Folks,
How's it curdling?
I rode my bike in to work this morning
Worked another glorious Water Treatment Plant day shift
Then rode home again
I made it most of the way too, when the rear derailleur fell off
This caused the bike's chain to wrap itself around the crankset and twist a few links well out of shape
So I had to walk the bike the rest of the way home
Oh well
...
I thought a locking nut holding the derailleur to the frame had worked its way loose and fell off
Which would suck because, good luck finding that needle in the proverbial haystack
Once home, on closer inspection, turns out I was wrong in the best way
No locking nut, but a locking bolt instead
It had worked it's way out of a threaded hole in the frame, but was captive within the derailleur assembly
Great design for a mountain bike subject to a lot of vibration!
Frustration-minimisation
So once I removed the mangled chain, I could reattach the derailleur using an Allen key
Awesome!
Next problem to solve was the chain
I used a chainbreaker tool to remove the warped links which left me fifteen links short
I have a new chain for when the current one wears out, but it's not quite there yet
So, I took a length of fifteen links from an old spare chain, which was also not quite worn out, and started attaching the two together
I then went to close it up on the bike, and was literally pressing the very last pin into place when the chainbreaker tool broke
You've got to be fucking kidding me
Some days, you just can't catch a damn break
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