mpemburn
Well-Known Member
When I go into a bike shop and look at the wall of tools—usually Park tools—I am stricken with a serious bout of envy. My own shop tools all fit into one small carry box, though it has many of the necessaries like a torque wrench, chain tools, spoke wrench, etc.
I've long considered the derailleur hanger alignment tool to be one of the elite items seldom needed by the home bike mechanic, but I'm starting to think differently after a recent experience with my own bike, combined with what is said in this article: "The Best Derailleur Hanger Alignment Tool: 9 Tested". To quote:
I will probably go with the Park tool.
I've long considered the derailleur hanger alignment tool to be one of the elite items seldom needed by the home bike mechanic, but I'm starting to think differently after a recent experience with my own bike, combined with what is said in this article: "The Best Derailleur Hanger Alignment Tool: 9 Tested". To quote:
But because derailleur hangers are designed to be sacrificed, that also means they’re prone to bending. That manifests as dodgy and inconsistent shifting that no amount of cable-tension adjusting, limit-screw fiddling or chain cleaning will solve. A derailleur hanger alignment gauge tool is not only extremely useful for diagnosing that your hanger is, in fact, bent, but also for making it straight again.
I will probably go with the Park tool.