Snapped chain.

Last Thursday four of us were on a training run at 7pm in darkest Lincs. My
chain started to skip but my mate thought I as swinging the lead until it
snapped 12 miles from home. One rider pushed my left shoulder and another my
right up the hills. I freewheeled down until I lost momentum and they pushed
me again all the way home.

It cost me more than the bike repairs as I bought them both a bottle of
Balvenie whisky as a thank you to my mates :-)


--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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Last Thursday four of us were on a training run at 7pm in darkest Lincs.
My chain started to skip but my mate thought I as swinging the lead until
it snapped 12 miles from home. One rider pushed my left shoulder and
another my right up the hills. I freewheeled down until I lost momentum
and they pushed me again all the way home.

It cost me more than the bike repairs as I bought them both a bottle of
Balvenie whisky as a thank you to my mates :-)

Be thankful you're a lightweight.

I'd be bankrupt purchasing booze for a peleton ;-)

On Feb 12, 6:15 pm, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
Last Thursday four of us were on a training run at 7pm in darkest Lincs. My
chain started to skip but my mate thought I as swinging the lead until it
snapped 12 miles from home. One rider pushed my left shoulder and another my
right up the hills. I freewheeled down until I lost momentum and they pushed
me again all the way home.

No spare powerlinks in your saddlebag then?

"POHB" wrote in message
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On Feb 12, 6:15 pm, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
Last Thursday four of us were on a training run at 7pm in darkest Lincs.
My
chain started to skip but my mate thought I as swinging the lead until it
snapped 12 miles from home. One rider pushed my left shoulder and another
my
right up the hills. I freewheeled down until I lost momentum and they
pushed
me again all the way home.

No spare powerlinks in your saddlebag then?

You need a chain tool. The powerlink is just a luxury.

On 12 Feb, 20:12, "Nick" wrote:

You need a chain tool. The powerlink is just a luxury.

I've fixed a chain using a handy stone in the not-too-distant past.
Probably wouldn't work on those silly ultra-narrow ones that are
fashionable at the moment... but then I guess that's a tradeoff you
make if you choose to have an extra sprocket...

Cheers,
W.

In article c8dcd1f2-09a1-41d3-af68-3ea321d34875
@q77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com,
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On 12 Feb, 20:12, "Nick" wrote:

You need a chain tool. The powerlink is just a luxury.

I've fixed a chain using a handy stone in the not-too-distant past.

Two rocks and a bent nail you found at the roadside - traditional,
innit, like stuffing a tyre with grass. :-)

"POHB" wrote in message
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On Feb 12, 6:15 pm, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
Last Thursday four of us were on a training run at 7pm in darkest Lincs.
My
chain started to skip but my mate thought I as swinging the lead until it
snapped 12 miles from home. One rider pushed my left shoulder and another
my
right up the hills. I freewheeled down until I lost momentum and they
pushed
me again all the way home.

No spare powerlinks in your saddlebag then?

You need a *chain* to use a powerlink. Mine was somewhere in deepest North
Lincs in a verge somewhere!


--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:11:20 -0000,
Simon Mason wrote:

"POHB" wrote in message
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No spare powerlinks in your saddlebag then?

You need a *chain* to use a powerlink. Mine was somewhere in deepest North
Lincs in a verge somewhere!

Ahh - so you are one of these littering cyclists that Parris wibbles on
about :-)

--
Andy Leighton =
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
. uk...

No spare powerlinks in your saddlebag then?

You need a *chain* to use a powerlink. Mine was somewhere in deepest North
Lincs in a verge somewhere!

I must admit I have lost half a powerlink in a grass verge. (They can flick
off if you let go just as you are about to join the chain)

But lossing a whole chain! That is impressive.

Nick wrote:
"Simon Mason" wrote in message
. uk...

No spare powerlinks in your saddlebag then?

You need a *chain* to use a powerlink. Mine was somewhere in deepest
North Lincs in a verge somewhere!

I must admit I have lost half a powerlink in a grass verge. (They
can flick off if you let go just as you are about to join the chain)

But lossing a whole chain! That is impressive.

I had visions of it flinging off the bike into the verge as Simon was riding
along. Anyway he would not have got a free ride home if the chain was fixed
:-)

At least it's biodegradeable (slowly).

~PB