This makes more sense! I had a feeling 500 miles was a typo. As for how to solve it on the road, a friend had this problem a couple years ago. She texted me about what to do (this was when she was still learning bike mechanics, she knows more than me now) and before I could think of something she had bounced the bike up and down and it shook free. When all else fails, bounce it! 🙃
On Friday, September 16, 2022 at 2:19:05 PM UTC-7 Matthew Williams wrote: > I should add: > > 1: I don’t know if the front derailleur was loose or misaligned prior to > the chain snarl. I’m wondering if the chain kink and the buildup of lube > caused it to bind up. I was pedaling—but not hard—so when the chain hit the > front derailleur, it knocked the derailleur loose and out of alignment. > Maybe? > > 2: I mistyped the chain mileage—it’s probably closer to 4500 miles. I’ve > had the bike for two years and I ride nearly every day, usually between 2 > and 10 miles. I’ve also ridden several 30 to 50 mile day trips and one day > of 100 miles (go me, finally!). > > 365 x 2 = 730 > 730 x 6 mile (daily average) = 4380 miles > 4380 + 500 miles (day trips) = 4880 miles -- 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/f758ba64-4fc8-4d11-b33f-31ccc973d1d6n%40googlegroups.com.
