How To Fix A Broken Bike Chain | Jon's Easy Roadside Repairs

Snapping a bike chain on a ride doesn't have to mean the end of your cycle. Jon shows you how to repair a chain at the side of a road using a quick link and multi-tool.

Do you carry a quick link when you ride?

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[gcntech]

Do you carry a quick link when you ride?

[richardpolidore]

the underrated accessory for bike bags are latex gloves.

[rachaelholmes]

My first reaction - Jon on a bike! Or rather in Lycra!
Not quite sure how I feel about this...

[loverboy]

I don't comment on these, but your statement of quick link being underrated is truly underrated Mr. Cannings! After suffering a bad chain drop and bending links I had to remove the bent part of the chain and "reuse" the internal joining pin to get me home. ALWAYS carry an 11s chain link now, after all they're tiny and fit inside my topeak survival box!

[markusmencke]

If do the repair on the upper part of the chain between cassette and front chainring, or pedal backwards to place the not-yet-fully-closed quick link there, all you need to do is pull the rear brake and step - lightly - on the pedal to close it. I once nearly cut myself trying to close it by pulling on the chain.
Oh, and I had one of those breaks ending up with two inner links (at least I could remove the remains of the outer without tools) - but had no quick link with me, and no pin. (Back on the bike after about 15 years of
Now it is a Just like a credit card.

[kemikade]

“You won’t be the first person to ride along making loads of noise from the rear end” - me after too many gels

[phillipsturgill]

Hey my man I did get a spot of luck and had the chain snap on the sweet spot..I LOVE how you have the person filming your video zoom super close and you slow it down..nice to find a video you can see what's actually being taught! Keep up the damn good work and thank you

[theredneckbiker]

I love watching these easy to follow videos it helps me so much and I feel more
Confident in repairing and taking care of my bike thanks Gcn

[pulafun]

Thumbs up with an oily thumb plus index finger oily - no hand double was used during making this video

[pibba]

Happened to me last week. Matching innies...luckily I was 100 meters from home. Quick chain break in the garage and I was back in business. Great vid Jon!

[jerrygundecker]

Excellent video. Thank you. I had never seen that exact multitool before. Thanx again.

[TheFroztv]

while on a 70km ride, a month ago, i broke my chain in the middle on nowhere i was happy to have taken with me a chain tool and a quick link !! saved my ride back home

[chazpilks]

Thanks for these roadside videos, good tips. How often would you recommend using a reusable quick link? I wax my chain and therefore use one of these more than once. Thanks

[sudduthjonathan]

Thanks fir the video. Simple and straightforward to understand!

[PaulElliott]

Broke a chain going up a 10% climb but didn't have a chain tool but I did have a quick link 🤦‍♂️ and had to walk 10k back to the car, not ideal, always carry a chain breaker and quick link now 👌

[donball]

Great tip and demo Jon. Now to get myself a quick link and multi-tool with chain breaker

[bernym]

Well explained and shot video. Thanks.

[jen]

it's... " BICYCLE REPAIR !!! "


thank you, Monty !

[MrLuigi-oigm]

An even more important bit of kit to always carry on a ride is a disposable pair of latex (or latex substitute) gloves. 🚴🏽‍♂️

[davidturnbull]

Perfect, I've increased the distances on my rides and wondered what i would do if my chain broke. I now know what i need and how to fix it.