Snapped chain
- Thread starter tempessuk
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Globalti
Legendary Member
If you ride a MTB you should be carrying a small toolkit for self-help, this can be a life saver when out in the hills especially in winter. I carry a multi tool, a mini chain splitter, spare inner tube, tyre levers, puncture repair kit, a spare gear cable, spoke key, as well as a pump and in winter, a survival blanket. On an MTB breakages can and do happen; you can count on at least one "mechanical" on a group ride. The MTB code is that you're self-sufficient.
If you are road riding I guess your chain should be in good enough condition not to break. A cellphone might be your best option, or at least a £1 coin!
If you are road riding I guess your chain should be in good enough condition not to break. A cellphone might be your best option, or at least a £1 coin!
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Get yourself a chain-splitter, most are less than a tenner, and a couple of SRAM powerlinks. Although you can thoeretically mend your chain by pushing the old pin back into the plates after a break, this is very much a "get you home" measure. Powerlinks are a more permanent fix.
RedBike
New Member
- Location
- Beside the road
As above, chain splitter on the multi-tool, a few powerlinks.
I carry nearly the same as above apart from I never take a spoke key or puncture repair patches. I do have a few zip ties, piece of tape, light-weight fold up pliers (very helpfull when changing pads).
I carry nearly the same as above apart from I never take a spoke key or puncture repair patches. I do have a few zip ties, piece of tape, light-weight fold up pliers (very helpfull when changing pads).
Same thing happened to me recently so this thread might be useful too.
Will1985
Über Member
- Location
- South Norfolk
e-rider
crappy member
- Location
- South West
or better still, one of these: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Topeak_Alien_II_26_Function_Multitool/5360011565/
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
+1
Cubist said:
tempessuk said:
Thanks for starting this thread, just ordered myself a splitter and some powerlinks. Watched the video on bicycletutor, think I should be able to manage that...
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
- Location
- Nottingham
Park Tool mini chain splitter is all i carry.
If a link snaps on my fixed though, ill just remove a few links and turn the wheel around.
On a geared bike id just shorten the chain and rejoin with a power link. Or just mend the chain and re join it with no power link.
If a link snaps on my fixed though, ill just remove a few links and turn the wheel around.
On a geared bike id just shorten the chain and rejoin with a power link. Or just mend the chain and re join it with no power link.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
tempessuk said:
Why did it break in the first place? Had you attempted to join it and not done it properly?
Although I carry a splitter, new OE Shimano pins and links, and spare Powerlinks, I've never had a chain break in all my years of cycling. I also routinely split chains to give them a deep clean and re-lube. I carry spare tubes and repair the punctured ones at home should a tyre get a puncture, but I have not had a puncture in about 10 years. However I had a tyre explode (115psi - BANG!) last year due to a small sharp piece of metal thrown into the road outside a motor spares place. The tyre split as well. Put in a new tube and used a several layers of card from a fag packet thrown nearby to get me home 15 miles. There is nothing worse then trying to mend a puncture in wet, cold and windy conditions as is a British summer.
