Just over a week ago on 14th Jan I managed to snap the bolt that holds my rear dérailleur onto my bike. This happened as I was cycling uphill and almost home, and after the horrible snow and slush we experienced in Bristol at the beginning of January.
I popped into IRC and asked for some advice. spas and turd suggested I take the bike to a shop to get it sorted. I'm pretty skint at the moment, so decided to buy an identical dérailleur from eBay to get the bolt needed.
So this afternoon it arrives in the post and this evening I take my rear wheel of in preparation of re-mounting my dérailleur and find this (Spot the difference ):
my original dérailleur:
the replacement dérailleur from ebay:
As I took the chain off my bike I found some bent links. I suspect that my chain got damaged from all the snow and slush earlier in the month and eventually it's gone through the dérailleur and seized up, snapping the bolt and bending everything out of shape.
Anyways, I guess it's time to replace my chain, dérailleur and clean my bike up and keep it clean and greased. Taking the bus to work sucks I can't wait to get my bike up and running again!
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I can't wait to get my bike up and running again!
