14-07-12, 07:25 PM
Obviously it's preferable to replace before the trip, but if you can ride with a gentle right hand, particularly in lower gears, and keep the speed down to legal levels you'll probably be OK.
As V. Bodysnatcher says, modern chains are pretty tough: I've done a far greater distance than you're planning on a chain which actually had a broken side-plate! (In my defence, I had inspected it several times to investigate the slight rhythmic clunk I could feel before the crack became wide enough to see.)
As V. Bodysnatcher says, modern chains are pretty tough: I've done a far greater distance than you're planning on a chain which actually had a broken side-plate! (In my defence, I had inspected it several times to investigate the slight rhythmic clunk I could feel before the crack became wide enough to see.)