From Newsgroup: rec.bicycles.tech
On 6/28/2026 10:49 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
Started my ride this morning with temperatures in the high 70. I
hadn't taken a half dozen pedal strokes when I knew something was
wrong.
On the arm of my Shimano Deore RD-M591 9 speed derailleur, there is a
tab that stretches from one side to the other across the chain path
between the derailleur sprockets. Somehow, the chain was on the wrong
side of that tab and was detouring around that tab as it went from
sprocket to sprocket and making a noise. I had taken the wheel off
yesterday to clean the cassette cogs, but never took the chain apart
so I don't now how it got messed up. For fifteen or twenty minutes I
fiddled with trying to get the chain back to where it belonged, and
finally, I rotated the chain to the master link, broke it and threaded
it back through. All this without my workstand so the Catrike was over
on it's side, because otherwise, with the rear wheel off, the Catrike
will sit on the derailleur arm.
OK, so now with the chain running true, I set off again and discovered
that now my shifting was all messed up. The chain was rattling and
making random shifts. So now I'm out on the trail trying to reset the derailleur's shifting. The Catrike can't be turned upside down like a
two wheeler so each adjustment was followed by ... get back on, peddle
and run through shift pattern get off, and adjust again. There's no
way to crank the pedals and watch how it shifts. I can't even see
where the chain sits on the cassette unless I get up from the seat.
When I finally got the derailleur dialed in, I was too tired and
miserable to continue. I turned around and pedaled back to the truck.
Only did 9.5 miles.
I don't know why the shifting got messed up. I though maybe I'd bent
the hanger with all the messing around with the tab, but it looks ok.
Up on the workstand back home, everything looks and is working Ok.
--
Oh, we didn't have a lot
But the future was not
Not what it used to be
--Mickey Newbury
That makes for a horrible start of the day for sure. Those things
aggregate me and I think the older we are the less we tolerate that stuff.
For me today I set a Catrike PR ride for speed. I did 41 miles at
14.6mph. I did a 1.35 mile continuous loop as it was very foggy this
morning really low visibility. This was my second ride this week that
set a PR. The last ride I did 3 days ago was 14.4 mph.
The weather has been good no wind and warm my favorite. What I now
notice is my legs are really getting into the different spin position
that is need on a recumbent and I can apply torque more consistent and
even with both legs. Breath is better too.
--
Deacon Mark
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