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good call footflaps my HT is a non-replacable steel job so I've not bothered with a spare as there isn't really on available but no harm in havin a generic emergency jobbie is there....
I keep one for my DH bike in the tool kit. but if I bend it on a run I'd just coast down no point effecting a trailside fix then really...
Yeah, I keep one in my Camelbak. Had to use it the other day, but managed to continue the ride so all good.
That reminds me...
Just bought this 'Emergency Hanger' as a backup:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItemitem=221032923833
As a bit of a PSA Evans have this for £12.99 - [url= http://www.evanscycles.com/products/wheels-manufacturing/gimp-multi-tool-with-emergency-derailleur-hanger-ec018749 ] http://www.evanscycles.com/products/wheels-manufacturing/gimp-multi-tool-with-emergency-derailleur-hanger-ec018749 [/url]
which seems to be the same thing but cheaper and with some tools thrown in.
Be Warned: I'd advise carrying one if you ride a Santa Cruz, their hangers are made of cheese. A friend warned me when i bought an SC so i bought a spare. No use for about 18 months then the inevitable happened about 10 miles from home. At the time i couldn't remember if i still had it in my pack. After a feverish few moments searching i was soooo chuffed to find i had it!
So you've broken one SC mech in 18 months, and yet they're 'made of cheese'?.
Mine bent around a local trail, LBS 'manipulated' it back into shape. Next ride out I took a tumble, hanger snapped off as it was cryogenic. Unfortunately I was half way round Kirroughtree at the time - an 8 mile freewheel/ push/ carry was NOT funny. Then the K bike shop informed me that the nearest stockists of a Hope hanger were in Inverness and 3 days away.
Gaaaarn.
I now carry a Hope hanger in my Camelbak..
always in my bag. I've snapped loads of them.
Snapped one last year, ruined the ride and meant I had to push the bike a couple of miles. Will always carry a spare now.
Yep. Spare goes with me every ride.
Until this year, I carried a spare hanger for 5+ years of riding and never needed to use it!
I wonder if I carried more spare part when riding, would they be as effective in keeping the parts on the bike working? Hmmm...
Be Warned: I'd advise carrying one if you ride a Santa Cruz, their hangers are made of cheese. A friend warned me when i bought an SC so i bought a spare. No use for about 18 months then the inevitable happened about 10 miles from home
The hanger is there to save the mech and frame. If it's too tough then it's pointless.
Used to bend the old enduro ones so always had them in. Once the hanger is out of shape it's only a matter of time before the mech hits the wheel and then it's mech, hanger, & spokes and a long walk home
I don't think I've ever broken a derailleur hanger without also breaking either the mech or the frame. On one unfortunate occasion I destroyed mech + hanger + dropout on frame whilst 'just riding along' (albeit massively clarted up with mud). I don't really believe hangers do that much to save derailleurs.
My 7 year old daughter has been making Daddy proud by "exploring the envelope" doing jumps on her Kona Makena. A couple of crashes later and I was in the market for a new hanger and rear mech. Shimano FT-30 RD - £8.50. Kona hanger - £10!!! (with some places wanting £17). How does that work? It's only a friggin' small piece of cast metal.