If there’s enough, I’d also like to buy a hanger. Please just let me know to price and how to order once they’re ready.
I would also love one of these. Any idea on price yet?
They look great!
6082 grade ali. Because I've been making them out of offcuts and scraps of metal it was easier to do them individually rather than out of larger blocks, so the process is quite slow as each one needs loading into and out of the machine's vice three times. Had to buy a couple of taps as well, never made a hanger before. I'm thinking £16 each + £3 postage per order. Payment via Paypal Gift preferred or can do bank transfer.
Me too for a single hanger please.
Those hangers look mint, pop me down for one please.
Building the Marley as something that will probably get the crap kicked out of it, I forsee a future need 🙂
Please count me in for a hanger too.
I'd definitely like one too.
Best pop a hanger aside for me please
Seems very reasonable to me, let me know when you're ready for payment!
All these orders for hangers and I bet we'll still have them in our toolboxes in a couple of years 🙂
I would take one if available thanks.
@Geforcejunky - would you be up for making another set for the reactor - I think a fair few have been sold and CRC don’t have spares either! I’d certainly have one. <br /><br />
happy to post the one off the frame I got so you have a template. <br /><br />
If not, no worries.
Cheers, Neil.
Current Reactor frame use a UDH. I think Pilo D1239 is the correct match for the models prior to this year (or at least thread pitch is correct and it looks the same as the Nukeproof replacement)
Hanger for me please, assuming CRC send me a bike. All quiet at the moment!
Yes please. I have 2 Ragleys in the garage so I would love a spare too.
Photos of the finished hangers, fit feels fine. I'll send out messages to the first 20 names on my list, I counted 28 though so will do another batch early next week and message the remaining people then. Check your inboxes shortly!
Different note but hanger related. Does anyone know how hard it would be to machine a sliding drop out to run a big Al single speed. No gears line up that well on mine and have a lot of slack that a simple tensioner is struggling with. Sliding drop outs would be amazing.
Unfortunately I have zero competence in this area but thought I'd ask in case anyone has thought of this before.
These look great as a serial hanger snapper can I be #29? Cheers Al
I got (slightly sarcastically) awarded “best bling” for my Marley frame at our annual awards dinner tonight.
Dies that hanger work for a nukeproof cub scout?
It looks right ..
It does look the same so I'm 99% sure it will be, I'll add Saccades and Origin_AI to my list of people to email next week when I've made a few more. Whilst checking the fitment on my frame, its amazing how out of alignment the frame is with the hanger. The bit with the 3 bolts seems fine, but the bottom part of the slot the hanger fits into is completely on the piss compared to the top! Is anyone else's like that, I don't think it's a problem, just strange!
Kermit4King - I don't think it would be too hard to make a slotted dropout for both sides, with a sliding threaded insert on the driveside to use the existing axle (although slightly longer may be required). I'd want to keep the length down though, both to keep the leverage down on the bolts and otherwise you'd have disc alignment issues. I think -5 to +10 mm from the original position would be possible. However I'm not convinced it would clamp well enough to not slide. All the single speed setups I've run have used serrated axles and nuts clamping hard onto steel frames. Can anyone else comment on a traditional 12mm bolt through axle used on a singlespeed setup?
What is not working about your tensioner, should be simple to setup single speed with something like a Rolhoff tensioner.
Neither of the hangers fit straight on my frame:
But ultimately I don't think it matters as the axle aligns everything and it measures straight when the axle is done up. The hanger alignment seems good even though the frame seems to be on the piss and the angle the hanger is at relative to the frame does not change when tightened.
@geforcejunky.
I'll grab one as well for a cub scout.
Cheers
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Neither of the hangers fit straight on my frame:
Trade Description Act etc. How dare you?
😂
Terrific of Mr Junky to be offering these hangers.
I've just wondered about the strength of them compared with factory, as the hangers are designed to get damaged before the frame etc.
Wouldn't want folks later having problems with chainstays and dropouts snapping because the hanger is so well built and failed to bend / snap.
@GeForceJunky currently using a simple single wheel gusset that I was using on my old airdrop bitmap fine. It's just skipping and jumping on the big Al. Chain line looks and measures spot on. I have borrowed a mates Rohloff to try and see if the extra tension solves the issue.
I'd love to not need a tensioner and run sliding dropouts. Was assuming I'd need to get a new axle to colt it through.
If you can make a set of them you can definitely have some of my wine/beer/pizza/bike part tokens.
🙂
“I’ve just wondered about the strength of them compared with factory, as the hangers are designed to get damaged before the frame etc.”
I know that used to be the case but with big 12 speed mechs needing serious precision for good shifting and putting high leverage into the hanger with their long cages, mech hangers have got much stiffer over the years to the point that I doubt they’re reliably sacrificial…
Ignore me of course. The brake mount is frame mounted and wouldn't work.
I'd love a hanger as well please, if there are any spare. Amazing work by the way!
Cheers
Dave
Cheers muchly Mr Ge Force Junky!
Kermit4king - this is my DJ bike I built years ago, it's a Dialled Holeshot with homemade horizontal dropouts welded on. The brake mount is fixed position but works well enough even though the alignment isn't perfect unless the wheel is centered in the slot.
In terms of strength they should be slightly stronger than the original. Dimension wise the should be the same thickness as the original and only about 1mm wider at the thinnest point, but I bet the 6082 I've used is much better quality than the mild brie the originals are probably made of!
Does anyone know if this hanger fits a Vitus Nucleus 27.5? I’m finding it hard working out what it should have!
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/vitus-hanger-7-sentier-14-15-nucleus-14-and-18
Looks like this one
Possible singlespeed dropout design, not convinced it will clamp tight enough not to slide though.
@Geforcejunky What do you do/normally make on a day to day basis? Impressive how quickly these designs are put together.
I do quite a lot of custom hand tooling design for assembling stuff, so often make prototypes/one-offs. Also do a lot of testing on machine tools so sometimes make fixtures and test pieces.
Kramer - good thinking, will add something. Hard to do on disc side without making the axle longer.
Me too for a hanger
And me please 👏
Kramer – good thinking, will add something. Hard to do on disc side without making the axle longer.
If you build it, I will come.
I machined a second batch of hangers today and I think I have messaged everybody on this thread who has asked for one. If you want one and haven't received a message, send me a pm asap. I have a couple of spares, but not many. The first batch was sent via Royal Mail 2nd class yesterday.
Lovely, thank you.
This has removed me to look back at the photos and see how everyone else has done their cabling. Because hoses and cables entering guides on the same side of the head tube as the device which actuates them is not ok.
