@ai6yr asks:
I broke a chain for the first time, far from home! Luckily, the local bike shop was downhill. I coasted down & paid them to replace the chain (needed a spare anyway, took the old broken one home to add new links and re-wax). It appears I'm not packing all the tools I need.
Q4. What tools should I carry on all bike rides? (I usually carry a patch kit & small pump, but no chain tool nor master link) What else am I missing?!
A4: in addition to tubes, patches, tyre levers and mini pump, I make a point of carrying the tools needed to fix/adjust whatever I've recently worked on, on the first ride after the repair.
In case I've forgotten to tighten something, or not adjusted it correctly, I want to be able to deal with it with 'proper' tools, not pfaff around with an emergency multitool.
Once the shakedown ride is done, the proper tools can go back in their places in the toolchest.
Phil (ascentale)
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