Thanks for all the comments......I tried ringing the bike store tonight and they musta shut shop 10 min early cos I got no answer......will ring again tomorrow. I used to carry a chain breaker with me on my old mountain bike as I pretty well only used it for off-road and didn't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere, but as I am now just riding on the Yarra trail to and from work, I put the chain breaker back in the toolbox. A guy at work today said that he always carries a couple of zip ties and a blade to trim them with.........reckons that they will get you home in an emergency......sounds like a good idea, but I dunno about shifting gears??
On my old bike (with Shimano 7 spd cluster), I had the same chain for 7 years and I used the chain breaker to take it off heaps of times for cleaning, re-using the same pin each time when I put it back on. I have since been told that this is not a good idea and that there are special pins that are slightly over-diameter and have a snap-off bit on the end??? (I have never seen one). The chain I lost yesterday is a Shimano 9 spd.......it is only a guess, but perhaps they are a weaker chain and more susceptible to lateral flex due to them being narrower????
Anyone got any recomendations for a new 9 spd chain???
Thanks for all the comments......I tried ringing the bike store tonight and they musta shut shop 10 min early cos I got no answer......will ring again tomorrow. I used to carry a chain breaker with me on my old mountain bike as I pretty well only used it for off-road and didn't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere, but as I am now just riding on the Yarra trail to and from work, I put the chain breaker back in the toolbox. A guy at work today said that he always carries a couple of zip ties and a blade to trim them with.........reckons that they will get you home in an emergency......sounds like a good idea, but I dunno about shifting gears??
On my old bike (with Shimano 7 spd cluster), I had the same chain for 7 years and I used the chain breaker to take it off heaps of times for cleaning, re-using the same pin each time when I put it back on. I have since been told that this is not a good idea and that there are special pins that are slightly over-diameter and have a snap-off bit on the end??? (I have never seen one). The chain I lost yesterday is a Shimano 9 spd.......it is only a guess, but perhaps they are a weaker chain and more susceptible to lateral flex due to them being narrower????
Anyone got any recomendations for a new 9 spd chain???
Sachs are excellent.
Sachs 3 speed hub, with backpedal brake. A fantastic creation!!!! Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! --- DFM
Sachs 3 speed hub, with backpedal brake. A fantastic creation!!!! Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
The SRAM/Sachs S7 internal 7-speed with cable-operated drum brake is pretty good too. I bought mine mail-order from the UK last year. Over 5000 km up on it, and it's going like a dream (on its second chain).
Only trouble is that when I eventually need parts, I'm going to have to import them myself too. But I've got a manual, and parts list with part numbers. At least it takes readily-available generic 3-splined sprockets.
