On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 07:24 -0700, JoelMatthews wrote: > > And bicycles are supposed to be, to my mind, just hefty enough, and no > > more, thank you. I > > think I have to exchange this chain for another...What say ye wise and geeky > > experts? Remember, it was $16. And I want to support my LBS in this land of > > the big box store. Exchange, or just wear it out? > > I guess you have to define what you mean by 'just hefty enough.' > > Last fall on a tour in Southwestern Wisconsin, about 12 miles from the > nearest town - and another 25 from a town with a bike store - I road > up on two cyclists with plastic bikes. The ultra light new fangled > chain on one was broken in two places. > > I had a chain tool in my kit. We spent about 30 minutes trying to fix > the chain to no avail. The second rider ultimately had to ride on his > own back to the car. As I left, the rider with the broken bike told > me from now on he would carry a spare chain. > > The moral is that if just hefty enough means having to carry two, then > you probably have not accomplished much.
I think it also means if you have a 10 or 11 speed chain you'd better have the correct chain tool, because your old familiar standby portable tools might not, perhaps certainly not, work. I still smile at the thought that on introduction the chain tool for the Campagnolo 11-speed retailed for almost $350. Three hundred and fifty bucks for a chain tool? (Does it play any louder?) -- 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-bu...@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.
