diy chain whip

davek said:

Has anyone got any experience of making their own chain whip by nailing a
length of old chain to a piece of wood? Does it work? I think I'll try it
anyway - it won't cause any damage to my lovely new cassette, right?

I don't have direct experience but a mate in Oxford had a home made chain
whip. I think he used a metal haft and he rivetted the chain on.

Colin

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 11:30:19 +0000 (UTC), in
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Quoted message said:

Has anyone got any experience of making their own chain whip by nailing a
length of old chain to a piece of wood? Does it work? I think I'll try it
anyway - it won't cause any damage to my lovely new cassette, right?

An oil filter wrench from Poundland might be easier

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davek said:

Has anyone got any experience of making their own chain whip by
nailing a length of old chain to a piece of wood? Does it work? I
think I'll try it anyway - it won't cause any damage to my lovely new
cassette, right?

Cyclestore.co.uk have a chain whip for a shade over six quid. I'd be
inclined to take the view that the risk of damage to cassette and fingers,
to say nothing of the required time to molish the thing, made that quite an
attractive deal :-)

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I tried using an oil filter wrench but found that the width of the chain was
too big to fit snuggly on my 9 speed casette.

Neil Hardman said:

I tried using an oil filter wrench but found that the width of the chain was
too big to fit snuggly on my 9 speed casette.

But presumably it's perfect for a track bike with a 1/8" sprocket, where
the usual 3/32" chain whip doesn't fit?

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Quoted message said:

Has anyone got any experience of making their own chain whip by nailing a
length of old chain to a piece of wood? Does it work? I think I'll try it
anyway - it won't cause any damage to my lovely new cassette, right?

Use a piece of steel bar the same width as the chain. Attach a long piece of
chain with one bolt for wrapping around sprockets and a short length of
chain just above it with 2 bolts.
We used to make 'em as teenagers and a few years ago I made my current one
as an Old Git 'cos I'm a tight wad.

Pete

Make one with a cycling theme, just cut the last 8 to 10 inches off a pair
of old bike forks. Rivet the end of an old piece of chain to the mudgaurd
eye and bingo!

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I tried using an oil filter wrench but found that the width of the chain was
too big to fit snuggly on my 9 speed casette.

Seven-speed rules :-)

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Zog The Undeniable said:

But presumably it's perfect for a track bike with a 1/8" sprocket,
where the usual 3/32" chain whip doesn't fit?

The one that I bought was slightly too narrow for that job (2.8mm between
inner plates, versus 2.9mm for a Campagnolo Pista 1/8" sprocket, 3.4mm for
a Wipperman track chain) - though no doubt they vary.

It's a simple job to replace the too-narrow chain with a piece of old track
chain.

James Thomson

Dave Chadderton:

Quoted message said:

Make one with a cycling theme, just cut the last 8 to 10 inches off a pair
of old bike forks. Rivet the end of an old piece of chain to the mudgaurd
eye and bingo!

Nice idea!

d.

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Quoted message said:

Cyclestore.co.uk have a chain whip for a shade over six quid. I'd be
inclined to take the view that the risk of damage to cassette and fingers,
to say nothing of the required time to molish the thing, made that quite

an

Quoted message said:

attractive deal :-)

Yebbut no "something-for-nothing" satisfaction.

Pete.