Originally Posted by
Sizzle-Chest
good point, if your front chainring was bent even a little, and your chain was very tight, then the stress put on your chain by the chainring turning would be extremely great (in the pejorative sense of the word)
If anything my chain was slack.
I was concerned that my chainring might have been bent as from the resulting tangle/skid/wedge. Once I got it all home and pulled it apart I noticed that the entire rotation of the chainring evenly rubbed against the chain stay. Though this confused me for a minute but this was due to the chainstay having bendt out slightly. I bent it back loosely and the chain ring ran pretty true. whilst I am not sure of the exact point of rotation where the chain broke - it seemed to throw the remaining chain off and around the base of the driveside crank arm and wedge and stress things from there.
But I guess more immediate concern will be breaking out the string and alligning the chain & seat stays before I worry about the small componet replacement