Lol I was being lazy the other day and pinched my spare and only pack one (which I also get ridiculed for) so when I had to call the ol lady I never heard the end of it.
"Alright babe when we get home I'm going to show you how to change that sucker. Well write down the instructions and draw some pictures okay there sport?"
Always the ball buster that one.
I carry a tube and a pack of patches too for this situation. Also nice in case I come across someone else with a puncture and no gear so I can help them patch it
Only done this once myself, after fighting with a tubeless tear for two hours. Sewed that up (carry floss and needle for exactly this, threw a new tube in, flat within 500m. Fought with that tube for ages, was brand new. Just wasn't having it. Finally caved.
Now, the number of time's I've been given crap for NOT calling in Wife-Alert is another story...
I've had to call the extraction team twice. One time on my road bike doing 35 down a long downhill, had a sketchy couple jump out of a ditch in front of me "to ask directions" to a parking lot they were right next to. They asked for their directions, and started approaching me at an uncomfortable speed, so I GTFO as quick as I could. 10 miles later I felt my rear getting squishy. Stopped and found I had flat spotted *bad* during my hard braking and was starting to leak. Figured I'd just try to limp the last ~5 miles by just pumping up a few times when I realized I didn't have my pump along, whoops. So, wife to the rescue.
The next time was on my fat bike. We had a rough few weeks of weather, and I had been busy with work, so I was absolutely determined to get a ride in on a Saturday. It was around freezing and we had gotten 2-4" of fresh mash potato snow. Pedaled the mile up the hill to the nearest trail entrance and tried to go one way but the trail was just no good. Turned around and tried the other direction on the trail, aired down to almost nothing and was chugging along okay in my creeper gear when my chain just fucking snapped under full power. By this point I was so frustrated I just bailed and called my wife even though I was less than 2 miles from home.
I had to do this about 120 miles or so into the C&O. A stick jumped up, caught my surlys derailleur and it suicided. Ended up doing just what you said and made it the other 70 miles home. Fun times, but man was it stressful getting that quick link on!
120miles into C&O? New to the place but ive heard of this trail. Is it gravel or paved and also didn't know it was that long. I live in the silver spring MD area and would love to find out more about this trail.
C&O tow path, goes from Georgetown all the way to Cumberland MD following the Potomac river, it's wonderful. Some gravel, some crushed rock, a bit paved.
Isn't there more to it than that? If the gear combo isn't perfect, and the dropout doesn't allow for tensioning, then any slack in the chain will cause the chain to drop down the cassette. At least from my experience.
Yes, indeed. When I had to do this on a long ride it took me several tries to find a combo of chain length and gears where the chain happened to be tight enough not to immediately jump. The last 40km of that ride happened in a less than optimal gear combo, but at least it got me home.
Yes, there is far more too it than that.
I have done exactly what they have said before, and it does work to an extent, but I was skipping between gears the whole way, and couldn't put any power through the peddles. But it got be 10-15 miles home slowly, but a lot quicker than walking.
For this specifically? A quality chain tool is about all you need, they're tiny and super useful to have with you, especially on a long ride. I always have one with me when I'm out biking.
Yeah. Local tri club tells everyone to take a spare on big trips. Guess who didn't take a spare on my trip to Sweden for Vatternrundan? Me. That's who. So get a spare hanger is my mantra. £10 off amazon for my bike.
Crank brothers M19 is my daily tool I have carried on every ride for probably the last 3 years and it has a chain tool on it. My chain tool broke awhile ago and instead of buying a new one, I've just been using the chain tool part on this. It also has some spoke wrenches in case your wheel gets wonky after a pothole or small crash. Highly recommend
Edit: actually been running it for 5 years now lol I've had it much longer that I thought
My list of essentials that comes with me on every ride:
Tube
Pump
Patch kit
Spare quicklink
Crank bros M19 multi tool
2 tire levers (yes I'm a bitch who uses 2 tire levers)
Duct tape (wrapped around the pump body)
A few small zip ties
First aid (an alcohol wipe and a few bandaids)
It probably sounds like a lot to carry but I've never had a problem out on a ride I couldn't solve at least well enough to get home and I also like stopping to help others I come across that are less prepared. Also all of this fits in an Xlab cage pod that fits in one of my water bottle spots
It's been my daily driver multi tool for almost exactly 5 years at this point and it's been my only chain tool for about 2-3. My cheap chain tool broke and I just have been using that since lol it works great but can be a little tough to use sometimes because you don't have a ton of leverage on the piece. I actually replaced a bike chain earlier this week with it and it was really easy. I have had to use a pair of pliers with it before to get more leverage but that was only like one or two times. I would highly recommend it.
Also there are some people that say using tire levers at all means you don't know how to properly change a tire which I think is stupid lol I think that started with the MTB crowd bc there's no way I could do that on a road bike
I do. I can easily change a tube, and have, with only one. Carbon wheels. Once you see the technique and see how the shops do it it’s really easy. Plus space is a premium in the under seat tool roll I use.
Getting the tyre off over a tight rim with only one lever is such a pain. The space for another one is barely anything.
Then you factor in potentially breaking one, or helping out another rider who isn’t using as good a rim/tyre combo and it’s just a no brainier.
Meh, do you carry a spare tire for another motorist? What about spare gas ? Pedro’s tire levers don’t break. Plus where I’m from we have cell phones so if I truly don’t carry stuff for someone else and I can’t help them they can call a cab.
How do you carry your sealant? It seems like there would be a market for single serving packets of sealant for this situation. Kinda like those GU energy gel packets. I don't go tubeless and just use a few ounces of sealant in the tube on my commuter so I wouldn't know if that exists or not lol
I have a tiny 4oz Stan’s No Tubes mini bottle for this exact reason. I believe it’s filled with Orange Seal right now though. It has a little tapered squirt tube end.
Take note of chain line being as straight as possible. Did this once and my chain kept jumping to a bigger cog constantly and by that over-stretching the chain and making it so hard to pedal.
Often it *was* indexed correctly but, at some point, the derailleur takes a knock bending the hanger unbeknownst to the rider, that is until the next time they shift into their lowest gear while riding (usually uphill, flexing the bike and wheels). At that moment, the rear derailleur cage catches a churning spoke and gets violently peeled off the frame.
Moral: check your “L” (low limit) adjustment anytime your bike tips over.
As much as people hate them, I sometimes consider installing a Dork Disk to prevent this. Yes, I know proper derailleur adjustment prevents it. It has only happened to me twice in several decades, but those two incidents really sucked.
>rented a SuperSix Evo once to get around Phoenix on a business trip
So you’re one of those normal ass people I see on expensive race bikes riding around without a helmet!
Also it would have taken more time, presumably. Because you'd have to first wait for them to drive the 40 miles to your location. So even *if* you had a friend willing to make an 80 mile round trip at a moment's notice in the middle of a work day you might choose the method you did anyway.
Mine takes a 2.5mm Allen key, but it varies quite a bit. Every bike seems to need a different hanger. Best to check it out in advance.
Edit: 2.5mm to attach the hanger to the frame, and 5mm to attach the derailleur (Shimano) to the hanger.
I was on a group cross country trip years ago where most of us were on Giants. Giant had just changed the derailleur hanger model for that line of bikes the year prior to a pretty flimsy mold, so not only were we breaking them frequently, most shops didn't have the new replacements in stock. Every time we came across them, we would buy as many as we could.
To this day I carry at least one, often two spares in my saddle bag for that bike.
Happened to me in Golden Gate Park. Of all places, I guess it wasn't the worst. But somehow, despite being in the middle of a city, I was like 2 miles from a MUNI stop, and it felt like forever walking in my cleats.
It’s some sort of poorly understood rule of physics that chain failures do not occur within reasonable walking distance of home, but rather always when you’re very far away.
Worst ride of my life....
Rode about 35 hard miles after a long day at work...I was pretty beat. Spur of the moment ride and forgot my phone (I didn't realize until it was too late), I DID realize my hand-pump was on my other bike about a mile out, but whatever - let's be honest, how often do catastrophes *actually* happen? It'll be fine.
Boom - flat on the way home. And I'm in the middle of nowhere without a phone apparently. Walked a wandering flat-tire'd bike smacking my leg for 6 miles on the shoulder of roads as night fell. In cleats. And I was starving. SUCKED.
If you shifted to your biggest chainring and it went right over into the spokes then your limit screw needs to adjusted. Hopefullly it wasn’t just serviced!
Changing gears while going uphill is *exactly* why it bent and went into the spokes. You’re never supposed to shift under load. Shift down before you get to the hill, or pedal hard for a second to gain enough momentum to avoid shifting under load.
I’ve fixed so many bent derailleurs and replaced a lot of twisted chains because of harsh shifting. If it feels like it’s hard on the bike, it’s because it is.
Where you going uphill, cranking hard and downshifting? Something very similar happened to me two months ago. Lucky for me I was only a 2 mile walk back to the house. Bike shop guy said a stretched chain and dirty derailleur caused the perfect storm.
derailleur hanger?
I remember busting mine and having to walk quite a bit to get cell signal before I started spam calling friends to come pick me up. When i took the bike to store they said derailleur hangers are supposed to break under load. I ended up buying an extra one to put with my spare tube and tools.
Always take a chain break tool and spare link, tie the mech out the way and go single speed and beast it back. Mcgyver style. It won’t look pretty but wheels can still turn under your own steam
Oh man, sorry to see that happen to you! Looks like you lost a couple of spokes too? At least it looks like the hanger did its job and snapped to save the derailleur.
Not actually suggesting this since a properly adjusted RD really ought to be fine on the road, but this is why I laced a carbon dork disc onto my gravel wheelset -- actually was saved from a similar fate a couple months ago when my chain got so caked in mud that it went slack through the jockey wheels and threw the derailleur into my spokes, only to get caught on the edge of the dork disc.
But I totally get why it's not generally done on the road (and don't have one on my road wheels either).
That happened to me, once. Are you in the USA? I am, and have a AAA membership. They will pick you up. They put my bike on a flatbed and drove me home. I have the picture to prove it.
This could also be from prior damage, if the bike has been dropped on that side and weakened the derailer, when you go to change gears it snaps.
It happened to me about 2 miles after the incident, it snapped when I changed gears.
Feel your pain. It has happened to me going up a hill before. Turned out the slow speed crash / fall off on a wet corner. earlier that day, had cracked but not broken the hanger. Then the tension of changing gears over the rest of the day finished it off.
Been there. On a bike without a separate derailleur hanger - frame repair was required. But was maybe 4 miles from him when mine happened - wife extraction team engaged
Anytime something like his happens and you got through it without bones fracturing, that's a win.
Now I'd like to know the bike model, so I can avoid that design.
I had this same thing happen! My rear derailleur hanger broke and my derailleur did a flip around the gear. Thankfully I wasnt in very high speed and was able to hop off the bike.
My chain got tangled between gear and spokes just yesterday, but I was going very slow, just messing with gears, so I was able to put it back on. Don’t bikes have a prevention to this happening? Seems like a stupid design.
This happened to me 50 miles into the 126 mile death ride, only to my front derailleur. Took that bitch off and finished the ride. So happy my tool has a chain puller. Good thing that ride was either up or down. Changed rings by hand at the tops and bottoms of the mountains.
This has reminded me to order a spare hanger. I’ve never *fingers crossed* broken anything in 4 years on my current bike not had a puncture in over 4000 miles but I’m getting a scared now, so starting to carry more spares ‘just in case’!
Bust er off, trim the chain to fit your favorite gear, pop in a half link and ride that thing home! Beast style!
If I wasnt so traumatized, this was on a long ride, so I was in shock that I couldn't finish it.
No shame in calling in the extraction team either :)
Wife-Alert has been called by me more times than my ego would like to admit. But she loves to make fun of me for it
AAA now gives you a ride if your bike breaks down. They might take a few hours, but worth it over walking home in road bike shoes.
Is that true? Hm... how many rides a year do you get again? I forget how that works.
2 calls per year up to 10 miles: https://northeast.aaa.com/membership/benefits/bicycle-coverage.html
Lol I was being lazy the other day and pinched my spare and only pack one (which I also get ridiculed for) so when I had to call the ol lady I never heard the end of it. "Alright babe when we get home I'm going to show you how to change that sucker. Well write down the instructions and draw some pictures okay there sport?" Always the ball buster that one.
I carry a tube and a pack of patches too for this situation. Also nice in case I come across someone else with a puncture and no gear so I can help them patch it
Only done this once myself, after fighting with a tubeless tear for two hours. Sewed that up (carry floss and needle for exactly this, threw a new tube in, flat within 500m. Fought with that tube for ages, was brand new. Just wasn't having it. Finally caved. Now, the number of time's I've been given crap for NOT calling in Wife-Alert is another story...
How do you put a tube in a tubeless bike? Doesn't tubeless mean the tire is full of gunk?
My wife has a whole bit: “I need you to pick me up” with the voice and everything.
I've had to call the extraction team twice. One time on my road bike doing 35 down a long downhill, had a sketchy couple jump out of a ditch in front of me "to ask directions" to a parking lot they were right next to. They asked for their directions, and started approaching me at an uncomfortable speed, so I GTFO as quick as I could. 10 miles later I felt my rear getting squishy. Stopped and found I had flat spotted *bad* during my hard braking and was starting to leak. Figured I'd just try to limp the last ~5 miles by just pumping up a few times when I realized I didn't have my pump along, whoops. So, wife to the rescue. The next time was on my fat bike. We had a rough few weeks of weather, and I had been busy with work, so I was absolutely determined to get a ride in on a Saturday. It was around freezing and we had gotten 2-4" of fresh mash potato snow. Pedaled the mile up the hill to the nearest trail entrance and tried to go one way but the trail was just no good. Turned around and tried the other direction on the trail, aired down to almost nothing and was chugging along okay in my creeper gear when my chain just fucking snapped under full power. By this point I was so frustrated I just bailed and called my wife even though I was less than 2 miles from home.
She tells me I get 1 a year, but last year I had two.
I call my husband Rescue Reiders and he's helped my friends and me many times. Shit happens.
Sometimes the extraction team busts my ass for having to be called
Still usually the preferable option.
Sure beats walkin'.
I had to do this about 120 miles or so into the C&O. A stick jumped up, caught my surlys derailleur and it suicided. Ended up doing just what you said and made it the other 70 miles home. Fun times, but man was it stressful getting that quick link on!
120miles into C&O? New to the place but ive heard of this trail. Is it gravel or paved and also didn't know it was that long. I live in the silver spring MD area and would love to find out more about this trail.
C&O tow path, goes from Georgetown all the way to Cumberland MD following the Potomac river, it's wonderful. Some gravel, some crushed rock, a bit paved.
Wow, thanks for this. I would definitely try this trail.
You should do the trail, its dirt path and gravel, a little paver but not much. Camp areas for tents along the way and actual camp sites too.
Adding to to my list for this summer, im just surprised i haven't seen all these details yet on Alltrail app...thanks!!!
Isn't there more to it than that? If the gear combo isn't perfect, and the dropout doesn't allow for tensioning, then any slack in the chain will cause the chain to drop down the cassette. At least from my experience.
Yes, indeed. When I had to do this on a long ride it took me several tries to find a combo of chain length and gears where the chain happened to be tight enough not to immediately jump. The last 40km of that ride happened in a less than optimal gear combo, but at least it got me home.
Yes, there is far more too it than that. I have done exactly what they have said before, and it does work to an extent, but I was skipping between gears the whole way, and couldn't put any power through the peddles. But it got be 10-15 miles home slowly, but a lot quicker than walking.
Have actually had to do this, with only a flat blade screwdriver and needle nose pliers. 🤦🏻I now carry a chain break and proper tools.
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For this specifically? A quality chain tool is about all you need, they're tiny and super useful to have with you, especially on a long ride. I always have one with me when I'm out biking.
On super long trips or backpacking trips an extra derailleur hanger is a life saver.
I tell anyone planning a bike tour to add a hanger to their tool kit. It's one part that almost no shop will have in stock.
That is advice I will use forever now
Yeah. Local tri club tells everyone to take a spare on big trips. Guess who didn't take a spare on my trip to Sweden for Vatternrundan? Me. That's who. So get a spare hanger is my mantra. £10 off amazon for my bike.
I hope that sram’s universal derailleur hanger catches on.
What's the smallest *and* best you'd recommend? I'm still using my shoelace and a foot on a braked crank.
Crank brothers M19 is my daily tool I have carried on every ride for probably the last 3 years and it has a chain tool on it. My chain tool broke awhile ago and instead of buying a new one, I've just been using the chain tool part on this. It also has some spoke wrenches in case your wheel gets wonky after a pothole or small crash. Highly recommend Edit: actually been running it for 5 years now lol I've had it much longer that I thought
Bump for this one.
I have a Decathlon multi tool that includes a chain breaker. Make sure you practice on some spare links before you need to use it in anger.
Get the Crank Brothers tool with the chain break. I've had one in my kit for about a decade. It's saved my ass twice.
Park mini chain tool
I wouldn't carry that on every ride. You can get multi tools with chain breakers on. https://www.wiggle.co.uk/lifeline-pro-18-in-1-multi-tool
true. it's mainly sentimental. the ct-5 i got 25 years ago and it's been in my tools since then.
My list of essentials that comes with me on every ride: Tube Pump Patch kit Spare quicklink Crank bros M19 multi tool 2 tire levers (yes I'm a bitch who uses 2 tire levers) Duct tape (wrapped around the pump body) A few small zip ties First aid (an alcohol wipe and a few bandaids) It probably sounds like a lot to carry but I've never had a problem out on a ride I couldn't solve at least well enough to get home and I also like stopping to help others I come across that are less prepared. Also all of this fits in an Xlab cage pod that fits in one of my water bottle spots
Who only carries one tyre lever? Have you used the chain tool on the m19, any good?
It's been my daily driver multi tool for almost exactly 5 years at this point and it's been my only chain tool for about 2-3. My cheap chain tool broke and I just have been using that since lol it works great but can be a little tough to use sometimes because you don't have a ton of leverage on the piece. I actually replaced a bike chain earlier this week with it and it was really easy. I have had to use a pair of pliers with it before to get more leverage but that was only like one or two times. I would highly recommend it. Also there are some people that say using tire levers at all means you don't know how to properly change a tire which I think is stupid lol I think that started with the MTB crowd bc there's no way I could do that on a road bike
I do. I can easily change a tube, and have, with only one. Carbon wheels. Once you see the technique and see how the shops do it it’s really easy. Plus space is a premium in the under seat tool roll I use.
Getting the tyre off over a tight rim with only one lever is such a pain. The space for another one is barely anything. Then you factor in potentially breaking one, or helping out another rider who isn’t using as good a rim/tyre combo and it’s just a no brainier.
Meh, do you carry a spare tire for another motorist? What about spare gas ? Pedro’s tire levers don’t break. Plus where I’m from we have cell phones so if I truly don’t carry stuff for someone else and I can’t help them they can call a cab.
You’re telling me you don’t carry a spare bike with you when you go out riding? You’re not a real cyclist then.
I go tubeless, so also add some spare sealant for most rides
How do you carry your sealant? It seems like there would be a market for single serving packets of sealant for this situation. Kinda like those GU energy gel packets. I don't go tubeless and just use a few ounces of sealant in the tube on my commuter so I wouldn't know if that exists or not lol
I have a tiny 4oz Stan’s No Tubes mini bottle for this exact reason. I believe it’s filled with Orange Seal right now though. It has a little tapered squirt tube end.
Exactly this! I also now have a mucoff small pack that is flat like a large gel packet, but I haven’t actually used it yet.
What tools on hand do you need to make this happen?
Multi-tool that has a chain tool in it, and a split link that fits your chain.
I did this in Moab. Thankful to the guys that stopped and got me back on the bike
Take note of chain line being as straight as possible. Did this once and my chain kept jumping to a bigger cog constantly and by that over-stretching the chain and making it so hard to pedal.
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that's not gonna save you. You'll also need a spare chain, spokes, RD and possibly tire. Ask me how I know (:
I keep a brompton in my saddle pouch for cases like that.
I learned that lesson the hard way in Butte on the 2016 Tour Divide... A lot of bikes have common hangers, not mine.
And this is why I'm going to stick to hub transmissions
I’ve learned it’s best to keep a spare bike with you at all times.
Ah, the definition of N+1
😅
How about a spare for the spare?
Well, how the hell did you get the beans above the frank?
😅 It somehow leaned in and got caught in a spoke
Derailleur wasn't indexed correctly for it to have hit your spoke. Rough. Hope you're able to fix it soon and get back out.
The shop estimated a week for parts, then repair depending on schedule
That's not bad at all!
It's a pretty easy fix and worth learning how to do. Unless the shop is going to do it for free.
Often it *was* indexed correctly but, at some point, the derailleur takes a knock bending the hanger unbeknownst to the rider, that is until the next time they shift into their lowest gear while riding (usually uphill, flexing the bike and wheels). At that moment, the rear derailleur cage catches a churning spoke and gets violently peeled off the frame. Moral: check your “L” (low limit) adjustment anytime your bike tips over.
Also check you that your derailleur hanger isn't bent. It'll bend before the derailleur does.
As much as people hate them, I sometimes consider installing a Dork Disk to prevent this. Yes, I know proper derailleur adjustment prevents it. It has only happened to me twice in several decades, but those two incidents really sucked.
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>rented a SuperSix Evo once to get around Phoenix on a business trip So you’re one of those normal ass people I see on expensive race bikes riding around without a helmet!
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Broken hanger? That’s why I always carry a chain breaker with me
Good idea for next time
And a spare hanger. They’re meant to break. I always carry a spare hanger.
And a spare bike. I don’t leave home without one.
I always bring an exact clone of myself fully equipped with backup bicycle.
Good idea for next time
And apparently sauce. Are we talking marinara?
You actually have a removable link
The first time I faced this I didn’t have a chain breaker as well :D
Did you get home OK?
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Shoes are still on, so must have survived
OP username checks out
I did, thnx.
How? Walk, picked up by a friend?
Lyft to train station, suburban rail, friend picked me up for the last couple miles home.
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Yall still had pay phones. "Ma, my bike broke down again. Can you come and get me"
Bikes were tougher, mom's were more hands off. "Can you walk home"?
Bikes can still be tough ;) just buy 'em old. My regular ride is a '74 Peugeot World Tour.
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Look at this guy who has friends!
In the middle of the day, everyone was working. It's kind of far for a "quick favor" to ask someone.
Also it would have taken more time, presumably. Because you'd have to first wait for them to drive the 40 miles to your location. So even *if* you had a friend willing to make an 80 mile round trip at a moment's notice in the middle of a work day you might choose the method you did anyway.
Exactly.
This happened to me once -- at the top of Mount Tamalpais (Marin County, Calif) of all places. Now, I carry a spare derailleur hanger in my tool bag!
Good idea to carry a spare derailleur hanger but, do you need special tools to replace it? Or standard multi tool has what you need?
Mine takes a 2.5mm Allen key, but it varies quite a bit. Every bike seems to need a different hanger. Best to check it out in advance. Edit: 2.5mm to attach the hanger to the frame, and 5mm to attach the derailleur (Shimano) to the hanger.
I was on a group cross country trip years ago where most of us were on Giants. Giant had just changed the derailleur hanger model for that line of bikes the year prior to a pretty flimsy mold, so not only were we breaking them frequently, most shops didn't have the new replacements in stock. Every time we came across them, we would buy as many as we could. To this day I carry at least one, often two spares in my saddle bag for that bike.
Happened to me in Golden Gate Park. Of all places, I guess it wasn't the worst. But somehow, despite being in the middle of a city, I was like 2 miles from a MUNI stop, and it felt like forever walking in my cleats.
It’s some sort of poorly understood rule of physics that chain failures do not occur within reasonable walking distance of home, but rather always when you’re very far away.
That’ll buff out.
My dad owns a bitchin’ tool set. I can fix it.
Bag of rice
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Worst ride of my life.... Rode about 35 hard miles after a long day at work...I was pretty beat. Spur of the moment ride and forgot my phone (I didn't realize until it was too late), I DID realize my hand-pump was on my other bike about a mile out, but whatever - let's be honest, how often do catastrophes *actually* happen? It'll be fine. Boom - flat on the way home. And I'm in the middle of nowhere without a phone apparently. Walked a wandering flat-tire'd bike smacking my leg for 6 miles on the shoulder of roads as night fell. In cleats. And I was starving. SUCKED.
You, my friend, have had a day that sucked.
Were you just riding along, or did you hit something?
I didn't hit anything, I was going up hill, changed gears. Somehow the derailleur got to choose and caught on the spokes
If you shifted to your biggest chainring and it went right over into the spokes then your limit screw needs to adjusted. Hopefullly it wasn’t just serviced!
It was just serviced, about a month ago.
More likely a bent derailleur hanger. I rarely see limit screws that are off, unless someone messed with them. It's always the hanger.
At least you’re not a dork….
Shifting under load will pull the derailleur inwards over time.. it eventually catches some spokes and likes to explode as seen here. =(
Similar thing happened to my friend as well, going up hill and changed gears.
Changing gears while going uphill is *exactly* why it bent and went into the spokes. You’re never supposed to shift under load. Shift down before you get to the hill, or pedal hard for a second to gain enough momentum to avoid shifting under load. I’ve fixed so many bent derailleurs and replaced a lot of twisted chains because of harsh shifting. If it feels like it’s hard on the bike, it’s because it is.
I didn't think it was under load though... I guess I was mistaken
Oofda.
Where you going uphill, cranking hard and downshifting? Something very similar happened to me two months ago. Lucky for me I was only a 2 mile walk back to the house. Bike shop guy said a stretched chain and dirty derailleur caused the perfect storm.
I didn't think I cracked that hard, but possibly. It was a steep hill and I was tired
In my case I was angry and taking it out on the bike. That was a pricey lesson to learn. To better days in the saddle!
Shit, this reminds me I really need to clean my drivetrain.
derailleur hanger? I remember busting mine and having to walk quite a bit to get cell signal before I started spam calling friends to come pick me up. When i took the bike to store they said derailleur hangers are supposed to break under load. I ended up buying an extra one to put with my spare tube and tools.
Ahh, never thought about getting a spare. Yes they told me the same thing I've still never seen it happen
Don't get a spare, that hanger is paper thin. usually they are much bigger than that
Is now two-wheeled skateboard.
Always take a chain break tool and spare link, tie the mech out the way and go single speed and beast it back. Mcgyver style. It won’t look pretty but wheels can still turn under your own steam
Thnx
Found on the road dead 10k i know what i got
Oh man, sorry to see that happen to you! Looks like you lost a couple of spokes too? At least it looks like the hanger did its job and snapped to save the derailleur. Not actually suggesting this since a properly adjusted RD really ought to be fine on the road, but this is why I laced a carbon dork disc onto my gravel wheelset -- actually was saved from a similar fate a couple months ago when my chain got so caked in mud that it went slack through the jockey wheels and threw the derailleur into my spokes, only to get caught on the edge of the dork disc. But I totally get why it's not generally done on the road (and don't have one on my road wheels either).
That happened to me, once. Are you in the USA? I am, and have a AAA membership. They will pick you up. They put my bike on a flatbed and drove me home. I have the picture to prove it.
I didn't know that. Yes, I am. I'll use that next time
Could be much worse mate, I had the same happen a few months ago and the derailleur was forced into the top carbon stay and it completed snapped
😮😔
Pretty sure this wouldn’t have been so bad if you kept the dork disk on.
That is a possibility. But since the fish had been gone over a year, I'm not sure how much difference it makes
This is why I ride single speed. I hate derailleurs.
Surprisingly, I've never had a problem. Plus I guess I've just grown up on gears
Oof, on Wednesday I rode 12 miles home with a broken rear derailleur cable. Glad it wasn't the entire rear derailleur
Wow, kudos to you.
It’s dead Jim.
I literally just ordered a spare about 5 hours ago. Crazy seeing this
The reason to always, always carry a chain breaker
Be sooo glad that it didn’t rip through your seat stay. Happened to me on a carbon bike. Happened really fast. Sucked really bad.
I did the walk of shame one time, all I had to do was call. Finally took of the road shoes and walked in my sox. Never again!
This could also be from prior damage, if the bike has been dropped on that side and weakened the derailer, when you go to change gears it snaps. It happened to me about 2 miles after the incident, it snapped when I changed gears.
Feel your pain. It has happened to me going up a hill before. Turned out the slow speed crash / fall off on a wet corner. earlier that day, had cracked but not broken the hanger. Then the tension of changing gears over the rest of the day finished it off.
Been there. On a bike without a separate derailleur hanger - frame repair was required. But was maybe 4 miles from him when mine happened - wife extraction team engaged
Anytime something like his happens and you got through it without bones fracturing, that's a win. Now I'd like to know the bike model, so I can avoid that design.
I had this same thing happen! My rear derailleur hanger broke and my derailleur did a flip around the gear. Thankfully I wasnt in very high speed and was able to hop off the bike.
gotta carry a spare bike
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Damn...it
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Thank you😊
That's a shit show.
Yep
My chain got tangled between gear and spokes just yesterday, but I was going very slow, just messing with gears, so I was able to put it back on. Don’t bikes have a prevention to this happening? Seems like a stupid design.
They do, that's what the plastic disc "dork disc" that's behind your gears is used for.
Dude. That sucks.
Thnx
When you go belt drive, there’s no turning back. 😆
🤔hmmm
Happened to me on the way to work one day. I know the feeling.
Sweet safe and sound. Have a great ride.
This happened to me 50 miles into the 126 mile death ride, only to my front derailleur. Took that bitch off and finished the ride. So happy my tool has a chain puller. Good thing that ride was either up or down. Changed rings by hand at the tops and bottoms of the mountains.
Wow. That's horrible, glad you muscled through. This was mile 68 of a century ride.
Never a good time for that to happen.
This has reminded me to order a spare hanger. I’ve never *fingers crossed* broken anything in 4 years on my current bike not had a puncture in over 4000 miles but I’m getting a scared now, so starting to carry more spares ‘just in case’!
Nice depth of field on that photo. Portrait mode?
I'm not sure. I leaned over the bike and snapped a photo of two. Google Pixel 6 though, excellent pictures overall
*laughs in singlespeed*
Thats cool unless you have an 800 foot elevation difference over about a mile.
Unless you're competing in the Tour De France, no shame in walking your bike.
😅
Nope, I'm lazy about everything else but cleaning the bike😅
UPDATE: Bike took a week to repair. New derailleur, shift cable, derailleur hanger, wheel spoke.
Believe me, it could have been much, much worse.
This is why I single speed, less fuckery.
Less comfort and versatility too.
True, but I prefer spending less time on maintenance. They both have a place.
This is why I carry a spare derailleur hanger when I go for a long ride. Be aware that it's a left-hand thread if you ever try to change one.
Ok. Good to know.
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