Timeline for What could cause the bicycle chain to break?
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| Nov 21, 2014 at 5:59 | comment | added | ShemSeger | @HuiJingChen - Like I said in my first comment, buying a new 3-speed hub and rebuilding your wheel may be the only solution, though you could probably remedy the issue temporarily by filing any edges on the teeth that may be picking up your chain, and adjusting your chain tension. | |
| Nov 21, 2014 at 5:34 | comment | added | huijing | From what you guys have discussed, I think my case highly likely due to this mismatch of chain and cog, because even now there is still some slight catching from time to time. But there's also not much I can do for it because replacement parts for my old bike don't seem to be in supply these days. | |
| Nov 21, 2014 at 5:19 | comment | added | ShemSeger | I did, "The new chain will have some "wiggle room" to slide around in and possibly even slide laterally enough that one of the sharpened teeth can pick up a link..." Picking up a link is the same as catching. | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 23:34 | comment | added | Rider_X | You still need to explain why the chain was "catching" | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 23:12 | comment | added | ShemSeger | @mattnz - Yes it will, it's not common, but I've fixed more than one. | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 23:02 | comment | added | mattnz | Mismatched wear between chain and cogs/chain rings will not cause a chain to break. | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 18:23 | comment | added | ShemSeger | @Rider_X - I totally agree, but I wouldn't be surprised if the LBS didn't have a replacement part. Old 3-speeds weren't exactly standardized. I worked in one shop that had a lot of old parts from back in the 40's-50's. They mostly just accumulated dust, but every other shop knew we had them, so if anyone brought them an old bike that you couldn't order parts for anymore, they always sent them to us. Some 3-speed hubs had a cog which integrated with the internals, and the only way to swap it was to disassemble the entire unit. Replacing the whole hub may be the only option for fixing this bike. | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 17:37 | comment | added | Rider_X | Then the LBS is still negligent for putting a new chain on a worn drivetrain. | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 15:18 | history | answered | ShemSeger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |