This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Maybe. Earlier on the same ride home it had slipped for a half turn which made me whack my knee but didn’t come off or anything. Had a look but couldn’t see what had happened. Chain was still in place everywhere it should have been.
I’m just going to swap out the lot, I don’t like Shimano anyway but I don’t trust the cassette and chain any more

It's pretty cold out, all them watts spinning up that rear wheel....................................................................?

Sorry.

Heal up soon, glad it's not worse.

On that note should have worn some fucking sleeves.

I’ll take that. It was obviously my massive quad power. Don’t know my own strength. Breaking shitty FSA drivetrains since 2017®

Ouch, sorry to hear that. Glad it’s not worse.

Even quite worn chainrings don't normally throw a chain though but it could happen.

You looked at the derailler adjustment? Chainring bent or loose? BB movement?

Not yet. I’ll be pulling it all apart today and will inspect it all before replacing with trusty Sram

Trusty SRAM? roflcopter.gif

When this has happened to me in the past, it's always been worn chain and cassette.

Bike came with 105, I tried to get on with it but the lever moving sideways when I’m braking doesn’t fill me with confidence and the shifting is so much less snappy and sharp than my other Sram bikes

Being able to downshift under braking is one of the few advantages of Shimano

Yeah, or a new chain on a worn cassette or some other not-quite-matching combo. If the indexing is slightly off it can happen too, so if it's "almost" about ready to change but didn't quite get into the next gear and you flex/whip the chain enough that it jumps to where it should've changed to earlier.

Obviously that's lies*.
The lever only moves sideways if you move it sideways so stop moving it sideways :P

*no idea i only use Ultegra and DA shifters and 105 weary outty bits

Being able to downshift under braking is one of the many advantages of Shimano

ftfy

Good and bad. At first I thought the same and was enjoying being able to shift while using the front brake instead of having to only use the rear while I shift before using the front brake.
However after getting used to it I found myself braking later and shifting in the corners. Picking up bad habits in 24 hours haha

I don’t trust the cassette and chain any more

after I came off my first fixed gear when some twat ran out of london bridge and straight into me in the middle of the road there was some sponginess to the right pedal on the remaining ride to work and on the way home. ordered a new chainset and took it round @Stonehedge gaff to use his tools to replace it. when we flipped it over the entire bottom bracket shell was being held to the rear triangle and seatpost by about 2cm of metal which was acting like a very fragile form of suspension for the entire bike when i pressed down on the pedal.

I always check my whole bike after I come off now not just the bit i think is broken.

Noted, cheers. I’m going to fully strip it and check over the frame too

When I crash, I always like to crash again while in full rage shortly afterwards, to test the structural integrity of the bike after the first crash. #brologic

Doesn’t your momentum mean you just plow through anything in your way? Like a freight train

I like to crash in incrementally larger amounts of damage so I can build up a tolerance.

To an extent yeah, it's when the other object is the Earth that I struggle a bit. That's why I'm going to the gym again.

We were brought up with a 'straight into the deep end mentality' so crash hard first and then everything else seems easier afterwards.

Currently commuting to Oxford from SE London on a poxy train, do trains every run on time. I apologise to the decent cycling folk of Oxford but the rest can go and fu*k right off. I thought some of the capitals cyclist were bad but these Oxfords bods are in a different league. When you have to jump into the road to avoid the on coming pavement cyclist.

Is there any point in crashing if you can't write of the bike to fund the next one?

Crash, sue council for poorly maintained road. New bike. Win.