The wife wasn't even sure what it was. Just went into my local bike shop and picked a few things up for my birthday. I had heard of it but was extremely skeptical. Used it tonight for the first time and I must say it was nice putting a chain on and not being left covered in filth. It should be incorporated into a multi tool or tyre lever though rather than a stand alone tool. Nice idea.
Or just use a stick.
On Dragons Den this week apparently.
This looks like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. I can get a chain on in a couple of seconds with mucky fingers. And I can't remember the last time I dropped a chain since going 1x anyway.
Another piece of pointless plastic.
Yeah. Use a stick, or an allen key. Or just a finger, it gets minimally dirty.
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I can get a chain on in a couple of seconds *without getting mucky fingers.
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I get the chain back on the front ring's by shunting it onto the outer ring with the front derailleur & peddling carefully.
My Park Tool tyre levers have a hook at the non-blade end to let you hook onto a spoke. Pretty sure that'll do the job just as easily and I already carry two of them.
If your front and rear mechs are correctly set up then just how often does your chain come off? My MTBs are all 1x and I've not had a single instance of chain drop.
As @phil5556 notes, a solution in search of a problem.
Not an item I'd bother buying, but having led on a lot of beginner's rides and events over the last couple of years, I can see a market there of people who don't ride that often, don't maintain or clean bikes that often, and who seem to drop chains way more than I do.
I got given one a year or so ago. If my commuter wasn't a singlespeed it would be useful there, but I wouldn't bother packing it on the road bike or mtb.
I hate bicycling accessories...