The Fat Guy In The Back
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Posts: 2,538
Bikes: '81 Panasonic Sport, '02 Giant Boulder SE, '08 Felt S32, '10 Diamondback Insight RS, '10 Windsor Clockwork, '15 Kestrel Evoke 3.0, '19 Salsa Mukluk
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^ Oof! I don't think I've ever had a derailleur completely explode like that. Hopefully the chain going into the spokes didn't damage the spokes any. I had that happen once when a derailleur shifted my chain too far over the back of the cassette and into the spokes. Wedged in there pretty good. Once I fished the chain out I started breaking spokes as the chain had weakened them, and I wound up having to get a new wheel.
Consecutive bicycle work commute number 1872:
41°F with a 20 mph headwind. I was extremely optimistic by wearing shorts. By the time I got to work my knees and thighs were beet red and an hour later are still hurting a little.
But I survived. And my derailleur didn't explode. So I got that going for me, which is nice.