HELP - Messed up my Vado SL 4.0 after trying to change rear tire.

[TS25]

Messed Up My Vado (And Then Fixed It)

That's a funny story! @TS25 will laugh!

OK. Done as ordered.

Now, the drive-train of my Vado works properly and silently.
There are so many things about the drive-train one needs to be careful about. And I'm not the person to be allowed to touch the bike mechanical parts at all! (But I'm learning).

Learning by doing, I suppose you wanted to say.

And if your memory/mind is playing tricks on you it seems your strategy to fight that is:
repeat mistakes often enough until you can remember that you shouldn't make them ...

Ohh, life would be less enthralling without that kind of stories.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

repeat mistakes often enough until you can remember that you shouldn't make them ...

What would I do without you, TS!

Indeed, the chain routing through the derailleur cage is still the hardest part to memorize!

 

[Art Deco]

OK. Done as ordered.



Learning by doing, I suppose you wanted to say.

And if your memory/mind is playing tricks on you it seems your strategy to fight that is:
repeat mistakes often enough until you can remember that you shouldn't make them ...

Ohh, life would be less enthralling without that kind of stories.

Memory is one of the first things to go ...

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Memory is one of the first things to go ...

My more serious issue is I'm too lazy to even try and understand how the bike parts work. Now, after I studied the drive-train behaviour, I'm amazed how smart and well thought these things are. (The only thing I don't want to understand is how derailleur movement is limited by adjustment screws).

I'm so glad I could have fixed my Vado myself. I could not stand the shame when the LBS mechanic would have looked on those all blunders I had managed to make...