The Jogger
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Coming down a hill at 28 mph (strava) and the chain snapped, now waiting for wife in car to rescue. The bike isn't that old, about four months. Has anybody have this happen to them on the Brommie?
Chain Snapped
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Yellow Saddle
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Your chain didn't snap as you came down the hill. You broke it by doing a poor gear shift.
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The Jogger
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Eh, when I was going up a hill it was making a bit of a clicking noise, then a bit of a straight top gear and then down. Then snap. I thought a Brompton was tough.
Fab Foodie
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- Kirton, Devon.
A Brompton is tough but can still have a duff chain. I can't think that it's down to poor shifting otherwise I'd have got through half a dozen chains by now. How has the chain failed?
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The Jogger
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The chain has come apart in one link.
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The Jogger
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I'll bring it back to the shop for them to fix, they will probably charge me, I think I'll get a knew chain.
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The Jogger
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[QUOTE 3883338, member: 9609"]I don't understand why it would snap when you weren't pedalling - or is it a fixie ?[/QUOTE]
No Reiver, it's a H6L
No Reiver, it's a H6L
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
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- Kirton, Devon.
Did the side plate split or has it come off the pin?
Was it a quick link used for joining the chain?
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The Jogger
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Anybody got a link to upload a pic ?
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Fab Foodie
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That to me looks like the quick link has come apart.
A regular link has a round hole not the guitar shape you can see which is the shape of a quick link joint.
Yellow Saddle
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Yes, the quick link came off because it was not installed properly. The one half of the link is missing.
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The Jogger
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Ah, so I'll suggest that at the lbs where I got it and see what they say. Thanks comrades 
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The Jogger
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Well I called ''Cycleworks'' in Petersfield today and explained the Brompton I bought four or five months ago from them now had a snapped chain. They said bring it in and if it's the chain they will replace it. I promptly dropped it in to them, the lad said I think it is just the power link (?) leave it with them. I went back within the hour, he said the chain was fine and it must have been a faulty link, to which he then said that'll be two pounds please. I said so you think it was a faulty link and that will be two pounds, yes he said. So I paid the two pounds and walked out of the shop that I thought was going to be my local LBS where I would buy my next bike, shame that.
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