Try-tension monkey chain things

[Gazz]

What's your opinion of these?

Worth the money or a worthless gimmick?

[ThunderGuts]

I've looked at them but I can't justify it for something that's so simple to measure with a rule. I like the concept, but I also like simple things and a bit of metal with markings on it is even simpler . . .
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[MarJay]

I've never had the problem that they purport to solve. Nice work if you can find it, making crap that people don't need but will buy anyway. Much like Funko Pops.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

This is something anyone with a clue can set by eye/feel pretty soon after they get the bike. I don't see the need to be honest.
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[Polarbear]

It's not the MOST pointless thing I've ever seen but it certainly up there near the top.

Lets be honest, if you need that to set your chain tension you shouldn't be doing it yourself anyway. It's probably the simplest job in motorcycle maintenance.
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[Polarbear]

[c_dug]

I have neighbours and friends that could use it, so I wouldn't say it's the biggest waste of money, it just depends who for.

Personally, I find wheel alignment the bigger struggle when adjusting chains. If they made a really simple widget for that I'd probably go for it.

That said, I pretty much solely go for shafties these days, so problem solved for me!
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[ThunderGuts]

[c_dug]

Funnily enough, the only single sided chain driven bike I've ever owned basically never needed it's chain adjusting. Maybe once in the entire time I owned it!
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I've got one. It's still in its packaging.
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[notbike]

Their chain cleaner is really shit by the way.

It evaporates very quickly, quicker than you can wipe the cunting road shit off, so unless you are constantly spraying and using bottles and bottles of the shit, it literally just relocates the gunk to another location that then immediately dries on in the new location.

It's just fucking terrible.

The orange muc off shit is decent.

The best is that WD-40 brand chain cleaner though (not actual WD-40), it's the best. It rips everything off the chain, and then dries in a decent time frame.

So anyway fuck their chain tool whatever it is.

Anyway, going to continue eating pizza.

[Easy-X]

I think I saw these at Halfords once. "Really?" ...and on I walked. I suppose if you're a pro mechanical chewing through jobs at a rate of knots it's something to give the apprentices if you can't be bothered to train them.

Rulers? Are they that hard to use?
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[davebike]

I adjust lots of chains well it is part of my work!
If you need one of those you need a little training on how to look after you bike !
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[kolu]

made for monkeys

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[ThatDippyTwat]