On Saturday, just after passing into North Dakota, Dan's chain broke. Not generally a helpful thing when you're trying to go somewhere. But, with the tools he had on hand he was able to remove the broken link and get it put back together in pretty short order. But in the process of fixing the chain, he forgot to run it back through the rear derailleur (the two little gears that sit below the main gears in back and allow you to shift), hence all of the slack in the picture.
So, Paul and Dan then decided the easiest course of action would be to just remove the second of the little gear, push the chain back into place and then put the gear back. Well, it didn't work. After about 30 minutes of fiddling with the system, removing the entire derailleur, and breaking and rebuilding the chain again, it was finally fixed. The 5 or so of us watching had a good laugh.
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