| Re: Broke A Chain!
On Feb 5, 2:47 pm, Stephen Harding <smhardin...@msn.com> wrote:
> Riding in to work this morning I seemed to be getting a
> break from the weather. Although quite cold (around 0F
> I think, with a brisk wind allegedly putting wind chills
> down into the -teensF), the wind was from astern and I
> had virtually no wind chill effect.
>
> With the sun out, I was starting to sweat a bit as I
> headed up the hill towards Amherst center. Nearing the
> top, I down shifted and immediately had no gears at all!
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> Walked into downtown Amherst to the local bike shop there
> only to find them closed. Must be shut down on Mondays
> during the winter, darn!
>
> Coasted down the other side of the hill and then walked
> the final half mile to my office.
>
> Bike stays in my nice warm office tonight instead of its
> normal frigid barn. Already ordered a new SRAM PC48 for
> it and will get a ride home via a coworker tonight.
>
> Will bring the bike back home via my "Global Warmer" later
> this week. Fortunately, I've got a reserve ice bike (with
> a PC48 chain that I guess I'd better look over closely!)
> to pedal until the new chain comes in from Performance.
>
> Wondered if a broken chain was anything the group found to
> be a common or rare event? Can you buy just replacement
> masterlinks from SRAM? Didn't see any on the Performance
> or Nashbar web pages.
>
> SMH
Decent bike shops have Sram links..gotta ask why you just didn't go to
the bike shop on Tuesday and buy a chain?
How many miles on that 4 yr old chain, BTW-'maybe' time for a new one
anyway.
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