05-24-2004, 08:26 AM
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wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom wrote:
> 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...
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> 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
Seeing is deceiving. It's eating that's believing.
-- James Thurber
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