Timeline for What tools to bring for road side chain maintenance
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| Jun 3, 2020 at 14:20 | vote | accept | Bernhard | ||
| May 24, 2020 at 20:54 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | I've wiped a drerailleur around the rear wheel on two occasions, both on climbs which required repairs, and twice snapped a chain with the awesome raw power of my leg once on a climb and once on the flat. And being prepared is always good. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 19:51 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | @Michael - I've never had my own chain fail on the road (I do all my own maintenance), but at least twice I've assisted someone else with a failed chain. In both cases it appeared to be due to getting the chain jammed somehow, not a poorly-installed pin. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 19:41 | comment | added | Carel | @DanielRHicks : Quick links are always useful, even if the installed chain doesn't use them. Like Willeke I've had a chain that split due to a badly installed rivet. Repair on the roadside took less than 15 minutes thanks to the small chain tool and a quicklink from another chain maker. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 18:48 | history | became hot network question | |||
| May 24, 2020 at 15:55 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | I had my chain break on me, a few days after coming home from the bike shop, wrongly installed connecting link. Easy enough to replace with a different kind of repair link. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 15:52 | comment | added | Willeke♦ | As long as you do not ride on Monday, you can likely walk to the next open bike shop. (That is a bit of a joke, Sunday is often also a closed day and the local day may be a different one.) In the Netherlands, local bike shops are well spread but their closed days can be awkward. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 15:51 | answer | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 24, 2020 at 14:05 | comment | added | Bernhard | @Michael Nope, it never happened. However, if I can now bring something small, such that I can fix and keep going, just in case, that is nice. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 13:00 | comment | added | Michael | Have you ever had a broken chain? I’ve ridden like 60Mm and never had a broken chain. In my opinion it’s so unlikely that it’s not worth to carry a relatively heavy and unwieldy tool for it. I have the suspicion that it mostly happens to people who push normal pins back in instead of using a proper pin or master link. Or people who have too short chains, badly adjusted shifting or shift under (heavy) load. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 12:42 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | You should carry a chain tool, about 6 inches of chain, some quick links (if you use those), and a length of wire or cord to hold the chain together while you fasten the ends. | |
| May 24, 2020 at 11:19 | answer | added | Carel | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 24, 2020 at 10:46 | history | asked | Bernhard | CC BY-SA 4.0 |