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Lezyne was a must stop for me at Sea Otter 2009. I’ve got one of their saddle bags and it’s pretty cool. Very functional, great material and the zipper has never let me down. We got to meet some cool people from Lezyne and were shown some of their products.

First up is their floor pumps. The pumps actually have different colored handles including some made of wood.

colored multi tools

also comes in carbon, click to see the carbon weave!

saddlebags. I have the third one in from the left.

Handpumps. Some of the handpump’s hose fits inside the pump itself. This makes them less bulky. The hose also makes the connection to the valve more secure.

Handpump, hose has presta and schrader side, screw into pump and your all set. Hose stores inside pump.

Minipump attaches to bike water bottle cage. When needed, minipump opens up and becomes a very useful floor pump

Lezyne All Pack. Can fit a full face helmet

A place for everything and everything in its place. I really like this feature of Lezyne’s packs and my saddlebag.

I really like the pictures of the tools. Makes organization a breeze.

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Not the sound I wanted to hear as I was grinding my way up a hill. The pedals immediately started spinning freely which meant I had snapped my chain. I stopped, looked down and saw that the chain had broken right at the power link area. I thought to myself: no problem, the power link broke. I have an extra power link in my pack. I’ll replace it and be on my way. Before I began the hike to the top, I did a quick look around just anything else had fallen off. Nothing I could see.

I hiked the bike up to the top of the climb and pulled out my new power link. I took the chain off the bike and began examining it and realized that yes, it had broken at one of the power link… but it had broken there because one of the inner rollers had broken as well. Now the only way I would be able to put the power link on would be to break the chain. Then I got the sinking feeling in my stomach. The tool I had on me does not have a chain breaker. Doh!

So, I ended up walking/pushing my way to the car 4 miles away. Thankfully there were no more climbs. On the way back there was a woman walking two cocker spaniels. I was sitting on the bike and pushing along with my legs, not going very fast. My rear hub was spinning and making its normal ticking sound. I was closing in on her but too slowly by her count. She ended up stopping and looking back at me quizzically and even waiting until I passed by. I decided to relieve her fears and told her “broken chain”. I’m sure she felt better knowing I wasn’t stalking her.

The moral of the story: buy a multi-tool with a chain breaker on it.

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