Good, cheap bike mechanic

Anyone know a good bike mechanic that will do good work?

Need some work done after the chain was thrown into the crank yesterday & managed to wrap itself around the crank & jam. Lucky for me I was riding the trainer & not out on the road.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Sandercock on July 2, 2012 at 15:23

Sometimes a trusty screw driver can be used to lever the chain ring away from the frame so the chain can be pulled out...

Permalink Reply by David Southern on July 3, 2012 at 0:01

You may also be able to disassemble the chainwheels from the spider without removing the crank, get the chain out, and reassemble the crankset, as per Tim B's suggestion.

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Permalink Reply by Tim B on July 2, 2012 at 15:34
Its hard to tell exactly from the pic, but with a bit of wiggling I reckon you can get it untangled or at worst, should only have to take the chain rings off with an allen key. Shouldnt need to take the whole crank off....
Permalink Reply by Steven Ellison on July 2, 2012 at 17:09

I agree with Tim, at the worst you should only need to take the chain rings off! The chain does not appear to be stuck between the frame and the spider just itself and the chainring. The reason for the problem in the first place is another matter. It sounds like you could have over-streatched your cable, maybe its frayed and with less strands is more prone to stretching or the clamp on the derailure was not tight enough and when you have forced it through it pulled through the clamp! Im not a mechanic but that's what it appears to be to me!

I live close and could give you a hand if you like!

Permalink Reply by Martin Turner on July 2, 2012 at 17:31

+1 the chain rings should come off.

Permalink Reply by rossmg on July 2, 2012 at 16:03

I've had a similar chain mishap. Basically I just grabbed the chain with my hands and wiggled and jiggled until it popped free. The chain can be pretty tightly jammed in such a place though. A crank extraction tool is not very expensive and pretty easy to use - give it a go!

Permalink Reply by Frank on July 2, 2012 at 16:41

Good and cheap!

I know a good one, BMCR on Waymouth st.

Cheap, put the bike up-side down and wriggle chain and perhaps a couple of nudges from persuasion tool of appropriate size should do the trick.

Permalink Reply by Konadog on July 3, 2012 at 1:43

Get a chain break tool (their cheap) and take the chain apart, unwrap it and put it back together - 10 - 15 mins max. 

Permalink Reply by Don (Who's lost?) Nairn on July 3, 2012 at 4:11

Before you break the chain check for a joining link.

Permalink Reply by Troy Collett on July 3, 2012 at 13:11

tried again last night & chain wont wriggle free so looks like the chain rings have to come off

Permalink Reply by Paul on July 3, 2012 at 14:15

Troy, looking at the photo you posted, I think taking the chain ring off is more work than taking the crank off: on a 105 chainring with a wedge crank fitting as in the photo, it is 5 bolts to take of the chainring, vs 1 bolt and the crank extractor, which is less likely to be under as much stress (due to the thread size and the crank dimensions compared with those of the chainring itself) so you're less likely to strip the thread on the crank by using the extractor than you are on the crank when undoing chainring bolts. I disagree that the chain is caught between the rings, it looks to be between the inside ring and the frame.

Just my two cents worth.

You're still most welcome to brink the culprit round and I can fix it quite quickly.

Or not, no biggie.

Permalink Reply by Troy Collett on July 4, 2012 at 13:11

you would be correct that its caught between the frame & chainring, also left a nice scrape on the frame which i will have to fix

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