A chain is as strong as its weakest link

Since some time, my bike had developed a new 'feature': Every now and then, the chain would come off. This would then require me to take a break from the tiresome job of riding, to get off the bike and fix it, much reminiscent of the old bicycle days. The fact that this usually gives me greasy hands is proof of how much my bike loves me...

Last night (around 12 hrs ago), the bike decided to give me even more memories, and the chain came off as usual. However, when I got around to fixing it, I realized that there was something different..

No matter how I tried, I couldn't get it fixed again. The actual reason for this was that the chain had also come off the inner sprocket.. Now try as I might, I was unable to make any significant progress, apart from getting more grease on my hands..

So I decided to drag it home, and get up early to get the bike repaired..

Now we all know how likely that is to happen.

As it turns out, I ended up taking a lift to office, and still missing the meeting for which I wanted to reach office early.