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@4idan
Nah both times it was just a bit startling, they happened several years apart too, as I just replaced the broken right hand the first time rather than the pair. I can't remember where I was on the second occasion but the first was on a stretch of dual carraigeway at the bottom of a long decent so I was in something like 53x12 and as I started to ease off into the next uphill I tried to flick down a few gears and the leaver just pinged off. Given the traffic and the speed I didn't stop or go back. I was just stuck with no ability to change down the sprockets for the ride home. I think I managed to lock the mech off somewhere in the middle of the cassette and ride home.