First repair job required...
Well, the new bicycle has been going great guns! Helped me take 4 minutes off my previous best time up the Old Freeway in two trips up, been to McLaren Vale on a wet, wet morning, and HAD relegated the Southcott to school taxi service and general hack about town... until now.
This evening I am sitting on the couch trying to decide whether to stay in bed in the morning or take the Southcott up the Old Freeway again as today the Kennedy broke her chain.
I was headed up to Flinders Uni, had just gone over South Rd on Sturt, had slowed for the traffic to clear, checked over the shoulder, stand, pedal, SNAP! I looked down to see vacant front chain rings and veered left back to the curb. I pulled the chain out of the rear deraileur and put it in my bag... and continued the journey up to Flinders on foot.
Thankfully, there is no need to pedal back down the hill, so on I jumped and freewheeled all the way back to the Tonsley Train Station... "The next train will depart platform 2 at 3.42pm."
Check time... 2.47pm.... missed the last train by 5 minutes. bother!
Oh well... 1/2 hour walk home, except for the last couple of hundred metres, which are all down a gentle slope into the driveway.
So now the question is, what chain do I replace the old one with? What would you (or do you) use on a Campagnolo Centaur 10sp grupo?
This evening I am sitting on the couch trying to decide whether to stay in bed in the morning or take the Southcott up the Old Freeway again as today the Kennedy broke her chain.
I was headed up to Flinders Uni, had just gone over South Rd on Sturt, had slowed for the traffic to clear, checked over the shoulder, stand, pedal, SNAP! I looked down to see vacant front chain rings and veered left back to the curb. I pulled the chain out of the rear deraileur and put it in my bag... and continued the journey up to Flinders on foot.
Thankfully, there is no need to pedal back down the hill, so on I jumped and freewheeled all the way back to the Tonsley Train Station... "The next train will depart platform 2 at 3.42pm."
Check time... 2.47pm.... missed the last train by 5 minutes. bother!
Oh well... 1/2 hour walk home, except for the last couple of hundred metres, which are all down a gentle slope into the driveway.
So now the question is, what chain do I replace the old one with? What would you (or do you) use on a Campagnolo Centaur 10sp grupo?
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Comment by Roger ... on November 29, 2010 at 18:40 -
I like KMC as well X10 is ten speed otherwise 105, Ultegra and Dura ace are good as well.
I used some very cheap 'Yaban' YBN chain on my 8 speed MTB bike and 3 months in it's past it's use by. I wont be using any Yaban chain again.
Your new chain chain might slip on your old cassette because the old stretched chain wears away the teeth to fit it. You could buy a new cassette or just stick with it for about a week or so and the new chain will stretch a bit and start to fit a bit better.
The old chain can be fixed too you just need a chain breaker tool and a 10 speed joining link ..
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Comment by Wombat on November 29, 2010 at 18:47 -
Roger... Do I really want to repair a chain that has let me down once, considering most of what I am doing on the bike at the moment is Hills? Too much risk for me... and I do have a chain breaker tool to do the replacement. Quite a nifty little piece of equipment that!
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Comment by Wombat on November 29, 2010 at 18:57
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I just had a look at the KMC X10 on eBay and it has "the missing link" to join the two ends of the chain together... do you guys use this or do you just join it with a pin? Is it ok to use? Is it a reliable link?
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Comment by Michael Warner on November 29, 2010 at 19:27 -
10-speed pins are a bit fiddly to put in correctly, because the chains are so narrow. I reckon that for us amateurs clip-on links (one-time or removeable) are more reliable, but I use removeables and spare because it's still the weakest point in the chain.
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Comment by Wombat on November 29, 2010 at 19:55
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Well, I can't afford to replace the cassette until after Christmas, so I will be out tomorrow having a chat to some LBS's to see what they suggest for a short-term fix. I COULD get a cheaper Shimano chain for about $50 online. Wonder what the LBS will be able to do for me???
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