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Never, ever, ever, let me work on your bike

Posted by on April 17, 2007

The last couple of days have seem me desparately trying to do the very simple job of replacing my chain and sprockets. I say simple because it is at most a couple of hours work.

For me, it’s turned into a nightmare.

1 – Couldn’t get the bolts off the sprocket.
2 – Couldn’t get the old chain off
3 – Sheared a bolt on the disk side of the rear wheel
4 – Tried to put the chain on with too many links in
5 – Couldn’t get excess links out of new chain
6 – Took too many links out of new chain leaving me with a £50 for a new chain tomorrow.

So in total this job has cost me £300 in new tools, £50 in parts, and extra £50 for the new chain.

I don’t think I can afford to service my own bike.

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