{"id":4149,"date":"2012-03-13T23:16:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2012-03-13T23:16:20","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:16:20","slug":"metro-beach-and-broken-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/metro-beach-and-broken-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Beach and Broken Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This previous post about what I carry while riding<\/a> got some interesting comments with people surprised that I carry so much, with one of the more commented on items being nitrile gloves. This evening while riding back home from Metro Beach I’d just passed a guy roller blading and when I stood to take off there was a POINK sound and my cranks just spun, dispensing the chain on to the ground. I’d been having a weird feeling when pedaling that almost felt like the freehub not cleanly engaging, but this answered what it was.<\/p>\n

This was a simple break where an outer plate separated from a pin, tearing the chain open, and thus easily mended with a SRAM PowerLink<\/a>. However, twenty minutes later when stopping at Metro Beach I’d relubed my chain because it was making a slight squeaking sound and I thought that maybe the odd feeling could be a slightly stuck link. Being out and about I wasn’t able to wipe the excess off and thus the chain was wet with lube and grit. This exact situation is why I carry nitrile gloves.<\/p>\n

After putting them on I was able to fix the chain and get the bike back to working so I could finish my ride, all without ending up with dirty hands. With the chain parts then tucked away in inside out gloves and everything put away I set off and had a great rest of the ride.<\/p>\n

End result today was a smidge over 52 miles in 3:22:59 of moving time. I got no heart rate data because the sensor’s battery appears to be failing, as it was reporting ~190 BPM while pedaling out of my driveway. I took it off and shut off the sensor monitoring, which did weird things to the Garmin data itself (such as reporting 87 kcal consumed).<\/p>\n

Here is a photo of the actual broken chain hanging off the derailleur<\/a>, if you’re interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This previous post about what I carry while riding got some interesting comments with people surprised that I carry so much, with one of the…<\/p>\n

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