Let me give you an example. I was climbing an 8 degree pass. It's about one mile. Normally I just spin up it but yesterday I thought, lets attack it and see how far up I can get before my legs give out. So I was out of the saddle and stomping away and the back cog ghost shifted (5800 RD so very rare but it does happen) and down I went.
Maybe I get into these situations because I've ridden nice gear for too long and I don't *expect* it to fail. My 5800 groupsets have barely mis-shifted in 5+ years but when they do and you don't expect it ....
Originally Posted by
noimagination
"Ride hard" being code for not riding under control? Different issue. Because I've had chains slip under load, and unclipped while pulling up on the pedals, and those haven't caused crashes.
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