Comments on: I crashed myself http://adventuresonabike.com/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/ My Cycling Journal Sat, 05 Mar 2011 11:54:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Andrew http://adventuresonabike.com/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Andrew Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:33:49 +0000 http://arlyn.teamclimbon.org/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/#comment-78 Did you take some of the bottle tops out? There were more than that the last time I saw it. With the miles you logged last year, you were due for a new chain. Did you take some of the bottle tops out? There were more than that the last time I saw it.
With the miles you logged last year, you were due for a new chain.

]]> By: Mark http://adventuresonabike.com/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Mark Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:17:13 +0000 http://arlyn.teamclimbon.org/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/#comment-77 I appreciate that since the team is not <b>yet</b> sponsored by Sierra Nevada that you drop the bottle tops into the toolbox upside down. It's even more impressive how you positioned them just so one could make out the brewer. I appreciate that since the team is not yet sponsored by Sierra Nevada that you drop the bottle tops into the toolbox upside down. It’s even more impressive how you positioned them just so one could make out the brewer.

]]> By: Arlyn Asch http://adventuresonabike.com/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Arlyn Asch Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:00:40 +0000 http://arlyn.teamclimbon.org/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/#comment-76 Dave, there are chain tools you can purchase that will show you chain stretch (an indication of wear). Shimano recommends replacing your chain after between 0.075mm and 0.1mm of stretch. Mark, good point on the master link - I learned that lesson once riding with you guys last year. I've abandoned master links since. The breaking point was just a normal factory connection. ps: I purposely positioned my toolbox beneath the bottle opener :) Dave, there are chain tools you can purchase that will show you chain stretch (an indication of wear). Shimano recommends replacing your chain after between 0.075mm and 0.1mm of stretch.

Mark, good point on the master link – I learned that lesson once riding with you guys last year. I’ve abandoned master links since. The breaking point was just a normal factory connection.

ps: I purposely positioned my toolbox beneath the bottle opener :)

]]> By: Mark http://adventuresonabike.com/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Mark Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:56:49 +0000 http://arlyn.teamclimbon.org/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/#comment-75 Did your chain happen to have a master link? If so, did it snap at the master link? I would never leave the master link in my chain. Get yourself a good chain tool and simply pop out/in the pins. Did your chain happen to have a master link? If so, did it snap at the master link? I would never leave the master link in my chain. Get yourself a good chain tool and simply pop out/in the pins.

]]> By: Mark http://adventuresonabike.com/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Mark Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:55:53 +0000 http://arlyn.teamclimbon.org/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/#comment-74 Judging by the piture, I think it has more to do with the consumption of Sierra Nevada by the mechanic then any flaw in the chain :) Judging by the piture, I think it has more to do with the consumption of Sierra Nevada by the mechanic then any flaw in the chain :)

]]> By: Dave Mozealous http://adventuresonabike.com/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Dave Mozealous Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:41:08 +0000 http://arlyn.teamclimbon.org/2008/02/10/i-crashed-myself/#comment-73 Arlyn, any idea on how many miles a chain is supposed to be ridden before it is replaced? Also, good use of the photo. Arlyn, any idea on how many miles a chain is supposed to be ridden before it is replaced?

Also, good use of the photo.

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