Lost your quick-link pliers? Here's a workaround to get you up and running.

I don't know about you but I am always losing my quick-link pliers which is incredibly annoying if you want to whip your chain off for a re-lube. I can't claim to have invented this particular fix but I use it regularly with 100% success.

You simply take an old (or new if you keep a lot of spares) gear inner cable and feed it down one side of the quick-link and back up through the other side of it. Now cross the ends of cable over and pull. The links should pop straight open with very little effort. Thank you internet.