yikes my chain snapped yesterday I was only going 15mph or so up a gravel path.. it snapped on a power stroke and I was thrown over the bars some how, and have a nasty bit of gravel rash on my leg ! I took out a link and washed off the blood ! Just before then I was in a near miss with a wheel barrow.. He suddenly decided to cross the road and the front disk brake had me doing an endo.. I was amazed at the amount of stopping power. I really need to get on and fix my rear break I think ! Then to top off a ' blighted' days cycling I got a puncture and realised that the front tyre has several large holes in it and is perished ( although the tread looks ok from a distance!). I had to re- inforce it with a handy crisp packet before continuing. It seems tonight I will be mostly catching up on mountain bike maintenance !
yikes my chain snapped yesterday I was only going 15mph or so up a gravel path.. it snapped on a power stroke and I was thrown over the bars some how, and have a nasty bit of gravel rash on my leg ! I took out a link and washed off the blood ! Just before then I was in a near miss with a wheel barrow.. He suddenly decided to cross the road and the front disk brake had me doing an endo.. I was amazed at the amount of stopping power. I really need to get on and fix my rear break I think ! Then to top off a ' blighted' days cycling I got a puncture and realised that the front tyre has several large holes in it and is perished ( although the tread looks ok from a distance!). I had to re- inforce it with a handy crisp packet before continuing. It seems tonight I will be mostly catching up on mountain bike maintenance !
Simon
Makes you wonder whether it's worth carrying a spare chain on the commute or not? Could just carry a chain-tool, but I think that'd be a big ask in the dark.
yikes my chain snapped yesterday I was only going 15mph or so up a gravel path.. it snapped on a power stroke and I was thrown over the bars some how, and have a nasty bit of gravel rash on my leg ! I took out a link and washed off the blood ! Just before then I was in a near miss with a wheel barrow.. He suddenly decided to cross the road and the front disk brake had me doing an endo.. I was amazed at the amount of stopping power. I really need to get on and fix my rear break I think ! Then to top off a ' blighted' days cycling I got a puncture and realised that the front tyre has several large holes in it and is perished ( although the tread looks ok from a distance!). I had to re- inforce it with a handy crisp packet before continuing. It seems tonight I will be mostly catching up on mountain bike maintenance !
Makes you wonder whether it's worth carrying a spare chain on the commute or not? Could just carry a chain-tool, but I think that'd be a big ask in the dark.
Keep your bikes well maintained.
In 40 years and well over a hundred thousand miles cycling, I've yet to break a chain or even a spoke. I carry a chain tool when mountain biking but not for road biking.
