Chain off

[susanstinson]

I hadn't gone far on my trike when I could tell that the pedals were turning with no effect on the wheels: a chain was off. This happened once before, but that time, I kept trying to ride until the chain was tangled in the gears, and then got help getting it back on. This time, I stopped right away. It was hard to get the chain to stretch back in place, but the key was turning the trike completely upside down -- not just on its side, so that I could turn the pedals and use the rotation of the gear to help feed the chain back where it belongs.

There was tons of gunky black oil on the chain, although I scrubbed with a nail brush, there's still some lingering under the edges of my nails and on my arm.