| Re: Broke A Chain!
On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:47:11 GMT, Stephen Harding
<smharding16@msn.com> may have said:
>Looked down thinking the chain had come off the rings
>and noticed no chain at all! Walked back 15 feet and
>picked it up, hoping the masterlink was in place.
>
>It was (sort of).
>
>It's a SRAM PC48 chain of perhaps four years vintage.
Four years of commuting and you haven't had to replace the chain?
Have you checked it for wear?
>One half of the master link was still in the chain but
>the other half had only half of itself still in the chain.
>It had broken!
>
>I think this is the first time I've ever had a chain
>break on me.
>[snip]
>Wondered if a broken chain was anything the group found to
>be a common or rare event?
IME, chain breakage is only common if the chain is badly worn or
corroded. It's been nonexistent for me on chains that are in good
condition.
>Can you buy just replacement
>masterlinks from SRAM?
That depends on the dealer. *You* won't buy them direct from SRAM,
but they are packaged and available for ordering by SRAM dealers
through the normal distribution channels.
>Didn't see any on the Performance
>or Nashbar web pages.
There are many more vendors out there. Those two just have the most
advertising.
KMC also makes a snaplink that works with most 8-speed chains (all
that I've tried, anyway), and there are others around.
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