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Cursed fix that got me to bike shop. (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 days ago by plactagonic@sopuli.xyz to c/bicycle_touring@lemmy.world
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Crank bolt broke on me so I had to do this roadside fix - this is after I tidied it up at campsite to be bit less ugly.

I have all photos - breakage, this fix and more permanent fix from bike shop on mastodon the thread

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[-] Iconoclast@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago

I once snapped the derailleur hanger but I had a chain breaker and a spare quick link with me so I converted it into single speed to get back home but I fitted the chain to a wrong cog on the rear cassette so it kept downshifting making the chain extremely tight so I took a twig and twisted it around the cassette to prevent the chain from jumping up. That got me back home 15km away.

this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2026
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