Replaced the chain on the Pompino.
For an identical link count, the new chain is 26mm shorter than the old worn one
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Somewhat unsurprisingly, the chainring was found to be beyond its useful service life, consisting now of little more than 42 shark's fins.
A series of 16:00-on-a-Saturday panicky phone-calls to a number of LBSs managed to secure one from Rat Race Bikes in Nunhead.
Rear sprocket cleaned to within an inch of its life, chain & chainring fitted and adjusted.
Tomorrow it'll be the turn of the brakes, front and back.