I've had two similar experiences. First time a cable/wire sticking out of the ground from some previous construction snagged on the derailleur and yank me to a halt bending the hanger and destroying my derailleur. Second time not sure what happened but the derailleur again was yank into the wheel, breaking several spokes with serious hanger bendage. No dropout breakage but I can certainly see how it could happen. Both were on gravel but would certainly would fall in the JRA category.
On Jan 19, 9:37 am, BSWP <ashtab...@gmail.com> wrote: > I read Grant's post, and I think there's a red herring here - the damage to > the wheel came not from continued pedaling, but from continued rotation of > the wheel. They're simply not the same thing. Either something got into the > spokes, ahead of the derailer and inside the chain, or something smashed > the derailer into the spokes from the side. Either way, the derailer was > yanked back, and snapped off the rear dropout, and some spokes on the drive > side of the wheel were snapped. > > In any case, the damage was not done by continued *pedaling* - it was done > by continued rotation of the wheel after something jammed up the works. The > rider could have been simply coasting along. Purely armchair racing here, > yes, but the best thing any of us could do in such a case is to stop as > quickly as possible. > > - Andrew, Berkeley > > > > > > > > On Friday, January 18, 2013 8:37:14 AM UTC-8, Joe Bernard wrote: > > > That Hunqapillar story irritates me. Getting something crossed up in a > > wheel is a hazard of riding a bicycle. If something gets in there and you > > keep pedaling, either the wheel is going to stop spinning, or something's > > going to snap. If I did that to my Saluki, I would expect to pay for the > > repair, not express "disappointment" in the frame. This is ridiculous. > > > Joe Bernard > > Vallejo, CA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
