Thanks everybody. It certainly is the most prudent thing to simply get a new chain. I confess that I am puzzled about why it failed in the first place and in a perverse way that makes it harder for me to decide. It doesn't seem that one bad link should be predictive of the others but who knows? Best, Tim
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Hoffsta <tonguetwis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Last time this happened to me, (brand new SRAM 971 with less than 20 > miles), I removed it from my primary bike but kept it for use on a seldom > used, short trip bike and replaced the bad link with a master link. It's > been fine on that bike after a few hundred easy miles. If your chain only > has a couple thousand on it, I'd keep it for a backup as it likely still > has lots of life left, but as mentioned, you'll probably sleep better at > night if it's not on your primary long distance bike. > > Sean > Eugene, OR > > > On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:59:49 PM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: > >> Chains are cheap. I would replace it--certainly better than dealing with >> injuries if the next pin breaks when you're riding at speed. >> >> --Eric N. >> >> On Aug 28, 2012, at 6:54 PM, Tim Whalen <whal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Yesterday the Campagnolo chain on my Roadeo broke, fortunately as I was >> leaving a stop sign right by my house at the end of a ride so there was no >> problem of any sort. It looks like the pin pulled out of one the links on >> one side; there was no sign of anything wrong that I noticed before I >> realized I was pedaling thin air. >> > >> > I don't recall this ever happening to me and so before I just reattach >> it a link shorter or put a quick link in where the failed link was, I >> wanted to see if anyone has any thoughts or experience. My only concern >> with repairing it of course is if one link could fail maybe so could >> another. I'd guess the chain has at most a couple of thousand miles on it >> and I've been pretty good about keeping it lubed. >> > >> > So, fix or trash? >> > >> > Thanks in advance, >> > Tim >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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-owne...@googlegroups.**com. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bun...@** >> googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en>. >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Axjd-W5DZL0J. > > 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. > -- 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.
