Ruined Ride.
- Thread starter Slick
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When riding a vintage roadster, I once had a small branch that somehow got pulled into the gap between the Sturmey hub and the sprocket and popped the sprocket off. Not a major disaster but I can confirm that trying to do battle with the big ciclip thing which holds the sprocket on a Sturmey hub at the roadside in pouring rain without any proper tools and trying not to slice my fingers or have it ping into oblivion is an over-rated pass-time.
Tigerbiten
Guru
A word of warning.
I'm not sure about sub-9 speed but any chain 9 speed or over cannot be rejoined without a quick link.
I found that out the hard way as I had a chain splitter but no quick links when my chain snapped.
It's the only time I've been rescued as I couldn't rejoin the chain to convert my trike into a single speed.
So I now carry a couple just in case.
I'm not sure about sub-9 speed but any chain 9 speed or over cannot be rejoined without a quick link.
I found that out the hard way as I had a chain splitter but no quick links when my chain snapped.
It's the only time I've been rescued as I couldn't rejoin the chain to convert my trike into a single speed.
So I now carry a couple just in case.
OP
OP
Slick
Guru
If it wasn't for bad luck I really wouldn't have any luck. The spare bike has been hanging on the garage wall since it had it's free service. During that service the boys called me to tell me that there was a bulge in one tyre but they had GP 4000's going half price, so I got them just to put on both and I kept the original as a spare. The bike has never turned a wheel since this was done until today's ride which was quite a decent challenge round Loch Katrine then over the Dukes Pass into Aberfoyle. 8 miles in I heard what sounded like a kids cap gun going off and I'm sure I saw some kind of flash but my tyres stayed inflated. I wasn't sure what to make of it and my ride buddy reckoned it could just be the tube settling into place. I started off again warily, but soon noticed a bulge in the tyre and on inspection I could see the tube squeezing out between the wheel and tyre. I couldn't believe it after yesterday's debacle, they say it comes in 3's as well, so nay just take the car to work tomorrow.
SuperHans123
Formerly known as snertos999
12 miles into a planned 50 miler after 3 days of doing not very much, and this happens.
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I suppose there's still time for a game of golf.
Ajax Bay
Guru
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- East Devon
If you bust a hanger (or bend it badly) it is a challenge to complete a ride. Going single speed (vertical drop-out) is OK for limping to somewhere close but that's it. And even if a bike shop is accessible/near, it's unlikely that they'll have the very one you need. Buy and carry a spare one (they're pretty light and compact).
(Retrospective) advice in the 'Mechanics' Advice for London-Edinburgh-London ride thread in the other place reads:
"If you are running a frame with a replaceable derailleur hanger then you should take a spare with you, thankfully many riders this year did, I replaced 2 bent hangers where the rider had a spare on them. Hangers are normally specific to the frame so very unlikely to be found at a local bike shop. Hangers are designed to be weak so they bend/break off before the frame is damaged."
And a comment was "One rider that we saw at Barney [Barnard Castle control] had fallen on the drive side. The derailleur was clearly out of alignment, but the rider had no spare hanger. We managed to shim the derailleur with a piece of aluminium foil under the derailleur bolt. The result was not perfect, but good enough to put the rider back on the road with working gears."
Note that the BC mechanics (all volunteers btw) chose to fit a shim rather than work-harden the hanger by bending it back into alignment (with implicit likelihood of early failure).
I have a steel frame for my main bike so I have no hanger, but if, in the future, I downgrade to alloy or carbon . . .
(Retrospective) advice in the 'Mechanics' Advice for London-Edinburgh-London ride thread in the other place reads:
"If you are running a frame with a replaceable derailleur hanger then you should take a spare with you, thankfully many riders this year did, I replaced 2 bent hangers where the rider had a spare on them. Hangers are normally specific to the frame so very unlikely to be found at a local bike shop. Hangers are designed to be weak so they bend/break off before the frame is damaged."
And a comment was "One rider that we saw at Barney [Barnard Castle control] had fallen on the drive side. The derailleur was clearly out of alignment, but the rider had no spare hanger. We managed to shim the derailleur with a piece of aluminium foil under the derailleur bolt. The result was not perfect, but good enough to put the rider back on the road with working gears."
Note that the BC mechanics (all volunteers btw) chose to fit a shim rather than work-harden the hanger by bending it back into alignment (with implicit likelihood of early failure).
I have a steel frame for my main bike so I have no hanger, but if, in the future, I downgrade to alloy or carbon . . .
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