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>went out for a ride Sunday afternoon
>went out with intentions of taking 1st place on a difficult to access segment
>The route involves riding through an old abandoned torn up quad trail
>Downed trees, gut busters, swamp, shrubbery, and tall grass for ~3 miles
>last time I went out landed myself in 3rd, only a few seconds behind first
>made it to the start of the segment, the return point
>chain broke on an easy uphill section
Is the KMC X9 a bad chain? Should I replace it with something more stout for the type of riding I'm doing? Chain has less than 150 miles and was kept fairly clean and lubricated.
>Wasn't shifting under load, no indication of it trying to hop gears
>Input effort wasn't extreme
I believe it broke from side loading, but I don't know why. I found remnants of what I believe to be a twig in the cassette. If a packed in twig did break it, how the hell do I prevent that from happening again? There was no warning, it just let go.
Ended up walking out
>Never encountered anyone during my 2hr walk to the road to be picked up
And on that note, what toolkits are you guys running on the trails? In the years of riding I've only ever had to deal with flats and bent components. I've never broken a chain.
