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Ryan Cousineau

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More options May 15, 8:53 pm

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From: Ryan Cousineau <rcous...@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 00:53:05 GMT

Local: Thurs, May 15 2008 8:53 pm

Subject: Re: Flimsy? (Millars chain)

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"brian_j_r...@yahoo.com" <brian_j_r...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From Pez:

> "...As for the offending chain; upon examination by the mechanics, it
> was found to have broken not on the pin, but right in the middle of
> the link. That¹s some serious power going through the transmission to
> achieve a break like that!..."

> Almost sounds like Hincapies broken carbon wheel in PR (a poor
> equipment choice IMO) that morphed into a puncture.

No, it's a MUCH MUCH MORE FRIGHTENING equipment failure.

If this is true, then surely the likely root causes were either some
sort of bum link (whether in manufacturing, delivery or installation) or
else they were cleaning it improperly and caused hydrogen embrittlement,
or force majeur.

Has anyone else ever had a chain fail at the link?

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