bike 0 - branch 1

[02GF74]

ar%e

a jaunt in the New Forest resulted in disaaster when a thick chunky branch leapt off the ground to wedge itself in between chain and rear derailluer. Gears were still shifting but not onto the 3 or 4 smallest sprockets due to jockey wheel being too close to cassette.

hanger is bent, may be possible to straighten it out and the bolt holding the derailluer is looking bent

ofcourse it had to happen on the most expensive bike and most expensive rear derailuer with added carbon fibre goodness.

not sure but one side of the cage did not look too clever either.

will take a closer look this evening and see what can be salvaged.

worst case a new hanger and new hollow bolt, assuming the bolt is replaceable.

arse.

 

[GilesM]

Unfortunately trees and big bits of wood always win, I think arse is the correct way to sum it up.

 

[02GF74]

manage to unbend one plate of the cage and starighten out the hanger.

I was right about the hollow bolt looking weird as if it was screwed in at an angle - I thought it had bent but turned out the threads had been damaged. arse - that is # 18.

... but there is enough alloy to hold it in place, a drop of threadlock and it seem reasonably tight - next majot bash will see it go to SRAM heaven I am sure.

also had problem with chain running of the biggest cog and jamming in betweeh cog and spokes turns out the top adjuster was not adjusted -miles out - most strange, dunno why it didn't do it before, but that is sorted too.

 

[Bigtwin]

*Cough* Singlespeed *Cough*.

 

[globalfish]

I know the feeling well!

Bike 0 - Branch 2

 

[mr Mag00]

AR53!! yes i lost my X-0 rear to same last year. same only happens on the carbon beauty, i thinks it has a deep relationship on the molecular level between carbon in frame and tree

 

[02GF74]

my branch was bigger than yours ....

I was following a mate several year ago and tiny twig leapt up and got caught in thge driver - bent the rear hanger so we had to make adjustments to get him going again.

I suppose I have been lucky - the first mishap is many a year, mostly it is ounctures.

 

[Globalti]

I had the same thing with a big sheet of plastic, which somehow got sucked up into the wheel and bent the hanger. Luckily with a titanium frame an approximate field repair was possible until I could get it to a LBS with a proper gauge.