Floppy Timing Chain

Lila’s front chain, the one used by the front passenger when there is one, got pretty loose a few weeks ago. Since this is not a conventional rig I took her back to Peter the Whymcycle guru. He performed technical miracles (removed the shoe from his right foot and pushed the bar holding the wheel a bit further down, to be precise).

Chains do stretch over time, however, and we have simply removed the timing chain so I don’t have to stop every time I hit a bump in the road on the way to work and get bike grease all over my hands. Today I gave a coworker a ride to the local Indian restaurant for lunch. I did all the work instead of have a pedalling stoker. It was okay, but I wouldn’t want to try this on a hill!