My derailleur broke clean off.

[araapatlio]

I've been using this old Raleigh Yukon MTB for about a year and a half, given to me by a friend as it was just sitting in his shed. Today, on the way home from the shops, there was a massive crunch and the back wheel stopped dead as the derailleur had broken off and was lodged in between the spokes.

Looks like I'm going to have to buy a new MTB too...

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Looking at the crystalline structure of the break that seems like classic metal fatigue to me. I can't quite work out exactly what part I'm looking at from that angle - got any more pics?

 

[ColinJ]

Looks like I'm going to have to buy a new MTB too...

It does look like a real showstopper!

Still, you could flog the bits for whatever you can get and put the money towards a brand new bike!

Do you ride mainly on the road? If so, why not get a road bike or a hybrid this time?

 

[Herzog]

Or a cross bike?

 

[ColinJ]

... or a cross bike!

 

[Andy_R]

Or a cross bike?

... or a cross bike!

nah...get a happy one instead

 

[ColinJ]

I thought somebody would come up with something like that!

 

[Herzog]

Very good

 

[araapatlio]

It does look like a real showstopper!

Still, you could flog the bits for whatever you can get and put the money towards a brand new bike!

Well, there might be a little scrap value...

Do you ride mainly on the road? If so, why not get a road bike or a hybrid this time?

I mostly used this for riding to and from archery, via local roads and dirt paths. I'll have to look around, but I'll probably just get the £109 basic MTB from Decathlon, it'll be sufficient for what I need. I've used it on the roads, but it was really no good for it so I am about to buy road bike anyway.

 

[araapatlio]

Or a cross bike?

This is something to think about... well, I'll certainly be spending my evening looking. Thanks for the idea.

 

[araapatlio]

Looking at the crystalline structure of the break that seems like classic metal fatigue to me. I can't quite work out exactly what part I'm looking at from that angle - got any more pics?

It is the rear derailleur (or rather where the rear derailleur should be!) where it connected to the gears, the derailleur (with the thing housing it) came clean off.

But it was an old bike, that I got for free and have used for a year or more, so I can't really complain.

 

[araapatlio]

Or a cross bike?

Having a quick look, cyclocross bikes seem to be more expensive (I'm not sure how easy it would be to change the tyres), would I be better buying a Triban 3 and a basic MTB or going for a cyclocross? http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/cyclocross-or-mtb-road-bike.135628/

 

[David Haworth]

Looks like I'm going to have to buy a new MTB too...

Is the back wheel still attached? If so, you could buy one of those things to break and rejoin chains, pick a suitable front and rear cog and make it a single speed? Without a rear derailleur to take up slack, you won't be able to change at the front but you could take the front derailleur off and both shifters and at least have a bike for going to the shops on.

Waste not want not