Interesting theory rc, have you experienced this? To the OP: What are the number of speeds, types of shifters and brand / size of chain?
Phil B On Apr 28, 8:09 pm, rcnute <rcn...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like a bent tooth on a chainring. > > On Apr 28, 8:03 pm, GeorgeS <chobur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > My son has a Romulus he purchased about six months ago. Several weeks > > ago he was out on a long ride and his chain broke. I have been riding > > bikes a long time and I've never had a chain actually break in use and > > I've never known anyone who has had that happen. He said that on > > examination the outside plate simply peeled back at several places and > > separated from the pin. That left the inner plate holding the chain > > together and then that went. He said he did not hear any noise until > > shortly before the chain broke and it was obviously the plates hitting > > the RD cage. He took the bike back to the bike store where he bought > > it and they said they had never seen such a thing and put it off to a > > defective chain which they replaced and sent him on his way. On > > Sunday the same problem started to happen. After about 30 miles he > > said he started to see the plate on the outside start peeling back at > > three points on the chain. This time he was able to get back to the > > car before the chain broke. The bike store kept the bike to show to > > their ace mechanic and my son is supposed to pick it up later in the > > week. Anyone ever heard anything like this? The cranks are Sugino > > and the derailliers are 105's. He is riding on good roads in Maryland > > right out of DC. > > GeorgeS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
