Chain fell off mid pack
11-17-21, 06:06 PM
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yeah a few months ago they put a lady (leisure cyclist) in the hospital and blamed her for it, on my first time trying that ride. The portola pelotons can pass riders rather close, I'm not a fan of that but those rides are unpolicable.
11-17-21, 07:29 PM
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its a drop ride, what are they gonna do, tell me to leave? That would be super obnoxious. Falling when learning to ride clipped in is normal, and right now if I fall I might be paralyzed for life. Probably shouldn't even be riding in groups but im sure as hell not gonna start riding things im not used to. Also crashing when clipped in is much worse from what ive read
Uhhh, not everyone falls when your start riding with clipless...just saying, and it does not matter if you are clipped or not, falling is falling. I have to imagine road rash is much harsher initially without a shirt, but makes it easier to remove without having bits or spandex I guess.
11-17-21, 09:15 PM
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11-17-21, 10:13 PM
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Uhhh, not everyone falls when your start riding with clipless...just saying, and it does not matter if you are clipped or not, falling is falling. I have to imagine road rash is much harsher initially without a shirt, but makes it easier to remove without having bits or spandex I guess.
11-17-21, 10:15 PM
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You're right, it's one of those cheap, generic rims.
People having negative thoughts on your bike can increase chance of component malfunction. Dark chocolate brown color induces positive thoughts as riders with dark brown bikes tend to be experienced, mature, chill, and confident even if you have none of those qualities, it helps to fool people to think you're one.
Music that helps reduce chain drop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7EGMBS6nXI
People having negative thoughts on your bike can increase chance of component malfunction. Dark chocolate brown color induces positive thoughts as riders with dark brown bikes tend to be experienced, mature, chill, and confident even if you have none of those qualities, it helps to fool people to think you're one.
Music that helps reduce chain drop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7EGMBS6nXI
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11-17-21, 10:54 PM
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, I've crashed, unfortunately, clipped and non-clipped, it made no difference, it hurt like hell. My unclipped crash was far worse physically on my body, and as I was much much younger when it happened, I was able to bounce back far quicker than I did after my clipped crash.
11-18-21, 09:03 AM
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crashing while clipped in is different than crashing when not clipped in, unless what ive read has lied to me. I ride 200 miles a week, don't care about road rash if I crash because right now crashing is a death sentence because I broke my neck recently in the ocean.
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Always thought that with bike upside down on seat and bars a straight edge from chainring to sprocket should be in perfect alignment, if not I fixed it with spacing or smacking the frame.
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11-18-21, 04:20 PM
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^This^ Or maybe consider another sport if you fix chainline by 'smacking' a frame.
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11-20-21, 08:00 AM
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I’m not gonna read this whole thread, but I am going to ask: how the hell does the chain fall off a single speed bike?
11-20-21, 04:29 PM
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11-20-21, 09:12 PM
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11-20-21, 09:39 PM
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The back disc brake was rubbing and having the wheel not fully back in the dropouts or whatever its called seemed to help the problem. Then we were going down a hill at like 25+ MPH and it fell off as I was spinning out (im running 42x18 so its hard to keep up on the hills.) I was able to hold my line but it was still super sketchy, not cool to have mechanicals in the middle of a pack
11-22-21, 05:51 AM
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I've gotten close to it with decent chain tension too. The faster you spin, the more the chain "floats" around the chainring and sprocket. Basically, the centrifugal force of the chain makes it want to jump off (yes I know it's not a "real force").
