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Gear shift destroyed, Chain and Back Wheel twisted
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| Ripped off | twisted by 180 Degrees | Before it was straight | 70 Km Single-Speed |
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The back gear shifter catches a spoke and is twisted up by 180 Degrees. The lower part of the
gear shifter brakes off.
Why?: Either the back wheel got twisted in a hole on the street and after that a spoke catched the gear shifter or otherwise the screw to limit the gear shifter had been loosening itself by the journey. |
At first we have to twist back the part of the frame where to screw in the gear shifter that
the back wheel is able to rotate again. Then we center the back wheel by adducting some spokes.
Next we try to fix the back gear shifter but it fails because it is twisted too badly. Therefore
we make the back chain to a fixed length and we go the last 70 Kilometers to Bucharest by
Single-Speed. On the next day in a bike repair shop I almost get a heart attack when the rumanian
guy is bashing on the frame with 2 Hammers in order to fix it. But unexpectedly it is working to straighten
the frame and it is even possible to screw in a new gear shifter. Yes! We have our gear shift back again! |
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