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rmillay Five Star Member rbent member; go Clowns! Posts: 2201	Broken chains? Apr 27^th, 2011, 4:26pm Although it's not obvious to me why an un-abused chain should break, I know it seems to happen to some of my mileage-addicted friends. So I'm curious whether the experience of the rbent group is similar to that of the more upright inclined. Anybody ever break a chain on his 'bent? Negative feedback from the high-mileage crew is also solicited. Bob M.
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jcsadowski Five Star Member Clown #1 Posts: 1199	Re: Broken chains? Reply #1 - Apr 27^th, 2011, 4:34pm I bent a link when I mis-shifted going up a hill - Except for that I have had years of unbroken chains.
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4192	Re: Broken chains? Reply #2 - Apr 27^th, 2011, 5:43pm Never had a chain break, but had a pin start to come out. No problems, after I started using quik-links, instead of installing pins.
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aikigreg Moderator recumbent ninja Posts: 3685	Re: Broken chains? Reply #3 - Apr 27^th, 2011, 7:46pm Had one snap apart uphill too once, but that was it. Thankfully, I always carry a quicklink.
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power_bent Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 632	Re: Broken chains? Reply #4 - Apr 27^th, 2011, 8:11pm Had a couple happen to me...And man when it pop, it loud too.
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Re: Broken chains?
Reply #5 - May 1^st, 2011, 11:17pm

Quote from rmillay on Apr 27^th, 2011, 4:26pm:

Although it's not obvious to me why an un-abused chain should break, I know it seems to happen to some of my mileage-addicted friends. So I'm curious whether the experience of the rbent group is similar to that of the more upright inclined. Anybody ever break a chain on his 'bent? Negative feedback from the high-mileage crew is also solicited. Bob M.

I've done about 80,000 miles in the past 8 years and haven't broken a chain yet, use standard Shimano stuff.

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