Much Needed Maintenance

I really don't inspect my bike as much as I should. Look at the the teeth on that chainring, no wonder the chain kept slipping and in some cases, coming off the bike when I apply hard pressure.

So instead of getting my bike serviced like normal, I decided to tackle this myself. It's going to be fun right?

Create shopping list from my Favourite Online Store Let's Ride EVO.

Shimano Chainring (outer) - groupset Tiagra 105 2x10s 110mm 50T
Shimano Chain - groupset Tiagra 105 10s CN-4601
Chain Oil - Finish Line Cleaner & Lubricant (instead of normal chain lube which I have). Used this to remove the factory packaging grease and to lubricate the new chain.

I've always thought chain oil/lube is over-priced, still do, but it's one of the must have item we need to help maintain our equipment. I have seen other people make there own and after seeing a few "recipes" I'm going to make my own soon.

Anyways, these items arrived after 4 days from ordering, time to replace the parts. I forgot to mention, I replaced the chain because you should. Now today I was thinking hey, maybe I should've done the cassette, it's half the price of the Chainring. Oh well.

Everything was going well

releasing the quicklink on the chain, removed chain from bike (kept the quicklink)
removed both the outer/inner chainrings
didn't a quick cleanup of frame
installed new outer/existing inner chainrings
aligned new chain next to old chain to determine length, then used the chainbreaker part of my multitool to remove the pin.

Until now. The multitool broke. I never liked it anyway, it felt bulky, heavy and cheap. So back online to buy a dedicated Chain Breaking Tool.

4 Days later it arrived. This felt sturdy in the hand and worked great with little effort.

Back to work

thread new chain onto bike and joined the ends using the quicklink
and yes, I put 1 drop of oil on the inside rollers of every link because that is the right way (not spin the crank while "pouring" oil on the chain as it zooms along).
re-attached the cables to both the deraileurs because you should before this next step
indexing the gears, took like 5mins and now we are done, time for a test ride