I've repaired a chain in the past with a replacement link and never experienced any further problems with the chain. This occurred, by the way, at the relative beginning of a 50 mile ride and I had no concerns continuing the ride. As you might deduce, I do always carry a compact chain breaker tool and some spare links.
You might wish to consider the age of your chain, and whether it has stretched sufficiently to merit replacement. I would not personally, however, replace a chain simply because one link failed. My two cents, Jim Cloud Tucson, AZ On Aug 28, 6:54 pm, Tim Whalen <whalen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Yesterday the Campagnolo chain on my Roadeo broke, fortunately as I was > leaving a stop sign right by my house at the end of a ride so there was no > problem of any sort. It looks like the pin pulled out of one the links on > one side; there was no sign of anything wrong that I noticed before I > realized I was pedaling thin air. > > I don't recall this ever happening to me and so before I just reattach it a > link shorter or put a quick link in where the failed link was, I wanted to > see if anyone has any thoughts or experience. My only concern with > repairing it of course is if one link could fail maybe so could another. > I'd guess the chain has at most a couple of thousand miles on it and I've > been pretty good about keeping it lubed. > > So, fix or trash? > > Thanks in advance, > Tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
