Thanks - broken chain New Kent Road Monday 7th June

just change your user name, to "look mom no chaintool"

well either way it passed my day......now, should I carry a chain tool or not, mmmmm.

Well I carry a Specialized 32-ish multi-tool thing that my mate bought me for Xmas year before last - which has a chain tool on it. Between that, a tiny multi-tool with pliers, a box spanner, some tyre levers, a spare inner and a pump, there's nothing I haven't yet fixed. (This is a product recommendation BTW).

BUT... The only times I've been stranded were times I went out thinking "I'll just pop down to blah blah. I won't need my full bag, I'll just ride light..." Which is why I've been considering an under-seat tool-bag, so it's independant of my main bag.

So, the reason I pointed out the Oyster + lock option is: Occasionally, you go out without your tools. This is what's known as having a "Plan B".

Tea_bee, listen mate, you've clearly got some points, but if you start badmouthing Badminton you and I are you go have a serious falling out.

Nothing personal mate, just a warning...

badminton is shite
there..it's even got bad in it

Badminton, golf, squash. = Sports I find fucking rubbish.
Football, rugby, cricket. - Sports I think are fantastic.

Horses for courses though. If you want to be a prancing pony with a big net, you feel free mate. Knock yourself out. I'll stick to steeplechase (or some other macho horse racing metaphor kind of thing).

As my mate once said "I like squash because you have to jostle for position in the middle of the court." JOSTLE..?!?? If you want position, fucking well fight for it. FIGHT, I tell you!!!

Badminton... "Oooo, nice shuttlecock luvvie!"

I'm sorry, it's just how I feel. Does this mean we can't be friends now..?

Think of Badminton as a cross between Volleyball and Tennis.

What do both those sports have? Beautiful, underdressed women.

Ergo - Badminton is 100% hotties.

My logic, my friend, cannot be faulted.

(how you could possibly included Football as an example of not being a prancing pony I have no idea. Biggest drama fest ever. All modern sports are pussy shit. Sabrage on horseback, now THAT'S a mans sport.)

Mocking someone who is not as experienced, is just sad in my view.

Didn't you have some weird stalker obsession with Paul Michel?

(how you could possibly included Football as an example of not being a prancing pony I have no idea. Biggest drama fest ever. All modern sports are pussy shit. Sabrage on horseback, now THAT'S a mans sport.)

I must be older than you. I remember when football was played in a bath of mud by men with no front teeth. There was one time when I was a kid that there was NO grass on the pitch. The'd just painted white lines on the sea of mud.

"Norman Hunter bites yer legs"

I leave this thread for a few hours and the whole world turns to shit.

Shit it, shit you, shit chain. shit stretch of road.

pumps are for pussies. fact.

pumps are for pussies. fact.

I thought they were for cocks. That's where I've been going wrong.

I have one of the most comprehensive tool kits in London, my friends... It includes spare links (3/32" and 1/8") and the mother of all chainbreakers... Need a better pump tho'... Carry on... Ray, shut it...

pumps are for pussies. fact.