Cheese mech hangers are what you want. The mech hanger on my old Chameleon was made of much sturdier stuff and after a big rock interface, refused to give. The result was the XT mech shearing clean in half, and launching itself right into the back wheel at speed. Bye bye spokes! And you never want to hear that kind of churning mechanical destruction going on within a foot of your nads 
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I keep smashing rear mechs! Help me choose a replacement please.
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Posted 8 months ago #
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They all met their fate the same way, with a large twig/small branch flicking up through the spokes of the rear wheel within the loop of the chain and then being carried round with the rotation, forcing the mech backwards and breaking the shadow hanger bracket and cage.
Loads of storm debris out on our local woodland trails after the heavy winds over the last couple of weeks. Nearly had the same thing happen to a few of us. Stop pedalling as soon as you hear that tell-tale noise!
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Oh and Stopa before you ask.....again.....no I didn't destroy Dom's Mech and rear wheel in Switzerland in 2004
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SRAM x9 is molto chunky, but would require new shifters.. might as well go 10 speed
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FWIW - I think the issue is the environment and/or operator rather than the mech being too fragile....
I've managed to trash one mech in the last 10 years, an XO carbon jobbie that just exploderised into tiny pieces after i twatted it rather hard on a large fallen tree, so i think i can forgive it.
Also, others have told me I was unlucky but my shadow SLX only lasted about 6 months (on a secondary bike, so not used massively) before the parallelogram pivots were totally shot to the point where it wouldn't shift without doing the old "two clicks up, on click down" style shift.
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I think I can safely say that bad luck is the cause rather than poor line choice or riding in the woods generally! I've been riding for eighteen years and never broke a mech in any of the first seventeen of those!
I'm worried that getting a super burly mech may mean that if I get unlucky enough to have a stick in the spokes again I may ruin a wheel instead of a mech. I can always get home with a temporary singlespeed bodge but with no rear wheel I'd be walking, carrying and crying.
I'm going with a new Saint unit and fix it on with breakaway bolt, plus an old Deore in the backpack on long or inclement rides!
Thank you peoples for all the input.Posted 8 months ago # -
Do you want to sell the jocky wheels you now have got spare?
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Sorry, I have a feeling I may be needing them sometime in the not too distant future!
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