How do I fix my bicycle chain?

I'm new to cycling, and soon after I got my bike I rolled it down some steps and the chain jumped off (at the pedals, not at the back wheel). A passing engineering student kindly put it back on for me, but it's on the outermost gear and the gear lever was set to the innermost gear. So, I can't change gears at the front. This makes going uphill rather tough going.



Can I just lift it off and put it on a different gear? Or is there more to it than that?How do I fix my bicycle chain?
I'd hunt down that engineering student and suggest he switch to art history or some other vocation having nothing to do with hardware.



You should be able to remove it from the big ring and lay it on the small ring by hand, unless the chain is now jammed in between the ring and the front derailleur. If you can't pull it off by hand, take it to a shop and ask them to do it.How do I fix my bicycle chain?
sounds like your deraileur or shifter is jammed

take it to your local bike shop
yea, lift it off and put in on the chainring that your shifter is set to or move the shifter to where the chain is at. sounds like a minor tune up might be needed