snap goes the hanger

divingmoose

Went for a bit of a bimmble with a mate this afternnon got 4 miles in and a large branch snaps my xt derailleur hanger. Try to use the chain link tool and that breaks. So miles back home with my riding my mates bike while he holds a 4ft branch on my bike and tow him and my broken bike home. As for derailleur hangers ar they expensive to but for the xt
Thanks

nicklouse

The hanger is part of the frame not the mech. Or are you talking about the mech cage.

divingmoose

Its the peice of metal thats attached to the frame and then the derailleur its snapped and assume these are frame specific then?

ride_whenever

yup, hanger...

your local dealer is a good place to get one quickly, if not then here list pretty much every one.

Expect to pay around £15-£100 for one dependant on frame, usually they're around £20

cooldad

Ebay is a good place to look.

divingmoose

Cheers Guys,
Cooldad ebay has produced the goods once again

ilovedirt

ride_whenever wrote:

yup, hanger...

your local dealer is a good place to get one quickly, if not then here list pretty much every one.

Expect to pay around £15-£100 for one dependant on frame, usually they're around £20

£100?! Where have you seen hangers going for £100?!

kagefisk

ilovedirt wrote:

£100?! Where have you seen hangers going for £100?!

On some freeride and downhill bikes where the gearhanger is in an integrated unit with dropouts and disc brake mount.

This one from Intense is quite expensive at £145:
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=42085

ilovedirt

Blimey! Though it doesn't surprise me that any intense spare part costs a fortune. Kona do a similar thing on their stinky which they sell for about £30. Not CNC machined, but still!

kagefisk

Yes, Intense stuff is expensive (maybe even overpriced), but good though.

ilovedirt

I dunno, I've heard a lot about skewiff frames coming out of the factory not welded properly etc...