[Closed] Rear Mech Disaster

Looks like a Trek? You'll have to go to your friendly local Trek dealer if it is...

In fact, why not just go to your LBS either way, guaranteed speed!

Good effort. Have you tried straightening the hanger?- if it's steel it should be fine. What bike is it?

you mean you don't carry a spare 😉

Sorry, whats it from? .....and get two!!

Thats alloy and it won't bend back.

Steel frame usually have integrated hangers because you can bend them back alot before they snap.

Might be alloy but it could still bend back, I've "repaired" alu parts by bending them back, it ust depends on the extent of the stresses induced in the material (i.e. depends on the material thickness and the radius of the bend.

[url= http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/ ]Try here if its a trek[/url]

Looks like a hanger that's fitted to Carreras, Konas, Diamondbacks etc.

I've definately got loads in stock but couldn't guarantee delivery for Fri, that's down to the postie.

Part no RMM 234 from a Raleigh dealer.

Yeh its a Kona one - ill try bending it back. And no I dont carry a spare - never happened to me before but I guess there is a first time for everything!

Gave up my car on Monday so bike is my only form of transport hence not being able to get to the LBS! doh! Evans at Milton Keynes is my local decent one anyway (other than a halfrauds!)

i know its not liked but pop down to halfords, picked one of them up from them for £12 ! cheaper then anywhere else i could fine

Just rang them and they didnt even know what a mech hanger was 🙁 oh well its going to have to be an online order I guess and Ill have to be patient!

was it a bikehut one ? suppose i should of mentioned mine was a bikehut one 😆

Try BETD,they make 'em!

is that a fish-eye lens? looks like some barrel distortion on the bottom one...

is that a fish-eye lens? looks like some barrel distortion on the bottom one...

lol

Fish eye lens? youve lost me now!

OK so whats the difference between long cage and short cage rear mechs? And rapid rise?

Looking at this one to replace the mech from CRC

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=9735

Also the chain got destroyed - I am guessing that means I need to replace the cassette as well?

Can of worms alert
You've got a long cage mech there, probably easiest to replace like with like as we don't know what bike or drive train you've got.
Rapid rise is shimano's new(ish) system, where the spring in the dérailleur drags the chain onto larger cogs / lower gears instead of smaller / higher as traditional. Can't make out your mech's type from the photo but looks fairly generic so probably not rapid rise. How old is it?
If you replace your chain because it's worn out then it's generally accepted that your cassette will be mullered as well. However if your drive train is not that old in your case I would just replace the chain, and replace the cassette only if you have skipping / ghost-shifting problems with the new set up.
There you go. Simple
Do I get a prize for using so many /'s?

Ok it's a deore mech normal. Done about 500 miles over the winter so not sure if it would be worn or not! Any advice gratefully received?

Phil Corley Cycles are in Milton Keynes and they're a pretty big Trek dealer (if they share some of the Kona mech hangers). It's probably worth a try. Ask for Paul in the workshop - nice guy and knows his stuff!

that xt mech there on crc will do you fine. if you order it now you MIGHT get it friday late morning...

Ok all ordered and sorted out now hopefully! Evans actually do the mech hangers for 11.99 so not too bad really. And Merlin have a good deal on cassettes and chains still considering that CRC and wiggle wanted nearly £50 for both!

I get my mech hangers from [url= http://www.mountainbikecomponents.co.uk/items.asp?CategoryID=246&Name=All+Hangers ]BETD[/url] bit more expensive but very nice hangers!