Be sure to carry the right chain tool. I stopped to help a cyclist in distress once. His skinny (maybe 10 speed? possibly 11) chain had snapped. My conventional chain tool sort of worked after about 20 minutes of tries. We broke about 4 additional links before getting the chain together well enough that he did not have to walk what he said was about 10 miles to his car.
On Sunday, May 4, 2014 11:09:44 AM UTC-5, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > Have used my chain tool more times than I care to remember, mostly from > mountain biking (where I've had a few snapped links or pretzeled > derailleurs)... Never travel without one. > > > > On Saturday, May 3, 2014 9:46:38 PM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: > >> If you have a broken link you need the chain tool to remove the pin(s) >> before you can even install a power link. It's not something I pack on the >> road (where power links usually wear out first), but offroad, there are >> more things that can hit your chain and produce a random failure. >> >> On Friday, May 2, 2014 11:09:56 PM UTC-5, Edwin W wrote: >>> >>> So many of you have mentioned carrying a chain tool in even a fairly >>> minimalist kit. I don't want to jinx myself, but I have never needed one on >>> the road. What are the common problems that require a chain tool? Busted >>> link? From what? >>> >>> Learning…. slowly, >>> >>> Edwin >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
