Ruined Ride.
- Thread starter Slick
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Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Need a better picture of the hanger. Can't tell if the bracket has sheared or not.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Oh.
That's a bugger.
I hope you aren't stood round too long and that it's a straightforward fix (as much as a wrecked derailleur can be at least).
That's a bugger.I hope you aren't stood round too long and that it's a straightforward fix (as much as a wrecked derailleur can be at least).
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
That is tough. I hope your resuer arrives soon.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
It is possible for it to happen if you don't have the low gear rear endstop set correctly. That allows the derailleur to overshift into the spokes.
A friend of mine had the same thing happen when we were 5 miles from home. I lent him my bike to ride home to get his car while I stood in a back street guarding his mangled machine.
I hope you get picked up soon!
Tip of the day: When you repair the bike, inspect the driveside spokes very carefully for damage caused by the mech/chain. My friend sold me the wheels that had been on his bike when his mech got torn off and I snapped a spoke on a forum ride shortly after I started using them. When I examined the spokes after that, the signs of damage were obvious.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
At least you will have time to give your bike a clean. 
OP
OP
Slick
Guru
Not that savvy I'm afraid, but I'm assuming that would cover rule 5 nicely.
OP
OP
Slick
Guru
Funny you say that, but I after Mrs Slick rode to my rescue I went straight round the LBS to get a repair. I went in on my own first and told them that my bike was filthy and if they could point me in the way of a hose, I would clean it before brining it into the shop. He just laughed and said that I was the first person ever to offer to do that. I went next door to their garden centre and had some cake, and on departure I seen the trusty steed getting a hot bath, very reassuring.At least you will have time to give your bike a clean.
Oh, nearly forgot.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
I always carry one of these,http://wheelsmfg.com/derailleur-hangers/emergency-hanger.html
In the last year of riding one of the guys in the club managed to snap the derailier hanger. he thought he was getting a cab home. but 10 mins later he was riding again, when we finished the ride he bought a couple of beers. it weighs nothing fits in the saddle bag,
In the last year of riding one of the guys in the club managed to snap the derailier hanger. he thought he was getting a cab home. but 10 mins later he was riding again, when we finished the ride he bought a couple of beers. it weighs nothing fits in the saddle bag,
jefmcg
Guru
You need a chain breaker to do that. Had a similar problem 180 km into a 600km audax at 4.45 on a Saturday afternoon - if a stranger hadn't given me a lift to the nearest bike shop ... I literally don't know what i would have done.
Racing roadkill
Guru
The only time I managed to do that, was when I forgot to fit a spacer on the freehub, before I put a new cassette on, I was running the mech perilously close to the spokes on 50-28, and the inevitable happened on a hill
. I now make sure that the hanger is straight, and that I have a spacer on the freehub, it saves a lot of grief.
. I now make sure that the hanger is straight, and that I have a spacer on the freehub, it saves a lot of grief.
Never having tried a 600km audax, so I'm speaking from a position of ignorance, but wouldn't carrying a chain breaker be a good idea on a ride that long? Park Tools do a little one that works well.
