I was pulling out onto a main road today and stood up on my pedals to accelerate and my drive train seemed to lock and I had to freewheel back to the pavement. I thought my chain had come off the rings but one of the links had completely sheared in two.
I've not had this happen ever and got quite a shock. The chain has done a max of 700 miles and been cleaned and lubricated religiously every week. Where it's parked up at work it can get a bit of rain on it (through a gap in the roof above it) and there was some light surface rust.
I'm quite a heavy cyclist (15st) and lots of my riding is up fairly steep hills.
I'm obviously going to replace the chain as soon as possible and get going but just wondering if there's something I should be looking at adjustment-wise that could cause a chain to stick-lock-snap?
I've not had this happen ever and got quite a shock. The chain has done a max of 700 miles and been cleaned and lubricated religiously every week. Where it's parked up at work it can get a bit of rain on it (through a gap in the roof above it) and there was some light surface rust.
I'm quite a heavy cyclist (15st) and lots of my riding is up fairly steep hills.
I'm obviously going to replace the chain as soon as possible and get going but just wondering if there's something I should be looking at adjustment-wise that could cause a chain to stick-lock-snap?