It looks like his hangar is bent 30 to 40 degrees as well. I'd think foreign object obstruction, if it weren't for the autoshifting he describes. I don't know enough about this to actually even have an opinion. Just adjusting my derailleurs a while back was an adventure in itself!
Just the thought of that chain back there whipping around after breaking, gives me calf-gash shudders!
Last edited by David Bierbaum; 07-08-12 at 01:23 PM.