Thread: Pedals hard to turn backwards
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Old 03-26-21 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Iride01
Too long a chain and when pedaling backwards in the 26F/11R the top run of chain is going slack and getting mixed up with other stuff.

Don't pedal backwards. More useless than coasting. <grin>

You really put your bikes on a dynamometer? Don't know what to tell you about those readings.
At least the OP presented some actual data, which as an engineer I appreciate.
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