The Abbey Bike Tools Decade Chain Tool Complete is a sturdy, future-proofed tool. With a body and lead screw made from chromoly coated in PVD (powder vapour deposition), it has a silky feel and large, solid handles that make it easy to use with any chain. The rotating pin, meanwhile, is made from shock rated tool steel for maximum durability.
There's a spare chain pin in the handle and a slot to thread a backstop in if you're looking to peen Campagnolo 11 and 12 chains to factory specs. Otherwise, an interchangeable mid plate is designed to securely hold 9 to 13 speed chains as standard, including the new 12 and 13 speed chains from Campagnolo and Shimano's XTR 9100, ready for chain pin extraction.
Different mid plates are available if required, and the ability to swap plates ensures that this tool will endure, even if industry standards change. Abbey Bike Tools will simply create new mid plates to suit new specifications, making this a true heirloom tool.
Beautiful and unsurpassed for driving out link pins, it's no wonder this tool offers such smooth and precise action, as Abbey Bike Tools kept refining it until they'd broken 10,000 chains on a single tool and pin, the equivalent of three chain installs daily for a decade – hence its name!