Been offered an old bike for £20 to use as a city runaround, but the frame has no rear mech hanger.
Its a 'Viking' brand frame (looks like a cheapo mass-produced alloy job) and my Google searches have so far failed to show where I might be able to get hold of a replacement.
Anyone happen to know a shop/website that deals in Vikings? Or have any other bright ideas?
Cheers.
LBS. Any at all decent LBS will have a drawer full of assorted mech hangers.
Any 'brand-x' type thing which is likely made by one of the massive Far eastern companies will use a 'stock', commonly available mech hanger.
Take the frame, dig through them till you find one that matches.
run it singlespeed?
I was thinking Viking came in from Avocet Sports in Manchester, but their website doesn't mention them. Might be worth a phonecall though, even if they've dropped the brand, they may have old stock.
Failing that, maybe something from Wheels Manufacturing would do the job - any LBS with a Madison account could help.
Using my elite detective skills I guess you're buying [url= http://york.gumtree.com/york/52/41205852.html ]THIS[/url] which looks similar to [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VIKING-VALHALLA-MOUNTAIN-BIKE_W0QQitemZ220443095678QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item33536eb27e&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A2|66%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50 ]THIS[/url] on Ebay, which handily has a fairly close pic of the hanger.
Could be BETD hanger 27 or maybe Raleigh RMM238?
haha - TheChunk, you're spot on!
Looks pretty similar to the hanger for an old Merlin Malt 1 in that ebay piccy. Of which i used to have a spare somewhere...
If all else fails and you don't want a single speed, you could try and search a hone rear hub and mech.
i had some machined for me many moons ago - but i did have a poatteren to be copied. was cheaper than buying them. got 4 for £20 iirc.
what singlespeed tensioner will work if you have no hanger?
magic gear never really seems to work for me.