yes, I have put a new chain on my road bike. This is a very exciting development in my bike maintenance practices. usually my practice is ignore-ignore-ignore and hope the problem fixes itself. I also even straightened the right hood on my handlebars which had been drastically knocked inwards in a crash earlier this spring and wasn't exactly comfortable to ride with my hand twisted in that way. While cleaning, I tried my best not to but I couldn't help but notice that I needed a new big chain ring. It's starting to wear too much. My small ring is still fine. No, I don't need to replace only the big ring because I'm a beast and only ride in my big chain ring-- I already replaced my small ring and the big ring is still the original. So now all that my bike really needs is a new chain ring and new handlebar tape (I'm looking for lime green; haven't found it yet). I also apparently need a mountain bike because there's tons more mountain biking around Anchorage than road biking. All this reminds me that bike parts are expensive and maybe I should have gotten on an elite CYCLING team so that I wouldn't have to pay for my own bike parts. Sigh. The sacrifices one has to make in order to be a good skier.