Originally Posted by
lostarchitect
...? How could someone messing with your shifters cause this, unless your derailleur was already poorly adjusted?
I know it was adjusted, it happened on the 71 SuperCourse I built for one of the early "VeloCheapo" contests. And I can't say for sure because it was already bent when I got to looking at it after the fiasco, but I suspect a kick to the derailleur may have also happened. In any case I believe a dork disk would have helped keep it out of the spokes.