swoosh1973 Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 I did the 58km Laurensford Classic MTB race today. My rear hanger simply just snapped. It snapped where the hanger gets bolted on to the frame. It is a tiny piece that needs replacement.Any ideas where in Cape Town i can get a part to replace that. The deraileur itself is in perfect working order. I Cant see why i should buy a whole deraileur for one tiny piece of metal. Any recomendations.?Oh yes. Why would the deraileur just snap? I know we did plenty climbing with Grany gear in front and sometimes using the small gear in the rear. This is when it snapped? I was not the original owner of the bike and im wondering if the previouse owner acidentaly bent it and then bent it straight. This would result in metal fatigue. I have never heard of a snapped deraileur on the hanger from "too hard riding"?
turtlek Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 the hangar is bike specific and you will not need to replace the whole derailer the hangar is made out of fairly soft aluminium in most cases and is designed to break if too much pressure is put on the derailer so that you dont have to replace the derailer if you crash... most decent bike shops should stock hangars for various bikes if you dont come right let me know and i will organise one for you
Procrates Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 Try to lessen your peddling power for a short while, while shifting. You dont jam your cars gears while holding the accelerator.And technically the piece is part of the frame not derailer.
swoosh1973 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Posted October 3, 2009 The bike is a Specialized XC pro. 2008 model. Look the deraileur thingy mabit looks more like it's part of the deraileur. Deffintely not the frame. So will bike shops stock this or not? Its realy not a complicated part its tiny man. .
BogusOne Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 The bike is a Specialized XC pro. 2008 model. Look the deraileur thingy mabit looks more like it's part of the deraileur. Deffintely not the frame. So will bike shops stock this or not? Its realy not a complicated part its tiny man. . ITS part of the frame NOT the RD. The hanger is what connects the RD to the Frame. Contact Cycles Direct!
swoosh1973 Posted October 3, 2009 Author Posted October 3, 2009 the hangar is bike specific and you will not need to replace the whole derailer the hangar is made out of fairly soft aluminium in most cases and is designed to break if too much pressure is put on the derailer so that you dont have to replace the derailer if you crash... most decent bike shops should stock hangars for various bikes if you dont come right let me know and i will organise one for you Thanks this helps. If i dont come right with the SW bikes shops thn i will contact you. Cheers
NinjaManiak Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 It'd be a good idea to get 2.A spare hanger is a sensible thing to carry with you, as most other things can be "borrowed" from partners or passers by, but hangers are fairly specific.
NotSoBigBen Posted October 3, 2009 Posted October 3, 2009 One way to make sure you never break or bend a RD hanger is to carry a spare
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