Broken Chainring - London stockists for new ones

managed to snap my chainring this morning -. Anyone have ideas why this may have happened though? No probs with it last week but after chaning rear wheel at the weekend it was giving the occasional crunch over the last couple of days - chainline and tension seemed ok though....

Also I need a new one to replace and don't want this to happen again! T'was a Shimano 130 BCD. Any suggestions? Want a black one ideally.

Cheers

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the fact that there are at least two missing chainring bolts, maybe the problem. this happened to doca. you when it goes crunch, for fuck sake stop, look at bike. don't expect any sympathy. bike maintainance aint hard. sounds bad, no sound good!

Two of your chainring bolts got loose and fell out.
(I use loctite on my chainring bolts - ok ok, i use loctite on all threads that i really don't want to slip)

dogsballs the fact that there are at least two missing chainring bolts, maybe the problem. this happened to doca. you when it goes crunch, for fuck sake stop, look at bike. don't expect any sympathy. bike maintainance aint hard. sounds bad, no sound good!

see what your saying - but bolts were in and tight, checked them last night - hink they must have Fell out when/after it broke. So what you're saying is it shouldnt break like this assuming bolts are tight? Seen one on here before like that but it was a 10 quid job that broke there

ok - cheers guys. Lools like they just came loose then - weren't loctited in - i'll make sure they are this time!

loctite doesn't need to be used. you just need to do them up properly with a chain bolt peg. just like sprockets, do them up tight, then do them up tighter again, do them up tighter again. then they don't come out.

dogsballs loctite doesn't need to be used. you just need to do them up properly with a chain bolt peg. just like sprockets, do them up tight, then do them up tighter again, do them up tighter again. then they don't come out.

cheers - think I was being a bit of a soft-lad then ;-)

dogballs: loctite doesn't need to be used, but it never hurts using it anyway :) it's a safety-thing..
off cause you still have to do the bolts up properly..

i've searched through old threads (couldnt risk the wrath of not) but struggling to find London stockists or mail order for replacement black 130 BCD 44T chainring - any suggestions anyone? relatively new to london so hoping the locals can recommend somewhere ;-)

Don't know if this helps...it seems to fit your desciption ;)

kiwi cycles google them

any sugino messenger chainring or gebhardt will do you good

cavendish,brixton or brick lane cycles......

perfect - cheers