I had to buy a new drivetrain for my bike this week. Not that I wanted to, I have so many bills to pay right now. I was trying not to spend any money unnecessarily, but my chain was either skipping really bad or completely falling off. I had to buy a new chainring, chain and cassette. My new middle chainring is now a 42 tooth ring, which is funny because my "big" chainring is has only 44 teeth. Not much difference between the two. My new cassette is 12-23, which is cool because I do pretty much all my riding on the road, not much need for the bigger cogs. Now I just need some new biking shoes, seat, handlebar grips, brake levers...

Ugh, I need a couple thousand dollars to fix all the things I need to fix! The total came to $ 305. I also picked up a new 203 mm rotor for my front brake as it was pretty worn down. And an extra 36 tooth chainring, they were on sale and I wasn't sure if the 42 tooth ring would have enough clearance. It did, just barely.