After the Ride Rock and Brew Century Ride I took it easy for the following week with only 26.8 miles passing by.  The following week my plans were to assume the typical week’s rides until Wednesday came along.  After just starting out my chain broke on the road bike while attacking a hilly section of the ride.  So it looks like chains are good for about 3,000 plus miles then they demand to be replaced.  That goes in the Lessons Learned Column! I thought I had this one covered as my bike tool kit included a new connecting link and a multi-plier tool to conduct the repairs.  However, it appears that when I put the multi-plier tool from my kit it really was a scissors based multi-tool which doesn’t do any good when pliers are needed.  Then I realized that I truly didn’t have what I needed because the broken link wasn’t at the joining link.  This means the only way I could put a new connecting link in was to be able to remove the pins and take the two broken link pieces out.  A phone call to come and pick me up and I dropped off the road bike and took off on the mountain bike.  Research taught me that I needed the proper tool kit for chain repairs that included a pin removal tool, specially shaped pliers to open and close the connecting link, a gauge to measure how much a chain has stretched, and of course instruction.  Amazon, here I come and a new chain was soon at our doorstep.