4500 miles does sound like that's enough to wear out a chain. You must have gotten lucky if it didn't wear out the sprockets and chainrings if you were riding a worn out chain for any length of time. A chain that's been elongated from wear can definitely wrap around the derailleur and get bent all out of shape. The new Park CC-4 wear indicator is something definitely worth getting.
On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 2:19 PM Matthew Williams < matthewwilliamsdes...@gmail.com> wrote: > I should add: > > 1: I don’t know if the front derailleur was loose or misaligned prior to > the chain snarl. I’m wondering if the chain kink and the buildup of lube > caused it to bind up. I was pedaling—but not hard—so when the chain hit the > front derailleur, it knocked the derailleur loose and out of alignment. > Maybe? > > 2: I mistyped the chain mileage—it’s probably closer to 4500 miles. I’ve > had the bike for two years and I ride nearly every day, usually between 2 > and 10 miles. I’ve also ridden several 30 to 50 mile day trips and one day > of 100 miles (go me, finally!). > > 365 x 2 = 730 > 730 x 6 mile (daily average) = 4380 miles > 4380 + 500 miles (day trips) = 4880 miles > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/dP3gisn1F78/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5B3FA0D5-77C1-422B-9D6A-7AADA0F992B5%40gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAPh0EZ6HygdX8drV83erTZjW-m_VAuEHYChbMUot6w-TfAwkwQ%40mail.gmail.com.
