It’s nice that you’re positive about his enthusiasm because I would be put off by that.
Yeah I don’t see how someone who gives their bikes like that can be normal and well adjusted
That’s what makes it so weird/awesome. We all know very eccentric people who wear their eccentricity (or cray cray in some cases) on their sleeves - this guy, he’s all stealth about it.
Edit: this guy is in Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown” episode about Seattle, he’s the younger of Knute Berger’s two friends at the table.
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Audible lulz
This am I used a chain breaker to remove a too small chain bracelet from a man’s wrist.
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Too small to begin with or did he grow into it? 11sp or 10? Which brand? Which chain breaker? So many questions…
imagining someone coming in with no circulation in their hand
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We call that “The Stranger”
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I “feel” you
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I wore a chain bracelet for a few months when I was 18 or so. But I had the good sense to put a sram quick link on it so it was easy to take off. 9sp.
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I wonder if you could make a chain bracelet comprised entirely of 9, 10 & 11 sp quick-links so you’re ready to service any chain?
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as far as I can tell, chain bracelets come in two sizes:
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too tight and pinchy
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too loose, so the sharp edges of the outer plates can randomly dig into your flesh
It’s a great thing to wear for a while when you’re young and Very! Excited! About! Bikes!
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wait, people make chain bracelets with solid links? Like they use a chain tool to install it?
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I would love to meet (read: would not like to at all) a grown man that wears a bike chain bracelet.
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sounds like somebody needs a half link
half link in a chain bracelet is the equivalent to putting new holes in a belt.
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He was a kinda intense dude. The bracelet wasn’t cutting off circulation but he couldn’t get it off and wanted to put on his new one…
I asked him if he wanted a quicklink for the new bracelet, so as to avoid his current situation. He declined.
For those interested: it was a 9spd chain. He was replacing it with an 11spd bracelet. It was kinda awkward to remove it with the chain breaker, but he wanted to keep it so the bolt cutters weren’t an option (this made me very sad, there’s nothing better than applying those bolt cutters to anything and everything I can). I didn’t get a creeper vibe from him tho, just a dude who likes his bikes. Dude was probably in his late 40s.
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Come over to our shop, the parts manager has been watering the same one for like a dozen years or so.
We have a woman who makes bike part jewelry who uses actual jewelry clasps for her chain bracelets. No tools required.