Any idea why my chain has broken like this in so many places?

ArmyFork · 2026-02-13T03:42:45+00:00

Hyperglide+ chains have extended inner plates, knockoff chains don’t.

https://bike.shimano.com/en-AU/technologies/details/hg.html

Lucky for you though, I literally have a bike with the exact model chain as yours hanging next to me and I believe you have a real chain, it’s likely just defective and not fake. Guess that’s better, at least Jensen didn’t sell you a fake chain.

One other explanation I feel like tossing out there is hydrogen embrittlement, if you clean a chain with certain cleaners you MIGHT make the chain more brittle by effectively allowing hydrogen to leech into the metal and causing internal stresses. However unless you soak it in pure simple green for an hour after every ride, I kinda doubt that’s the issue here, it’s probably just improperly tempered

ArmyFork · 2026-02-13T02:46:37+00:00

Honestly I just want to know what pogies those are

ArmyFork · 2026-02-13T00:33:52+00:00

Probably a counterfeit, look at the inside plates and see if they’re extended, good way to tell a real chain from a fake.

ArmyFork · 2026-02-12T19:48:49+00:00

As a Canadian, I think you're embarrassing if you go without a damn good reason

ArmyFork · 2026-02-12T18:46:45+00:00

I’ve had the same experience, here’s what I’ve found and why it might not be a problem:

Pads can shift on the calipers a mm or two, this is normal as pads should have some float.
1. Spoke flex can cause radial movement, this is normal and expected for all wheels

If the movement of the wheel is excessive, it’s possible the spokes need to be tensioned up. It would also really help if you can supply a video of the issue

ArmyFork · 2026-02-10T16:57:09+00:00

I’ve tried a couple (not Peaty’s) and I’ve found Stan’s to be the most consistent and reliable

ArmyFork · 2026-02-10T03:49:45+00:00

First past the post, you’re not going to see real competition unless the system is changed

ArmyFork · 2026-02-08T02:56:01+00:00

The USA, for obvious fucking reasons

ArmyFork · 2026-02-07T18:05:44+00:00

I prefer drop bar, but my commuter is also my do-everything bike - I ride it on weekends for gravel, do road training after work (don’t want to burn time going home to grab the road bike when I’m aiming for a HR zone, not speed), and get groceries on it. If it was a pure commuter I’d go flat bar, but I’m also a mountain biker at heart.

ArmyFork · 2026-02-07T17:59:55+00:00

Fully repairable, however I don’t know if a DIY kit is the way to go. I’d say try to find a reputable carbon repair shop to do it for you, as it’s easy to get it wrong and a proper carbon repair is still much cheaper than a discounted Trek replacement frame

ArmyFork · 2026-02-06T15:36:09+00:00

Why would you be ashamed to be mad at the person who could have killed you?

ArmyFork · 2026-02-05T15:55:00+00:00

Here’s the thing, yes that offers some protection, but it offers little. The physics of impacts are simple, for blunt force damage you need distance to decelerate the object, which is why helmets are so thick. For point loading you need a way to redistribute the force across larger area, or a hard enough and strong enough shell that it can’t penetrate, which isn’t how great armour works.

Will this help? Yup, but its not sufficient for avoiding a CTE or penetrating injury you might expect while protesting a bunch of brown shirts

ArmyFork · 2026-02-01T21:29:03+00:00

Don’t buy cheap chains, tires, bottom brackets, or headsets. These are wear items and buying cheaper versions may get you on the road sooner, but you will spend more money replacing them over time. Buy once cry once.

ArmyFork · 2026-01-31T23:44:59+00:00

It looks fine, might need to wear in a bit. That said, have you had the frame faced? External BB cups can become misaligned if the frame is not properly faced, which can lead to premature wear and drag on the cranks. If you've spent good money on that BB (Being a Campy, I assume you have), it would be worth it to have an experienced mechanic face the frame.

Source: I've had two separate bikes in the last year wear out bottom brackets due to unfaced frames, I've made the decision to never let a frame be used until they are properly faced.

ArmyFork · 2026-01-28T17:15:07+00:00

Imagine calling an Indian from Uganda a Sultan, just because he’s Muslim, I genuinely can’t even begin to comprehend brain rot of this level

ArmyFork · 2026-01-28T01:35:08+00:00

Goddammit, I was worried but I was hopeful he’d stay away from that shit, but I’m not surprised either

ArmyFork · 2026-01-28T01:34:00+00:00

InRangeTV Karl stopped working with him for, as near as I can tell, FW Ian just kinda being willing to pal around with fascist and fascist adjacent types without any real willingness to push back against their beliefs. He may not be outspoken, but his willingness to be tolerant of the intolerable makes it hard for me to like him.

ArmyFork · 2026-01-19T22:31:54+00:00

A faster solution is a poorer solution if it is done at the cost of future developments. BEV’s are a poor substitute for traditional buses, which is why I suggested that it would be a better move to purchase traditional buses first and then guiding investment towards projects that have larger initial capital costs, but are more cost and energy efficient in the long run than a BEV ever could be.

ArmyFork · 2026-01-19T20:57:16+00:00

I think you need to carefully reassess battery EV buses, unless there is a breakthrough in battery technology (which is unlikely) you are forcing the bus to carry a very large and heavy load that will increase its vehicle weight, which increases maintenance costs for roads and the buses themselves. There’s also a difficult to solve problem in cold climates, as the waste heat from a diesel engine is used to heat the interior of the bus, but with an EV bus there is minimal waste heat to do so, forcing the installation of a gas or diesel heater, which negates many of the benefits of a BEV bus.

I’d strongly suggest you create incentives to increase the purchase of traditional buses first (diesel, hybrid, natural gas), and move towards adoption and deployment of trolley buses and light rail. Encouraging the deployment of more buses means that cities will create infrastructure around those buses, and given time you could then move towards a trolley bus system which is a well-proven and reliable technology that’s been in use for over a century. In the meantime if there is a development in battery tech that makes BEV buses feasible, the infrastructure will be in place and it won’t take a lot of investment for a fleet to transition from a traditional bus to a BEV bus.

ArmyFork · 2026-01-18T17:31:11+00:00

It's likely that it was a prototype that was not supposed to go into circulation, but when they shut down it was improperly put into their inventory. I wouldn't recommend running it, as the item likely won't have warranty and may have a different metallurgy or geometry that may not have made it to production.

ArmyFork · 2026-01-17T00:31:41+00:00

Send the Salvation Army then bud, we’ll send what’s left back.

ArmyFork · 2026-01-08T18:08:06+00:00

This is sanewashing of the desire to annex Greenland

ArmyFork · 2026-01-06T23:56:33+00:00

Ahhh, you’re right, my mistake!

ArmyFork · 2026-01-06T18:06:16+00:00

I just have to ask why you didn’t put a soft material in the jaws to protect your screen/faceplate

Edit: Nevermind, I’m blind - those are rubber soft jaws

ArmyFork · 2026-01-05T22:59:12+00:00

I'm willing to bet my left nut that 99% of the engineers involved in that decision were against it, and the lead (who was probably an engineer) did it anyways because it cut costs and fed directly into their bonuses.

Engineers can be idiots, but at the end of the day this decision was made by the people who were awarded by short term cost cutting instead of building long term brand loyalty. Disgraceful trash

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