chain tools? recommendions needed!

[manimal]

so I'm looking to buy a new chain tool.. the old ones i had weren't very good and I've lost them, or they were permanently borrowed by other riders.

I want something that will be able to easily break a Shadow Conspiracy Interlock V2 chain. I went to my LBS today and they told me that whatever they could get in wasn't very good, and they use a motorcycle tool for those.

Is this true? or will something less intense do the trick? What do you folks use/recommend.

It seems like I'll have to get one over the net anyhow, and I have all night of stayin up on the graveyard shift to do so...

:sadwavey:

[manimal]

well since no one replied.. I went and found a canadian shop that had a Park CT-7.. so its ordered..

says its for the extra wide BMX chains.. hope it works..

[reine]

The big Park tools can handle a Wipperman grindchain so I bet it will do your shadow chain no problems! =) That's the only proper chain tool avalible I believe.

[manimal]

yea, thats what I was looking for earlier today.. but they showed me some heavy duty ones they had for wippermans and such, but they didn't have names or tell me where to get them.

so I figured I'd ask on here see what folks are using. Search didnt lead to me to any results really.. so the CT-7 it was.. too bad it'll take 3-5 days!

[xALmoN]

I'd stick with the parktool ones..

[manimal]

feelin good about ordering it then.. it looks heavy duty enough, and fits the wide chains..

[free_rideman]

Plus if it brakes, you will get a new one.

[Tanner]

The ct-7 will handle it no problem. We broke shadow chains all the time back at the shop with the standard chain tool. Took longer, but park tools FTW!

[Acolyte]

Yep, using one right now on Shadow, a connex, and a 710.

Only problem with park's chainbreakers is if you screw up occasionally like me, you bend the pin from time to time. $2 fix though. Of course if you pay attention, you never have this problem.