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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 --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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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! http://members.aol.com/foxcondorsrvtns (Colorado rental condo) http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox (Family Web Page) |
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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. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) |
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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 --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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Benjamin Lewis wrote:
I *think* I managed to avoid omitting any "wimpy girlie wails" Heh... Umm, I think I meant "emitting". -- Benjamin Lewis Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing. -- James Thurber |
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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 |
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