Hi all - went out today to do a 2 hour hard session including Box Hill in the middle. Took my lovelty new bike which only has about 50 miles on the clock. Got to the end of my road, turned up a hill and changed from the big to the small ring. The chain went straight past the small ring and in one fluid movement kind of picked it up and it got jammed between the small ring and frame. It took the top coat of the frame with it (see photos - ouch!!) and is now firmly stuck. So there isn't enough clearance between the small ring and the frame to accomodate the chain
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Is it just me or does that seem rather odd? I mean - the chain will come off again, as sure as night follows day. My old bike has plenty of space between the frame and the small ring so this couldn't happen. I don't want to use brute force
to remove it so I will take it into Pearsons first thing tomorrow. This looks like a pretty serious design fault and I wondered if anyone had any ideas or observations. Is it usual for there to be such minimal clearance on a modern set up? What could I do to prevent this happening again?
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