Re: Your Chain Just Broke. Now What?

Throwing back a beer or 3, was a reference to drinking in general, though I think any class worth attending is always better absorbed in a compromised state (look at any college transcript).

Barry

On Sep 13, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Oriel Mor <oriel61@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's not that I wouldn't like a tall cool one post ride.
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> I think that before the ride, while everyone is still fresh, is the better time for a class.
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> At the end of the ride, some people may have dropped off, some may decide they need to get back home early, some may bee to tired to really pay attention.
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> But if everyone prefers to do it at the end, I'm fine with that.
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> On Sep 13, 2010, at 4:57 PM, George Uribe wrote:
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>> BRILLIANT!!!!!!
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert Leighton [mailto:rleighton@leightonassociates.com]
>> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 4:44 PM
>> To: 'Oriel Mor'; 'Isaac Seinuk'; 'Arthur Finkel';
>> northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com; 'David J. Shereck'; 'David
>> Wargin'; 'Gus Condiles'; 'Barry Feirstein'; 'Greg Keller'; George Uribe;
>> 'Bill Eisenberg'; 'Mitchel Lang'; 'Larry Nipon'; 'Todd Manas'; 'Jan
>> Lemerman'; 'Yihao Ou'
>> Subject: RE: Your Chain Just Broke. Now What?
>>
>> I'd prefer the class after the ride with something cold to drink. Your
>> thoughts?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Oriel Mor [mailto:oriel61@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 4:19 PM
>> To: Isaac Seinuk; Arthur Finkel;
>> northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com;
>> David J. Shereck; David Wargin; Gus Condiles; Barry Feirstein; Greg
>> Keller; George Uribe; Bill Eisenberg; Robert Leighton; Mitchel Lang;
>> Larry Nipon; Todd Manas; Jan Lemerman; Yihao Ou
>> Subject: Your Chain Just Broke. Now What?
>>
>> Something that Bob mentioned yesterday, after my chain mishap, got me
>> thinking. How many in this group know how to fix a broken chain out on
>> the road? It doesn't happen often, but if it did, and you're by
>> yourselves, how many in this group would have to call for help to be
>> able to finish the ride or just to get back home?
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>> Even those chains that use the special, tool-free link systems for easy
>> installation and removal could break mid-ride. In that case you'd need
>> to be able open and close standard links to get going again.
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>> As it happens, there's not all that much to it and I'd be more than
>> happy to share the knowledge. I'm volunteering to give a little class to
>> the group to show how to use the chain tool to add and remove links and
>> to close back a chain. We could do this just before one of our regular
>> rides and it would take no more than 15 minutes or so.
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>> Any interest?
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>> Beast
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