chain stuck

[streetsmarts]

so while riding home through Shaw last night in the dark my chain came off / got stuck. i got all greasy trying to unstick it and finally got a bus home.

this ..or something similar….has happened several times. my LBS has adjusted the derailleurs recently.

1. should I attempt to fix (meaning undo this mess and put the chain back on) or take to LBS? I do think this time the chain in partly twisted near hangar

2. is it me…or is something wrong with the derailleur, limit screws, hangar, etc?

thanks

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[Steve O]

@hozn 167665 wrote:

Just switch to 1x and you’ll never have this happen again.

+1.
However, one downside to 1x is that on the rare occasion I still drop my chain (this happens to me if I hit a bump at exactly the moment I’m switching gears and have slightly eased up on pedaling – a few times a year), I’m dead in the water. In the old days when I had a FD, most of the time I could get the chain back on while still riding.

[Tania]

@streetsmarts 167706 wrote:

Also, note to self – if you get a large bike, and put fenders and a rack on it – no matter what car you own/rent or taxi /rideshare you take – it’s not easy to put the bike in it and not easy to transport without messing up the fenders. Little did I know.

Truth! I love the fenders on my commuter but they can be occasionally inconvenient.

[Tania]

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http://thebicyclechain.com/images/library/site/chain_installation_mstr_03.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Srampowerlink.jpg/300px-Srampowerlink.jpg

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Sometimes, that chain is in there and it’s not going to come out. It happened to me on a ride and a part time bike mechanic stopped to help me and even HE had issues pulling it free. It turns out in my instance the FD was a little askew causing shifting issues and blocking me from pulling the chain up once it dropped off. This is my only bike that’s NOT 1x…

Just take it to the shop and ask them to show you what to do. Most shops are pretty cool and want their customers to learn how to do basic trailside fixes.

[drevil]

@Harry Meatmotor 167741 wrote:

BITD:

Haha, the Ringle Anti-Chainsuck Thing. I used those in the 90s on my bikes that would jam the eff up. Which reminds me, I went singlespeed/fixie exclusively on all my bikes from 2001-2015 because I hated chainsuck and chainslap so much. It wasn’t until 1x and clutch derailleurs became commonplace when I went back to gears. That, and achey knees

Streetsmarts, the solution is to go fixie.

[ian74]

I vote go to Bike Shop. It shouldn’t keep happening. Explain that it keeps happening, and see if they can find an issue. Ask if you can watch what they do to fix/adjust, or ask them to explain how they did it. Then you are still learning, learning!

[hozn]

@Steve O 167744 wrote:

+1.
However, one downside to 1x is that on the rare occasion I still drop my chain (this happens to me if I hit a bump at exactly the moment I’m switching gears and have slightly eased up on pedaling – a few times a year), I’m dead in the water. In the old days when I had a FD, most of the time I could get the chain back on while still riding.

This is true. You have to grab the chain (or use a stick) if it does fall off. I have had my chain fall off when I was using a clutch mtb X9 rear derailleur, but so far I have never experienced a chain falling off with the Rival 1 RD — but this is with a clutch rear derailleur and a narrow-wide ring and a 1x-specific chain, so definitely doing everything “by the book” there.

[streetsmarts]

@Harry Meatmotor 167741 wrote:

BITD:

is that the “don’t eat my chain” guard?

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[streetsmarts]

thank you all so much. I got up early and turned the bike upside down, gave it some slack by pushing on the back derailleur, and after much grease and untangling and pulling… got the chain straightened out and back on. woo hoo.

then I tried various gears and the chain is rubbing on the hangar. I might take it to bike shop for adjusting and learning… and then clean It well this weekend.

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