Chain snapped,6.7 mile walk home.

[Lonestar]

My crystal ball says it was an 8-speed freewheel.

My crystal ball says it was a fixie.Damn 5000 speed bumps on my commute took their toll.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

My crystal ball says it was a fixie.Damn 5000 speed bumps on my commute took their toll.

Aaah, well, the image was quite hazy. Now that I've polished it a bit I can see it was a fixie.

 

[mjr]

Next thing you know you will be dragging a tool shed and loads of parts behind you .

Like a lot of things they will break when they are ready no matter what you do .

And quite often in new and innovative ways which require a tool or part that you don't carry in the mobile toolshed.

 

[mjr]

I broke an old Rivoli chain tool years ago. Instead of binning it I filed off the remains of the handle and drilled and tapped a new thread into the body. This allowed me to screw a bolt into it as a DIY handle. The fact the handle comes out makes it a lot easier to store in a small under seat bag.

Was anyone else wondering about the point of putting a new handle onto a Rivoli whose prongs had broken off before realising that HM had broken the handle instead of the prongs as usual? No? Just me then?

 

[NorthernDave]

I have a topeak rescue box which holds a quick link nicely stores patches and you can put a tenner in it too

I generally carry a spare chain on the commute and it has come in handy before.

And quite often in new and innovative ways which require a tool or part that you don't carry in the mobile toolshed.

I've started towing a spare bike around on a trailer in case anything goes wrong with the one I'm riding.

My big concern now is what to do if something goes wrong with the trailer...



Seriously though, don't overthink things.

 

[NorthernDave]

Just looked at the chain and the link has pulled apart and is bent.
Would you ask for a new chain? or be happy with this one being repaired?

New bike, so a new chain - seems fair to me.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Just looked at the chain and the link has pulled apart and is bent.
Would you ask for a new chain? or be happy with this one being repaired?

No, you don't need a new chain. Let them just put a quick link in there for you.

 

[Lonestar]

I've started towing a spare bike around on a trailer in case anything goes wrong with the one I'm riding.

My big concern now is what to do if something goes wrong with the trailer...



Seriously though, don't overthink things.

Sorry but I have to when commuting to work.I've been late once in the last twenty years,so all those tools do come in handy.

 

[raj]

The one I can't deal with that has happened a few times is a broken spoke so I need to figure that one out too.

http://www.emergency-spoke.co.uk/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/FiberFix-Emergency-Spoke-Replacement-Kit/dp/B001GSMQZC

I have the 1st one but not used it yet as I have a disc bike. Broke 3 spokes (on separate occasions) but in each case not far from home and wheel turned OK. Probably more use on rim brakes, particularly front.

 

[gavroche]

I only carry two tubes and tyre levers. If anything else goes wrong, it is a mobile phone call to my wife. So far, I have always gone home under my own steam and very, very few punctures.

 

[raleighnut]

Sorry but I have to when commuting to work.I've been late once in the last twenty years,so all those tools do come in handy.

I always aimed to arrive at work a quarter of an hour early, if I didn't have a mechanical/puncture then I'd have time for a brew and a fag before I started work.

 

[Alan O]

I've started towing a spare bike around on a trailer in case anything goes wrong with the one I'm riding.

My big concern now is what to do if something goes wrong with the trailer...

Attach a spare trailer to the spare bike.

 

[BurningLegs]

Seriously though, don't overthink things.

That’s pretty much how I see it, too. I take a multi tool, spare tube and two cyclinders of co2 but the most versatile tools I carry are a £20 note and a credit card so I know I should be able to get a cab home if needed.

 

[BurningLegs]

Would a cab take your bike where you live? I doubt if they would here and you can hardly leave it, unless you are prepared to leave it with a stranger.

Yeah, we have a couple of good services here. I could either request an accessible car (the ones with a ramp to take a wheelchair onboard without folding) or a London style with the folding seats. Failing all of that, the bike could go in a seven seater with one or maybe both wheels off

 

[Kestevan]

Having been riding for about four years, broken chain is on my list of "things that might conceivably go wrong so I'd better be prepared"

Punctures...of course, split tyre wall....yes. The one I can't deal with that has happened a few times is a broken spoke so I need to figure that one out too.

With regards to broken spokes your options are either.
A: carry spare spokes and a spoke key and learn how to use them.
B: ditch the 20 spoke wheels and get some with a proper number of spokes, but then you can break one and not worry unduly.
C: pay @I like Skol to follow you every time you go out..

C: is undoubtedly too horrible to
contemplate, so I'd go with option B.