multimodal commuter
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Commuter fail.
Got my bike (3 sp IGH conversion) out of the bike locker yesterday afternoon, the bike having been in there since Friday morning; started riding and almost immediately the chain jams. On closer inspection I find the chain is broken; outer plate of one link is completely AWOL. I thought briefly about making some kind of caveman fix, like tying it together with wire, but it was cold and I didn't have wire, or the necessary tools. I called my wife for a ride home, put the broken chain in my bag, and the bike back in the locker.
Got a ride back to the station this morning, new chain in my bag.
That's the first time a mechanical failure has made it necessary for my wife to drive me to the station that I can remember. About a year ago I called for a ride, when I had a tire fail catastrophically, but she wasn't free; I booted the tire with paper money and rode anyway, so that doesn't count.
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