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Thanks for info! I have already got a bike torque wrench , otherwise just be careful not to clamp anything hard on the tubes !

Interesting, hadn't planned to do that, although I know people do bikepacking on carbon MTBs!

Annoying creak that appeared to be front drive train, but once per revolution, found it was old pedal getting worn, regular spray of lube does the trick!

Just about to get my first carbon frame bike - any genuine things NOT to do with a carbon frame?

Cheer!

Train a team of dogs to pull the scooter, save money o recharging the battery.......

No problem, I use SPD on road all the time.

So as I said , no-one knows whether accidents are more or less common than previously.

The article only really reflects peoples opinions on whether there are more crashes or more injuries and then people theorizing possible reasons.
More amazing is that the UCI doesn't keep statistics on crashes so no one knows whether road racing is more or less dangerous that it was previously.

I have used Vrienden in the past, pleased to see it is still going, great for touring!

My partner and I had no noticeable side effects after the first dose.

The above replies sound like exactly what happened with mine, I thought it was a bottom bracket problem at first as well !
The chain worked fine after removing the broken link with no problems in another 30miles, but I will need to add a couple of links back in as it is now a bit short
The chain tool on my wee multitool worked fine, although needed quite a lot of strength as leverage was small
Other annoying thing was that against my own good advice I had forgotten to pack a pair of disposable gloves so got chain muck all over my riding gloves....

531colin wrote: ↑11 Apr 2021, 5:55pm Difficult to give an answer when we don't know what chain it is , or how it was joined.

Wasn't really expecting any diagnosis, but just interested in ideas, it didnt appear to be at the original join.

10 speed

Struggling to remember! I have changed chains on a few bikes recently! I think actually it might have been a Shimano one with the snap off rivet.

First ever broken chain whilst out riding today, it started making a regular clink/clunky, I checked it and could find nothing wrong, it then broke on a steep bit, so I toppled into the grass banking . Took a couple of links out with emergency chain tool and then back on the ride.
When I looked at the chain it appeared that an outer link had bent outwards and then popped the rivet. It was a fairly new chain , can't remember if KMC or Sram, I can't really see why this happened