One time on a camping trip, my (the young teenaged) daughter tried to force a shift too late on a steep little pitch and bent a chain link. She was pretty upset and thought she'd be walking back to camp. I calmed her down, pulled out a chain tool, took out the bad link and we were on our way in a few minutes.
I can't recall ever having broken a chain myself. I'm probably doomed now! Bill On Apr 28, 8:03 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. He said he did not hear any noise until > shortly before the chain broke and it was obviously the plates hitting > the RD cage. He took the bike back to the bike store where he bought > it and they said they had never seen such a thing and put it off to a > defective chain which they replaced and sent him on his way. On > Sunday the same problem started to happen. After about 30 miles he > said he started to see the plate on the outside start peeling back at > three points on the chain. This time he was able to get back to the > car before the chain broke. The bike store kept the bike to show to > their ace mechanic and my son is supposed to pick it up later in the > week. Anyone ever heard anything like this? The cranks are Sugino > and the derailliers are 105's. He is riding on good roads in Maryland > right out of DC. > GeorgeS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
