wam68
Senior Member
Hi,
I am beginning to think this bike is jinxed. No sooner have I one problem fixed than another comes along.
Out for a run this evening when an idiot overtakes me and then immediately pulls into a parking bay causing me to have to brake sharply. Couldn't get the cleat out and fell over.
A short time later when travelling up hill noticed the rear derailleur was rubbing on two spokes on every revolution when in the largest sprocket in the cassette. Stopped and saw that it was rubbing in the area of the lowest jockey wheel. On getting home I used the L screw to position the derailleur away from the spokes and it is now sitting about 5mm from the spokes and no longer rubbing. The hanger looks fine and the jockey wheels line up ok with the cassette so I don't think it's bent.
My questions are these. What is the normal distance from jockey wheel to spoke. Is 5mm to little.
Could the actual mech be bent without the hanger being bent.
I am beginning to think this bike is jinxed. No sooner have I one problem fixed than another comes along.
Out for a run this evening when an idiot overtakes me and then immediately pulls into a parking bay causing me to have to brake sharply. Couldn't get the cleat out and fell over.
A short time later when travelling up hill noticed the rear derailleur was rubbing on two spokes on every revolution when in the largest sprocket in the cassette. Stopped and saw that it was rubbing in the area of the lowest jockey wheel. On getting home I used the L screw to position the derailleur away from the spokes and it is now sitting about 5mm from the spokes and no longer rubbing. The hanger looks fine and the jockey wheels line up ok with the cassette so I don't think it's bent.
My questions are these. What is the normal distance from jockey wheel to spoke. Is 5mm to little.
Could the actual mech be bent without the hanger being bent.
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