On Sat, 08 Jun 2019 08:31:33 +1000, James wrote:

On 7/6/19 11:07 pm, news18 wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:38:22 +0700, John B. wrote:

On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 04:03:01 -0000 (UTC), news18
wrote:

On Fri, 07 Jun 2019 06:26:59 +0700, John B. wrote:

Why did shaft drives fail?
Solp and flex were one. Road crap is another. Hard to maintain.
I can not wait to see that drive train after a days mtn biking on
wet,
rainy days.

Complexities? And so we have hydraulic brake systems as opposed to
simply mechanical brakes, electronic shifters as opposed to simple
mechanical systems, and so on.

Yep, all extra points of unreliability.

The real relaibility test is, can I ride it home when stuff fails.

You mean like when the chain breaks or a wheel "tacos"?

I've used fencing wire to fix chains.
It was the first and last time I did a long tour on a new brand of
chain.
In any case, you can scooter it. BTDT.

And I've flattened a taco wheel enough to get it rotating. No brakes
though, except shoe leather.


In addition, if you carry a multi tool with a chain breaker in your
saddle bag as I have, you can fix a broken chain in minutes.

BTDT, that is standard practice, but this particular batch of chains
managed to fall apart in multiple links. Eventually your left with no
slack and very restricted gear range, if any.