Jim- thank you I can get up to 145 pounds come winter and I have broken a couple chains bc I thought I was too fat for my poor bike! Lol - But I am often messIng around with drive train combos. I live in the mountains and it is so rocky with a lot of climbing. I need low gears. I am gonna put fresh chains on my bikes.
Patrick- the Benelux !! omg so cool. And a good story. (....And tip re: provisional outer limit screw/ emergency fix :) On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 7:28 PM Jim M. <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday, August 15, 2020 at 6:50:22 PM UTC-7, Flowerfang wrote: >> >> >> But if my chain snaps, then the cage and whole mechanism - like its gonna >> clam up without its chain and then the cage might go into the big gear and >> possibly over into the spokes >> > > If the derailer is properly adjusted, the limiting screw prevents it from > moving into the spokes, whether you're shifting or snapping a chain. > > My chain snagged a stick once that pushed the derailer into the spokes. > The derailer hanger bent but the chain didn't snap. But it didn't matter > whether the derailer was high or low normal (it was high normal). > > Just curious, how many chains have you snapped? I'm 220 lbs and only have > snapped two chains in 50 years of riding, including lots of single speed > mountain biking. > > I like low normal and have switched most of my bikes, but I've certainly > heard plenty of others who don't like it. > > jim m > wc, ca > > > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7c735ac1-1129-4d33-b26c-58fe632171b8o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/7c735ac1-1129-4d33-b26c-58fe632171b8o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAG55tTbkFPw-%2BLLLjbbHnpVGwZUL%3Du8SBa%3D5%3DbO34mxt4uWMfA%40mail.gmail.com.
