates).

Andrew Webster

dianne_1234 wrote in message ...

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I've used a hammer and nail to drive out chain pins. Or, a hacksaw
should get the old chain off with only a little trouble.

Used bricks are cheaper than hammers. Oh how I don't long for those junior
mechanic days of skinned knuckles and gashed thumbs with red splattered
paint jobs.
TJ

Misterbeets said:

Thanks. I'm adding it to my Nashbar cart.

I see the SRAM comes with a special link. Does this mean I need to buy a
$15-30 Park chain tool to remove the UG, never to use it again?

You could borrow someone else's, or use a punch and a hammer.

BUT unless you have a touring bike or MTB, which tend to use a "whole"
new chain, you'll need a chain tool to shorten the new one anyway.