Out on the Tourer today and the chain snapped 4 miles from home. Now, to me this wasn't a problem. However to the woman walking past, she thought I was in trouble. It's OK I said, I'll get home, it's only 4 miles. So, I picked up the chain and stuck it in my bag. The look on her face when I climbed on the bike and started turning the pedals was priceless. The look on her face when the bike started moving and carried me off was even better. 
Luckily the road is flattish with only slight slopes which are about 5% gradient according to my VDO thingy. Once out of Linlithgow and onto the countryside part of the trip, I thought I'd better use the footpath and not cause problems on a busy fast road. I needn't have bothered. The Tourer spent most of the trip at about 14mph and only dropped to about 10mph on the slopes. Obviously on the down slopes it went faster.
The Tourer is over 7 years old and the chain is probably 4 years old. Time for a new one I think. New chain or new bike. HMMMM decisions decisions.
This is the reason why I like hub motors with PAS sensors.
Luckily the road is flattish with only slight slopes which are about 5% gradient according to my VDO thingy. Once out of Linlithgow and onto the countryside part of the trip, I thought I'd better use the footpath and not cause problems on a busy fast road. I needn't have bothered. The Tourer spent most of the trip at about 14mph and only dropped to about 10mph on the slopes. Obviously on the down slopes it went faster.
The Tourer is over 7 years old and the chain is probably 4 years old. Time for a new one I think. New chain or new bike. HMMMM decisions decisions.
This is the reason why I like hub motors with PAS sensors.
