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Was cleaning my chain with a rag on sunday. Rag gets stuck in rear cog and takes a spin. Cue right index finger doing the same.
Pretty much did exactly as first image here (don't click if you dislike watching severed fingers). It's all healing pretty well, but my nail is cut 2/3 through, from the side. Will this heal or do I have to wait for a new nail? Perhaps the cut will stay and slowly grow out?
So, yeah, don't spin pedals to clean chain... or at least clean the part going from the cog, not into it. And keep fingers on the outside.