08-07-2019, 11:48 AM
(08-07-2019, 04:49 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: True, someone will steal anything given the chance. But this is baffling. Why a chain. If they had the apparatus to steal the chain, they could have easily just taken the whole bike.
Got to work a week ago, and the street was flooding. Someone had gone down the alley behind our row of shops, and cut off the water regulators for each shop. Six pieces of brass, each of which probably netted one pound of scrap value, and they were obviously nearly drowned in the act of the theft by all of the gushing water that was flowing out of the now open pipes. At least they turned in the scrap brass and got a few dollars. But a chain?
That is awful!
"But a chain?" is all I've been asking myself this week. Trying to look into a replacement chain and fix ASAP. Work schedule makes it a bit hard. The weather has been perfect in Seattle, so this is excruciating, especially with Dream Roll around the corner.
At 8,000 miles, is it safe to assume sprockets can stay as is? I know some people like to replace chain and sprockets together, but it's usually at waaay more miles than what I have currently.
Also, any good tutorials on installing a new chain? I'm not the most proficient mechanic, but it's a good learning opportunity (trying to be cost efficient and also a little lazy to coordinate towing to a shop).