Originally Posted by
merlinextraligh
Glad your ok, and great you finished the ride.
Agreed you should try to avoid shifting under load. However, the next time you get caught in this situation, the way to solve the problem is for both of you to put in one very hard pedal stroke, and then soft pedal and shift as you soft pedal.
The hard pedal stroke gives you an instant where you effectively can coast taking the load off, and you soft pedal and shift in that instant.
I know the captain is 100% responsible, but because it was so early in the ride, my stoker was still "settling in" and she did not sense that we were in a tough situation. A boost fro her would have helped. I explained this to her (she's new) and she agreed to take 25% of the blame. I told her I could live with that.
