@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. I have never broken a chain on a ride; the closest was having a single link fail in the driveway after taking it apart and putting it back together again.
That said, I have an older crankbrothers toolkit which has a fold-away chain breaker on it.
I am a minimalist for tools. A patch kit and a pump, sometimes a bike tool kit (usually when I have done repairs and do not trust my fix.) Bikepacking I carry more.
@ai6yr @AsphaltandEarth @Amgine @ascentale @bikenite
The only time I had a chain break was when my friend and I were riding a vintage single speed tandem. It was the timing chain that broke, so the stoker (me) had to provide all the torque. No fun! Luckily there weren't too many hills on the way home.
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