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Gary K
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Gags <drgagnon@nospam_ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> Thanks for all the comments......I tried ringing the bike store tonight and they musta shut shop
> 10 min early cos I got no answer......will ring again tomorrow. I used to carry a chain breaker
> with me on my old mountain bike as I pretty well only used it for off-road and didn't want to get
> stuck in the middle of nowhere, but as I am now just riding on the Yarra trail to and from work, I
> put the chain breaker back in the toolbox. A guy at work today said that he always carries a
> couple of zip ties and a blade to trim them with.........reckons that they will get you home in an
> emergency......sounds like a good idea, but I dunno about shifting gears??
>
> On my old bike (with Shimano 7 spd cluster), I had the same chain for 7 years and I used the chain
> breaker to take it off heaps of times for cleaning, re-using the same pin each time when I put it
> back on. I have since been told that this is not a good idea and that there are special pins that
> are slightly over-diameter and have a snap-off bit on the end??? (I have never seen one). The
> chain I lost yesterday is a Shimano 9 spd.......it is only a guess, but perhaps they are a weaker
> chain and more susceptible to lateral flex due to them being narrower????
>
> Anyone got any recomendations for a new 9 spd chain???
>
Sachs are excellent.
GK
> Thanks for all the comments......I tried ringing the bike store tonight and they musta shut shop
> 10 min early cos I got no answer......will ring again tomorrow. I used to carry a chain breaker
> with me on my old mountain bike as I pretty well only used it for off-road and didn't want to get
> stuck in the middle of nowhere, but as I am now just riding on the Yarra trail to and from work, I
> put the chain breaker back in the toolbox. A guy at work today said that he always carries a
> couple of zip ties and a blade to trim them with.........reckons that they will get you home in an
> emergency......sounds like a good idea, but I dunno about shifting gears??
>
> On my old bike (with Shimano 7 spd cluster), I had the same chain for 7 years and I used the chain
> breaker to take it off heaps of times for cleaning, re-using the same pin each time when I put it
> back on. I have since been told that this is not a good idea and that there are special pins that
> are slightly over-diameter and have a snap-off bit on the end??? (I have never seen one). The
> chain I lost yesterday is a Shimano 9 spd.......it is only a guess, but perhaps they are a weaker
> chain and more susceptible to lateral flex due to them being narrower????
>
> Anyone got any recomendations for a new 9 spd chain???
>
Sachs are excellent.
GK
