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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 sto properly
without falling off and being a total lemon :-)

Cheers, helen s



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All of
a sudden no forward momentum of bike, but a blur of whizzing pedals.

Just the opposite for me today!

I had my chain slip off and bind up and wind around the inside of the inside
chain ring, and could not move the pedals in any direction.

I too fortunately was able to unclip and come to, what some might call, a
graceful stop!

Yanked the wound chain out of the double winding, put the derailleur to the big
ring position, turned the pedal a few times and it caught the teeth, and I was
on my way.

Strange - never happened before!


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omcom (dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote in message ...
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 sto properly
without falling off and being a total lemon :-)

Cheers, helen s


Hi, I just recently had this happen, but I didn't unclip and had an
Arte Johnson moment. This was on my DA triple, I had the same problem
on a Sora double. In both cases I installed a N-Gear Jump Stop. Why
take a chance, when the solution is simple.
I emailed Nick on a Sunday and I received the Jump Stop on Wednesday.
He will send you one with a stamped return envelope to send your $10
payment. A good product, fair price, and great service. Here is
N-Gear's website:
http://www.gvtc.com/~ngear/

Life is Good!
Jeff

On 22 May 2004 21:59:14 GMT, 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...

Here's something someone taught me when my wife and I started to ride
the tandem. Just shift back in the other direction and the chain
should go back on. On a hill this may not be a good thing to do as you
stall but it is useful in a paceline where stopping is bad. Also it
doesn't work if the chain gets jammed.

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omcom 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...

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

Congratulations! When I first got my clipless pedals this same thing
happened to me, and I didn't manage to clip out on time (the pedals were
still a bit stiff, and I hadn't lubricated them). I put the chain back on
my bike, got back on, geared down, and ... yes, I did the same thing less
than a minute later.

I *think* I managed to avoid omitting any "wimpy girlie wails"

I felt very fortunate that no one was around.

--
Benjamin Lewis

Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
-- James Thurber

I *think* I managed to avoid omitting any "wimpy girlie wails"

You you have come out with some butch, testosterone-filled roars instead ;-)

Cheers, helen s


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Benjamin Lewis wrote:
I felt very fortunate that no one was around.

there is always a witness. you were just lucky enuf not to be aware of
their presence.
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david reuteler

Benjamin Lewis wrote:

I *think* I managed to avoid omitting any "wimpy girlie wails"

Heh... Umm, I think I meant "emitting".

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Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
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omcom wrote:

I *think* I managed to avoid omitting any "wimpy girlie wails"

You you have come out with some butch, testosterone-filled roars instead
;-)

Okay, I'll try that next time.

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Benjamin Lewis

Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
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Somebody wrote:
I *think* I managed to avoid omitting any "wimpy girlie wails"
On 24 May 2004 16:34:18 GMT, omcom
(dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers) wrote:
You you have come out with some butch, testosterone-filled roars instead ;-)

Or, scream like Howard Dean.
--
Rick Onanian