Stretched chain and long miles?

[richfzs]

Having made a "it'll be alright for this trip" decision a few years back, I will never do it again. My chain stretched loads while on the way to Assen in 2009, each time we stopped somewhere for petrol etc, I could hear the sounds it making get worse. On the way back it stripped all the teeth from the front sprocket. I was very lucky to be able to limp the bike back to the ferry (having tightened the chain far beyond what its supposed to be, to get some purchase on what was left of the teeth), it could have been far worse. As others have said, snapping chain enters rear wheel, horror story.

Don't gamble with the chain, if its buggered, its buggered. End of.