Snapping mech hangers

getonyourbike
getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
edited June 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
I was messing around on the streets earlier and did a drop off, I went to pedal off and my rear mech hanger had just snapped clean off and my rear derailleur was hanging off. I pushed back home, took the damaged one off and replaced it with an old one that I've straightened up. I did the same drop again and it snapped clean again. I've never had anything like this before. My technique's sound, I'm landing quite softly so what is it, I'm stumped?

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  • Andy B
    Andy B Posts: 8,115
    Is the rear mech set up right?

    Which gear were you in when it snapped?

    Once a hanger has been bent it's done it's job, if you straighten it it will be weaker, hence the snapping of the 2nd one
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  • pugaltitude
    pugaltitude Posts: 191
    Too high a drop off???
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    pugaltitude wrote:
    Too high a drop off???
    hardly, it's only about 1 and a half foot.
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    oh well. if it was mech adjsutment then it'll be sorted soon as I'll have a new rear mech, new mech hanger, new shifters, new cables and possibly a new front mech.

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