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11-02-05, 09:26 AM | #1 |
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Snapped my chain this morning...
After last nights wheelie session coming home from some pub, and then riding to work this morning my damn chain snapped some 15 Kilometers from work...
Now normally this wouldnt be a problem cause I would just call on a mate and he would help me out... But last saturday night me and some mates where hijacked while enjoying my birthday and they got away with my phone... (*******s) I eventually got hold of my friend from a payphone but I still had to push my bike about 2 kilometers down the road to a diesel workshop I used to work for, so it could be safe from any more harm... I need a holiday!!! |
11-02-05, 09:28 AM | #2 |
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maybe thats a lesson about not doing wheelies
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11-02-05, 09:32 AM | #3 |
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I know I did it to myself...
The master link actually broke so the bike shop is gonna go fetch later and fix it for me... |
11-02-05, 09:42 AM | #4 |
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So, just to clarify things, was the chain not riveted and instead using a spring clip on the master link?
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11-02-05, 09:45 AM | #5 |
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yeah it was a spring clip, I was using a DID 525 chain.
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11-02-05, 11:27 AM | #6 |
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Thanks for clarifying that Shaun, sorry it snapped and glad you're okay. Perhaps this ends the argument that riveting the link is safer than relying on a spring clip.
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11-02-05, 04:26 PM | #7 |
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I think that argument got ended for me when i met the guy at a bike show (on a disabled biker's org stand) who'd lost his leg when a spring-link broke...
Funny how just on link stands between sitting on a bike, and sitting on a chainsaw eh?
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11-02-05, 04:37 PM | #8 |
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On the subject of chains snapping, I've always wondered why chain guards weren't more substantial (should be more metal in them IMO, even if it's coated in plastic).
BTW, Is it okay to use Autosol (metal polish) on a chain? Re-lubing it afterwards, of course. |
11-02-05, 04:39 PM | #9 |
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You would have to have a very serious chain guard there to actually have any confidence in it whatsoever.
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11-02-05, 04:59 PM | #10 |
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In the stock SV one there's a wee bit of metal that'd last about a heartbeat if it got chained... One of my "things to do" is to get a good-looking steel one built, that'd actually be stronger while giving better fling protection as well...
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