Chain splitters. Recommend a strong one

My £4 chain tool is dead. Using it this evening it just bent itself and did nothing to move the pin in the chain.

So I need a decent, strong chain tool that'll work even with wide chains like the one below.

Recommend a good one?

^That's the goldie lookin' chain it'll be splitting (amongst others).^

i've got one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUPER-B-CHAIN-LINK-REMOVER-SPLITTER-EXTRACTOR-TOOL_W0QQitemZ120389047922QQcmdZViewItem
and it's held up against a shadow half link chain which break most chain splitters

can only be the one

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/etc/etc.htm

This one from park is great, super stiff, and it comes in a specific 1/8" size (CT-7 i think, also fits massive 3/16" chains). I use it in the workshop nearly every day and i've had it for fookin ages!

Thank you guys.

I'll be limited to what I can find in an hour tomorrow, but it's good to know decent ones exist and what to look for.

Mine is super-hardcore, does 3/32 and 1/8... That Park jobby is also super-cute tho', quite possibly mega-hardcore*...
*#1 hardcore status...

i got one of these

had it about 15 years, small handles but still has broken/fixed ever chain in that time.(1/8, 3/32) etfuckinC

^ I've got the adidas® version of that... It's awesome, kidz... Buy two, if you can...

This one from park is great, super stiff, and it comes in a specific 1/8" size (CT-7 i think, also fits massive 3/16" chains). I use it in the workshop nearly every day and i've had it for fookin ages!
i've broken 2 cheapos', then even broke the pin on one of these (at least they are replaceable). stupid 3/16 anti grind chains

can only be the one

http://www.hubjub.co.uk/etc/etc.htm

I second this.

I third it

+4

I too am after one of these.

Thanks for the advice. Hubjub seems to have so much useful stuff!

Incidentially,

Can anyone tell me the difference it makes to having the wheel set as far back as it can go, as opposed to as far forward as it can be?

Incidentially,

Can anyone tell me the difference it makes to having the wheel set as far back as it can go, as opposed to as far forward as it can be?

In therory having it tucked in as far forward as can be would maximise stiffness and response of the bike, and having it hanging out the back would be more comfortable. In practice unless you've got 4" long dropouts it don't matter much.

If you've got an expensive track frame with tight clearances, getting it as far forward as can be maximises the "crikey" factor down the pub.

This one from park is great, super stiff, and it comes in a specific 1/8" size (CT-7 i think, also fits massive 3/16" chains). I use it in the workshop nearly every day and i've had it for fookin ages!

+1 for that bad boy, i've had mine for 4-5 years, absolutely bullet proof, lasts forever, think I bent like one pin on it thats it.

Is that this one? Looks the same except for the colour on the handle.

Didnt really want to spend that much...

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13233

Poor michel, the one from hub-jub is cheaper.red handle, not blue

Paul-Michael why you want to make your life difficult???

Is that this one? Looks the same except for the colour on the handle.

Didnt really want to spend that much...

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=13233

No that's the CT-3 (for derailer chains). The CT-7 is the one for 1/8th chains.

I bought a £15 Park Tools model as that's all I could get in limited time today. It's another fairly shit chain tool that's bending already :P

It seems to be the re-linking rather than the splitting that these tools fail on. I'll order the Hubjub model before long and hopefully that'l hold the chain solid enough.

This one from park is great, super stiff, and it comes in a specific 1/8" size (CT-7 i think, also fits massive 3/16" chains). I use it in the workshop nearly every day and i've had it for fookin ages!

I bust one of these yesterday.

Spare pins available, but not so tough.

At least they take hefty chains.

you don't need a strong one you just need to use it properly !!

;-)

I use the LifeLine one from Wiggle. It has done the Shadow Interlock II a couple of times and is still going. Not bad considering Will's comments about these chains: "We originally bought in the Cracker when we discovered the Interlock chain's tendency to giggle nastily at Park tools and Topeaks and the like."

you don't need a strong one you just need to use it properly !!

;-)

damn, straight