Making America into Amsterdam

On Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at 2:13:03 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-07-16 17:11, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/16/2018 5:42 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-07-16 12:46, jbeattie wrote:
On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 10:19:52 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:

I've use rope to tow another rider. When the rear derailer gets
pretzeled out in the boonies the only other option would be to hoof
it and be late.

Or straighten the derailleur with your hand and ride on. Again, we're
talking about road bikes. With my last crash, I not only straightened
the derailleur enough to continue riding, ...


In our case the outer shell of the derailer was no longer in one
piece, the chain was throughly mangled and IIRC one of the derailer
idlers had gone AWOL. That presents a minor inconvenience.

The classic solution is to shorten the chain so it fits from appropriate
chainring to appropriate rear cog, bypassing the derailleur. Start by
finding a nail plus a rock, of course...


The bike frame even had those old-fashioned long-slotted drop-outs with
peg screws which would have made adjusting to a shorter chain sans
derailer easy. However, there was not enough non-mangled stretch of
chain left to do that. The whole chain was a mess. It happens. Not to
anyone around you, ever, of course.

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Regards, Joerg

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And you couldn't use some of your myriad of tools and knowhow to twist the chain enough to again be useful?

Btw, if a person is severely dehydrated plain old water is NOT going to get them mobile again = they need plenty of electrolytes too. Heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke are a different kettle of fish and usually require medical care. From the Mayo clinic regarding heat stroke: "Heatstroke requires emergency treatment. Untreated heatstroke can quickly damage your brain, heart, kidneys and muscles. The damage worsens the longer treatment is delayed, increasing your risk of serious complications or death."

Wow! I've never heard of anyone persisting in pursuing such a dangerous activity (bicycling in your case) in such a dangerous locale (your neck of the woods) for so long a time. You must live a charmed life.

Cheers