Originally Posted by
mtalinm
Amen. I keep getting the same knee-jerk response from my LBS when I complain about downshifting problems. the fact is, at the bottom of the hill you are less tired, and the slope isn't as great, so you want to stay in a higher gear and then downshift as the slope increases and you become more tired.
And that is exactly what I did, slope increased I shifted down, chain jammed , i panicked etc etc.
The problem is that whenever you shift up or down this could happen. Probability is remote but it did happen to me once and once is all you need.
Not sure why this is so confusing.