What I should have said is that the sideplates at three different places on the chain had started to peel back.
The idea of a bent tooth on a chain ring is an interesting suggestion. He did have a crash a month or so before the ride when the chain broke. I'll pass that on. Thanks. On Apr 29, 9:02 am, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 9:03 PM, GeorgeS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My son has a Romulus he purchased about six months ago. Several weeks > > ago he was out on a long ride and his chain broke. I have been riding > > bikes a long time and I've never had a chain actually break in use and > > I've never known anyone who has had that happen. He said that on > > examination the outside plate simply peeled back at several places and > > separated from the pin. That left the inner plate holding the chain > > together and then that went. > > I've had a sideplate separate when the pin wasn't fully installed, but never > when it was. > > But I don't understand "peeled back in several places" -- you are talking > about one sideplate, about 3/8" long, right? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
