Roadside repair badge please

[Tynan]

my creaking chainset that should have been changed five months ago and is in fact going to be changed tomorrow, and has to be increasingly nursed along (no pressing hard on the pedals, very gentel acceleration etc etc) snapped the chain, bah

after some swearing I remembered I do in fact carry a magic link and a very old and battered 8 speed chain splitter from a very long ago post broken chain chat with a LBS man

and I fitted a chain in my nice warm hall with a cup of tea about three years ago

thankfully there was a last pair of latex gloves in the pannier, the chain splitter shaft is bent to fiddly to get it to the pin but it works, magic link out, ah, I've broken the chain at the wrong link, remove another link laboriously

fit magic link, nearly do so before threading the chain back over the chain ring, phew, I remembered very well that making the magic link was easy enough ish but breaking it did my head

chain remade, get in, ah, I've forgotten to thread it through the bloody front mech

break, thread and remake, it only bloody well all works, ride into work feeling like a king of the road

I know it's not hard, it was a sunny morning on a nice paved sideroad but I was ridiculously pleased with myself

 

[Cordulegaster]

Double brownie points. One for fixing it but two for having the tool,and bits to do it. Latex Gloves are just bragging.

 

[Tynan]

and disgusting the gloves were at the end, that is one filthy chain (and a very sharp and jagged tooted chain ring

is there a way to fix a busted chain without a chain tool

tbh I'm pleased to have got to use the chain tool after many many weighing ups in the hand before putting it back into the pannier, just in case

latex gloves are a no brainer surely, a few quid for 10 pairs, take up no space, weigh nothing

 

[jonny jeez]

Double brownie points. One for fixing it but two for having the tool,and bits to do it. Latex Gloves are just bragging.

+1

 

[BentMikey]

my creaking chainset that should have been changed five months ago and is in fact going to be changed tomorrow, and has to be increasingly nursed along (no pressing hard on the pedals, very gentel acceleration etc etc) snapped the chain, bah

Very good on all the rest, but this quoted bit. Tut tut!!! Don't you love your bikes?

 

[Tynan]

not sure about love but my monthly budget for all purposes would make you weep

take out beer and peanuts for West Ham games out there's very little left (nothing in fact), I paid for my season ticket over two months in June and July, then the stuff I put off from June and July in August, this is the first time I've been able to afford it, even after speccing cheapest parts and haggling the LBS down

the bloody right hand shifter going as well in the last two weeks has added £100 I really didn't want to pay

 

[Digital_Cowboy]

I presume that by "magic link" you're referring to a master link. That is also one of the staples in my saddle bag. The multi-tool that I carry also has a chain break on it. And I've used it a time or two in helping others with chain problems while out riding.

The multi-tool that I carry has pretty much everything, including a bottle opener. It has, 6 assorted Allen wrenches, flat and Philips head screwdrivers, tire levers, knife blade, chainbreak, tire levers, spoke wrenches, etc. I did a count and I come up with about 23 or so tools. Yes, it's a little on the heavy side, but worth it. And being tucked up under my saddle it's not like I'd really notice the weight of it.

 

[Bobtoo]

is there a way to fix a busted chain without a chain tool

I used to rest the chain on a nut and use a hammer and nail to drive the rivet out, all things that could be improvised at the roadside. I'm not sure how a modern chain would take to that treatment though.

 

[fossyant]

Both my mulit-tools have a chain breaker - just hope I don't need to use the tesco multi tool in anger. The Crank Bros one is for training rides.

Well done - not one of the nicest jobs to have to do on the roadside.

 

[Tynan]

bike collected today and my lord what a difference, all lovely and taut now, shifting properly in both directions and sir can put some heave ho in the pedals without dreading an accident

a Zephyr chainring and a BBB drivetrain casette and a kmc chain

I think

 

[Browser]

I presume that by "magic link" you're referring to a master link. That is also one of the staples in my saddle bag. The multi-tool that I carry also has a chain break on it. And I've used it a time or two in helping others with chain problems while out riding.

The multi-tool that I carry has pretty much everything, including a bottle opener. It has, 6 assorted Allen wrenches, flat and Philips head screwdrivers, tire levers, knife blade, chainbreak, tire levers, spoke wrenches, etc. I did a count and I come up with about 23 or so tools. Yes, it's a little on the heavy side, but worth it. And being tucked up under my saddle it's not like I'd really notice the weight of it.

+1, always have a Lezyne multi-tool in my under-saddle bag which has all of the aforementioned on it and has been used in anger as well!

 

[fimm]

Had a chain break on me in the p!ssing rain. Got out chain tool, sorted it. Rolled gingerly into work (fortunately not far to go).

Tale of woe to colleagues "rant, rant ... rain ... rant,rant ... drivers giving me no space ... rant, rant ... AND my chain broke (but I fixed it)..."
Male cycling colleagues "I wouldn't know how to fix that..." <Smug fimm (female)>

Did fail by not having latex gloves with me, though. There are some in the house somewhere, I need to put a pair into my saddle bag.

 

[Domeo]

bike collected today and my lord what a difference, all lovely and taut now, shifting properly in both directions and sir can put some heave ho in the pedals without dreading an accident

a Zephyr chainring and a BBB drivetrain casette and a kmc chain

I think

Do you use Heales?

 

[XmisterIS]

The only thing I remember about latex gloves is being held down by a big male nurse while I was wiggling and screaming ...

 

[guitarpete247]

Note to self. Put latex gloves in tool pack.

I've never had to repair chain for myself on ride but have for others. Last time was for a kid on a school activity day ride. We gave all the bikes the once over before setting off but he joined us down the road from school (late getting in).

There was so much wrong with his bike, brakes, chain (obvs.) cranks loose , we had to phone for school minibus to collect him in the end. There's only so much you can do on the road with an abused bike

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