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What would cause a master link/missing link to break? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I had my first dropped chain... as in, the chain fell completely off my bike. The side of one pin on the KMC missing link appeared to have popped right off. Nothing else was missing or damaged.

That link was the original and had only been removed once since the chain was installed, approx 900km before, when the cassette was replaced around 800km ago.

The only recent change to my bike was buying new wheels, but other than reindexing (at the LBS), shifting was excellent before and after the wheel swap.

Was it just bad luck, or is there something that might have caused this that I should watch out for?

The replacement link says reusable (Original KMC), but perhaps the original with the chain isn't as strong?

I'll note that this happened on a very casual ride, so no added weight, hills, or power going through the pedals. I shifted and it fell off. 😵

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I snapped a new one trying to pop it into the locked position before. Now I just align the pieces together and on the upper of the loop it and step on the pedal while breaking. Other than that I've never had them break or fall apart if they were opened and closed less than 8 times even if they are non-reusable.

Opening them is just cursed though. I need a tool with like 1 meter arms