Craig the cyclist
Über Member
I was in the Bicycle Chain in Bridgwater yesterday, and in there was a guy who was clearly on a significant tour.
He had a road bike, covered in backpacking bags. The technician was checking his chainset etc as he was having problems with his chain slipping all the time.
The chain and cassette were FUBAR and so he asked for it to be replaced and was told 'no chance', we haven't got the 9 speed parts. So he loaded back up looking very forlorn and muttering about having 6 days left!
So, the question is, wouldn't you check things really closely if you were going to go on a significant multi-day ride all loaded up? Or would you just go for it and keep your fingers crossed that you could rescue the situation on the fly as it were?
He had a road bike, covered in backpacking bags. The technician was checking his chainset etc as he was having problems with his chain slipping all the time.
The chain and cassette were FUBAR and so he asked for it to be replaced and was told 'no chance', we haven't got the 9 speed parts. So he loaded back up looking very forlorn and muttering about having 6 days left!
So, the question is, wouldn't you check things really closely if you were going to go on a significant multi-day ride all loaded up? Or would you just go for it and keep your fingers crossed that you could rescue the situation on the fly as it were?