I had a bit of a morning of it today, with my chain snapping and requiring roadside repairs again. This was the third or fourth time a link had gone, so the chain was now comically short!
My oft broken and now comically short bike chain
I rode the rest of the way into work as single speed as the chain was too short to reach all the gears and the extra tension, I think, was making shifting very erratic. I did manage to pick up a shiny new chain at lunchtime, but, of course, didn’t bother to adjust the length properly and had to stay in the top 3 or 4 gears all the way home to prevent the chain from getting too loose and slipping.
Naturally, since I was restricted to high gears, I chose the extra long and hilly route home. I’m my own worst enemy sometimes.
It was also weird cycling in daylight on the way in. What’s going on!?
