Understand Shifting Problems on a Mountain Bike

Video Transcript

"Oh no, it looks like the chain fell off, see its tried shifting under load and popped right off, you know no longer on there, so how do you fix that when your climbing a hill or even on flat ground. First thing you want to do is get to a good place where you can start riding again, and then it's a pretty simple act. You take the chain it's nice to have a good clean chain so you won't get your hand dirty, you take it and you put on top of the chain ring and then you pedal it right back on. And pretty much good to go. But why does this happen? Why do you lose your chain? What other sort of shifting related incidents cause your chain to jump, skip, and stuff like that? The biggest thing shifting under heavy load like you want to anticipate your shifts before you get to a steep hill before you get to a real fast down hill or a real hard climb. Because under the load you when your pedaling really hard things skip, it's just the way it's designed so remember to shift before you get to a steep hill and remember that you know it's a highly owned little device, but you know you have to be delicate with it or else your just going to lose it. So chains back on and I'm going to get on with my ride."