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[Dirtylitterboxo]

Was cycling up a short but steep hill today. Went to click
down a gear. All of a sudden no forward momentum of bike,
but a blur of whizzing pedals. Chain had come off. Cue
frantic, wimpy girlie wails as I realise my predicament as
the bike stalls and I try to unclip foot from pedal doing
what feels like 180rpm...

Luckily I managed to retain a small amount of dignity,
unclip and stop properly without falling off and being a
total lemon

Cheers, helen s

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[John Mallard]

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
> Was cycling up a short but steep hill today. Went to click
> down a gear. All of a sudden no forward momentum of bike,
> but a blur of whizzing pedals. Chain had come off. Cue
> frantic, wimpy girlie wails as I realise my predicament as
> the bike stalls and I try to unclip foot from pedal doing
> what feels like 180rpm...

Hmm, due to aging floppiness of front mech at the moment,
I've had to slacken off top stop screw so that I can change
up to larger chain ring. This involves hauling front changer
lever way past where the change should take place and then
easing it back immediately the chain engages. Sometimes I do
get it wrong and the chain overshoots and ends up rattling
around my crank and foot. I've become extreemly adept at
getting it back on the crank without stopping and still
traffic jamming through the Birmingham rush hour. David
Millar should take a few lessons from me! ;-)

BTW. I will get the mech replaced as soon as I find that
elusive circular tuit.

--
Cheerful Pedalling John Mallard

 

[John Mallard]

John Mallard wrote:
> I've become extreemly adept at getting it back on the
> crank without stopping

Of course, I meant getting it back on the _chainwheel_ doh!

--
Cheerful Pedalling John Mallard

 

[Pete Biggs]

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote:
> Was cycling up a short but steep hill today. Went to click
> down a gear. All of a sudden no forward momentum of bike,
> but a blur of whizzing pedals. Chain had come off. Cue
> frantic, wimpy girlie wails as I realise my predicament as
> the bike stalls and I try to unclip foot from pedal doing
> what feels like 180rpm...

I know that feeling! It is rather unpleasant. Still,
nothing compared to the feeling I had today as I realised I
was hurtling 25mph downhill towards a barrier accross the
road with only a few yards to stop. Sunglasses + sun in +
weedy white wooden barrier + stupid rider would have
equaled disaster if my brakes weren't working so well. It
also feels very weird to be going along with your back
wheel high in the air!

Deda Dog Fang... that's what you need, by the way, to
prevent chain ever coming off your granny. It's got to be
worth a try with a name like that.

cheers ~PB

 

[Temp3st]

Exact same thing happend to me yesterday morning on a
particular steep and busy hill. Lucily my SPD-SL's are a
doddle to clip out of and I almost made it look like my stop
was intentional.

Teach me to use the granny!!

 

[Iain Jones]

[email protected] (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Was cycling up a short but steep hill today. Went to click
> down a gear. All of a sudden no forward momentum of bike,
> but a blur of whizzing pedals. Chain had come off. Cue
> frantic, wimpy girlie wails as I realise my predicament as
> the bike stalls and I try to unclip foot from pedal doing
> what feels like 180rpm...
>
> Luckily I managed to retain a small amount of dignity,
> unclip and stop properly without falling off and being a
> total lemon
>
> Cheers, helen s
>

Happened to me last year. In thick trees, round a hairpin
bend, met a sudden 1-in-5. Clicked onto little chainring a
little too eagerly. Sudden loss of resistance on pedals = I
fall over. Luckily no-one around to see
me. Brush muck off leg, pick bike up, pretend nothing
happened.....