Emergency mech hanger

willy-style
willy-style Posts: 52
edited May 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
I presume this is the correct place for my post,
i have an old steel mtb frame that i have converted into a tourer, my question is that its only weakness (asides from weight!) is that it has a built in steel mech hanger, so if it breaks it cant be replaced.
If i got one of these http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=32466 would it be a good option to put my mind at ease for if the unlikely happens, or are these emergency hangers a waste of time?
thanks

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  • BorisSpencer
    BorisSpencer Posts: 786
    Your steel hanger won't break, it will bend, and can be bent back.
    Aluminium will break and that is why aluminium frames have replaceable hangers.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    one bent steel mech mount.

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    now straight

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  • Drysuitdiver
    Drysuitdiver Posts: 474
    BorisSpencer wrote:
    Your steel hanger won't break, it will bend, and can be bent back.
    Aluminium will break and that is why aluminium frames have replaceable hangers.


    you would like to think so. sadly reality doesn't always do what theory tells us it should.

    you could try one and see if its any good
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