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@AngryPenguin
Coming down the hill round the back of my house the other day going into town on my old commuter bike, was honking away and doing a nice pace by the bottom. Changed up a gear and the rear mech jammed, launched forward onto the toptube (crushed nuts >_< ) and just manged to grab the wobbling bars and straighten it out. I had to sit down for a minute just to stop shaking... would have lost alot of skin if I had lost it.
I think the cause was poor chain maintanance. I guess I now know that even the ratty old moutain bike needs looking after too...