helsbells
New Member
So, my nearly daily commute has been going pretty well. However, friday, I had a couple of issues with my chain. Coming out of an underpass on a v. steep exit, I went to change gear to something easier to pedal, and my chain got caught up. I guess the best way to explain it was that it kind of got doubled up in an S-shape in the area of the 3 big sprockets (is that the right word for the big pointy-circly things at the front of the whole chain array?!). I think I must have been moving it down from the biggest to the middle one. I will say that the exit was fairly steep, so there was quite a bit of effort going onto the pedals at this point.
Anyway, I managed to sort it, and was on my merry way, until about 1.5 miles later, when I was changing gear again (can't remember which way), and it seemed to slip to the smallest of the sprockets- I definitely wasn't aiming for that one!
So, does the chain just need lubing up, or was it a one (two?!) off? Was I indulging in inopportune gear-changing, or worse, is this indicative of some problem with the chain.
I need to pick up some lube anyway, tell me, Oh Great Ones, what do I need?!?
Thanks all!!
Helen
Anyway, I managed to sort it, and was on my merry way, until about 1.5 miles later, when I was changing gear again (can't remember which way), and it seemed to slip to the smallest of the sprockets- I definitely wasn't aiming for that one!
So, does the chain just need lubing up, or was it a one (two?!) off? Was I indulging in inopportune gear-changing, or worse, is this indicative of some problem with the chain.
I need to pick up some lube anyway, tell me, Oh Great Ones, what do I need?!?
Thanks all!!
Helen