Broken Chain

Rebecca Trapp said:

I am a big guy and this is my problem. When going up a really steep
hill, my chain breaks. Usually I smash my knee into the neck at that
point. Do they make better chains or is it that I am in bad
combinations of front and rear chain rings?

Thanks

What combo do you use, f/r?

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Rebecca Trapp said:

I am a big guy and this is my problem. When going up a really steep
hill, my chain breaks. Usually I smash my knee into the neck at that
point. Do they make better chains or is it that I am in bad
combinations of front and rear chain rings?

Sachs chain, non crossed.

Bill "BTW, 'Rebecca' doesn't suit you" S.

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Rebecca Trapp said:

I am a big guy and this is my problem. When going up a really steep
hill, my chain breaks. Usually I smash my knee into the neck at that
point. Do they make better chains or is it that I am in bad
combinations of front and rear chain rings?

Sachs chain, non crossed.

Bill "BTW, 'Rebecca' doesn't suit you" S.

I second the Sachs (well, SRAM these days) motion. PC58/59 or better.

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Rebecca Trapp said:

I am a big guy and this is my problem. When going up a really steep
hill, my chain breaks. Usually I smash my knee into the neck at that
point. Do they make better chains or is it that I am in bad
combinations of front and rear chain rings?

Sachs chain, non crossed.

Bill "BTW, 'Rebecca' doesn't suit you" S.

I second the Sachs (well, SRAM these days) motion. PC58/59 or better.

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_`\(,_ Cycling is life,
(_)/ (_) all the rest, just details.
The Nelson Paradigm =^o.o^=
http://intergalax.com
http://intbike.com
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my chain breaks.

The last time my chain broke, it was because I had used a chain tool on a chain
that was not made for same.

A couple times before that one, I suspect that I had not re-seated the pin
properly.
--
PeteCresswell

If it is a Sach chain and that old since they were last
made about 98 it should break.

I MTB 2004

The last time my chain broke the bike and chain were
new. The idiot that placed the chain on the bke didn't know what he was
doing It cost me a 4 mile walk in the dark. I broke my chain tonight
to shorten it used a Ritchey tool C5.

I MTB 2004

I have been there. I always try to remember my chain tool. Tonight, I
managed to land the bike wrong and somehow pulled the bead of the tire out
of the rim in one spot. That's a first for me. I am lucky that was it,
because I nearly ate it. I also hit a jump and hit my head on a tree
branch. Like George of the Jungle. I am not a really good rider, but I
try. Usually, I wind up upside down or walking the bike home.

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The last time my chain broke the bike and chain were
new. The idiot that placed the chain on the bke didn't know what he was
doing It cost me a 4 mile walk in the dark. I broke my chain tonight
to shorten it used a Ritchey tool C5.

I MTB 2004

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Rebecca Trapp said:

I am a big guy and this is my problem. When going up a really steep
hill, my chain breaks. Usually I smash my knee into the neck at that
point. Do they make better chains or is it that I am in bad
combinations of front and rear chain rings?

Sachs chain, non crossed.

Bill "BTW, 'Rebecca' doesn't suit you" S.

A boy named Sue is even better suited.

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