Not very impressed really, only done about 500 miles on the bike so far so for it to snap like that so soon is a disappointment. Thankfully I have loads of old SRAM powerlinks knocking around so I just used one of those, seems to be fine (although not ridden on it as yet, should be fine I think).
Generally re the bike... well, very very happy with the bike generally, as above, must have done a few hundred miles on it now and it's very solid/sturdy/stable and surprisingly agile if you want to put your foot down.
Really need to sort out some tires though for winter, the ones I've got on at the moment were originally only meant for summer and with this winter weather it's getting a bit tricky at times with sliding around - already had a couple of near falls with wet leaves and mud, let alone snow/ice which is bound to arrive at some point soon. Need to research some decent winter tires.
The mudguards have been a godsend though in the last few weeks with all the rain/mud knocking about. The only minor quibble maybe is that the guards are a bit too big and so mud / water can sometimes spray outwards off the inside of the mudguard... but really it's nothing much. But then again they do look the business and don't exactly look too big.
Have tested the panniers out quite a few times now with shopping, done a couple of quite large shops as well with 10-20kg loaded up. Was quite surprised actually to read on the rack that the max weight is 35kg... despite having the rack for years and the 35kg thing being visible for years, I never really thought about it too much... but having done some concrete work and having had to buy big bags of sand, I know each big bag of sand is 20kg... not quite sure I'd want to lug ~two of those on the rack, that's quite a large load! Nice to know it can take it though.
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