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.
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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
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/
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.
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
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