So my wife has a Trek Roscoe with shimano gearing. The last few rides when she back peddles while stopped her chain will derail the front sprocket. I come from a motorcycle background so this is a bit different where do I start derailleur bent? Thanks for any help.
Wife's chain derailing?
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I feel you know the correct answer and won't share your conclusions with the rest of the class. 🙂
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Don't back pedal
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I can't claim to have nailed down the exact issue, but I had the same thing happening and it went away when I replaced the rear deraileur.
EDIT: I forgot an important detail. I was replacing the deraileur because the cam that engages the clutch had worn and the lever would no longer stay in place (the yellow lever that another poster showed in a picture). So slackness in the chain was likely a contributor.
I thought I had? I adjusted the derailleur so it stopped at the right spot in low gear l cked to see that the derailleur was not bent and I told her not to back peddle in low gear. So today or tomorrow we will go ride and see? Again thanks for the input and ideas.
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This is a well known and published issue and it's not the cam wearing, it's the switch shaft getting twisted. All that needs to be replaced is the on-off clutch switch.
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Yeah, it is so much easier to carry a pick ax, shovel and crowbar. When you approach a rock or log that you'd need backpedal to avoid, just stop and rework the trail.
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You and you're fancy 'lectronic gizmos. I prefer old school trail maintenance.Who uses a pickaxe for logs? Amateur hour 'round here. Flame thrower dog FTW!
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I tried this approach, but got kicked out of my book club for using the wrong brand chainsaw. Who knew there was so much overlap with Stihl fanboys and Oprah watchers?You and you're fancy 'lectronic gizmos. I prefer old school trail maintenance.
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My response is to Clear2land.
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Well that would have been good info ~1yr ago
I didn't see anything of the sort mentioned online when I was researching the issue back then. 🤷‍♂️Well I think we have found the problem?
I had the derailleur high/low set a little off and we found out that with the crank sprocket that has different sized teeth that the chain is supposed to go on a certain way? I did not know that?
Here's to good riding.
I had the derailleur high/low set a little off and we found out that with the crank sprocket that has different sized teeth that the chain is supposed to go on a certain way? I did not know that?
Here's to good riding.
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