Originally Posted by
Drtumolo
My cannondale caad 9 with ultegra components just started to develope a problem. I know that you should not cross chain but when you do and pedal backwords the chain drops down the rear cassette and jams. I know the standard answer is dont cross chain the bike but it never did this before so I was wondering what to look for. One other detail is that I just switched to a new chain. It didnt make any diffrence.
Might simply be that the old chain was too dirty to be flexable and the new chain is too new to be flexable. In either case it's a moot point.
Brad