twisted shimano chain, split and rejoin or new pins?

rear mech went into the spokes on saturday and blew mech apart and twisted chain in two or three places. it’s only a deore chain and is less than 0.75% worn, so I recon a new chain will work on the cassette.

Is it worth splitting the chain to remove/replace the twisted links and rejoining with the same pins (I have enough links but only one fancy shimano joining pin), add two or three powerlinks or just get a new chain?

New chain. If you must use the old one use powerlinks. Original pins will last 5 mins if you are lucky. 3 powerlinks must be about the price of a Deore chain nearly?

Replace the whole thing.

replace it – with a sram one and get a free powerlink?

Otherwise, would you trust your nuts to your repair job next time you’re really cranking uphill?

stick it in the bin 🙁

I had this happen on a brand new Dura-ace chain, due to my impatient gear shifting whilst trying to chase a mate down…