Hi guys,
Just wondering if I'm going to be ok to ride home tonight or not!
When i got to work and parked up the bike this morning I checked the chain and it is very loose - I admit it's been a few days since I last checked it, but still, I'm surprised by the amount of slack that has developed in those few days - I'd say there's about 3 inches of movement when I lift the bottom run of the chain in the middle!
Problem is, I'm about 25 miles from home, and I can't get the rear axle nut undone with the ring spannner & that little extension bar that are in the SV's toolkit (or maybe it's my feeble arms
) - I torqued it up to 100Nm as per the manual last time I adjusted it so it's on pretty tight!
Am I going to be ok riding home with the chain like it is if I take it slowly e.g. 60mph max on the motorway? I'm pretty paranoid that I'm going to hit a bump in the road and the chain's going to jump off!
The alternative is to call out the nice RAC man during my lunch break and ask if I can borrow his socket set