Have your bike tip over ever bend its derailor?
Is the derailor the achilles heel of bicycling?
I documented my bent hanger last time. I was in a rush to ride, then realized I forgot my sunglasses. I quickly leaned my bike against the brick wall on the corner of the garage. When I came back out with my sunglasses and ready to do a training session , I saw my bike on the ground. I picked it up and rode off, but quickly realized something terribly wrong. The chain was very noisy and shifting was not calibrated. I ended missing the ride. And I was very upset I wanted to throw the bike into the river. That day, it a heavy load: two water bottles, and a h-bar bag with alot of stuff in it. Perhaps, the extra weight caused a harder fall.
That was the last and only time I tipped over a bike with derailor. Eversince, I've always been super paranoid about leaning my bike over anything for fear of another tip over fiasco. Find the perfect spot so your bike don't roll and fall down.
Yeah. So...I sometimes spend alot of time finding the perfect spot to lean my bike. But imainge, having to ride 50 miles on a bent derailor would really sux.
I see low-end Walmart bikes come with a metal guard over the derailor.
Why don't they put guards over higher-end bikes ?
Or was I just very unlucky that day and the odds of it happening again very small?
