MudRhino
Likes Dirt
Had a recent stack - came around a corner, found my friend on the ground, cranked the brakes, flipped - bammo.
Rear derailer went into the spokes, wheel buckled (not a huge amount but still a buckle), snapped a spoke, road rash on a few parts including my brake/gear levers, bent the bars and tore my nice new jacket :yell:.
Anyhow, spent the last 3 weeks slowly fixing everything, and put it back together tonight. I even put on a new rear cassette to improve the gearing (previous was 11-21, new one is 11-28 - did not replace the chain though).
So whilst up on the stand I was tuning the gears (or trying to anyhow) when I noticed that the pedals would keep turning (whilst the back wheel was spinning) after I let go instead of stopping. It seems to do this more so in the high gears, but not in the low gears.
I am confused - has this got to do with me changing the cassette (e.g. chain too tight, which it doesn't seem to be) or have I done other damage to the bike?
Any ideas?
Rear derailer went into the spokes, wheel buckled (not a huge amount but still a buckle), snapped a spoke, road rash on a few parts including my brake/gear levers, bent the bars and tore my nice new jacket :yell:.
Anyhow, spent the last 3 weeks slowly fixing everything, and put it back together tonight. I even put on a new rear cassette to improve the gearing (previous was 11-21, new one is 11-28 - did not replace the chain though).
So whilst up on the stand I was tuning the gears (or trying to anyhow) when I noticed that the pedals would keep turning (whilst the back wheel was spinning) after I let go instead of stopping. It seems to do this more so in the high gears, but not in the low gears.
I am confused - has this got to do with me changing the cassette (e.g. chain too tight, which it doesn't seem to be) or have I done other damage to the bike?
Any ideas?