I had a slight mishap on my bike on Saturday morning.
My chain has been giving up for quite a while. It’s done thousands of kilometres and has been due for replacement for about a month or so.
After a truly wonderful ride with the usual suspects the chain skipped the wrong way and one of the links got twisted in a way that links aren’t meant to be twisted. After coffee on the Oxford Street Cafe strip, I slipped across the road to Riders Choice where they were kind enough to use a couple of sets of pliers to help the chain point in the right direction. The quick fix got me home.
I took the bike into Balmoral Cycles yesterday to have the chain and cluster replaced. The bike’s now riding a lot nicer. Mind you, I was out for sprint training this morning before heading to work and noticed that the new bits and pieces still haven’t fixed everything. It seems that I still need to pedal.
Posted by Rodney Olsen
That will teach you to clean your chain!! Dirt on an old chain is like dirt on an old rusty car, it’s what holds it together!
Absolutely right.