Hi guys upon inspection on my broken derailleur I noticed my fork where the quick release is is damaged. Its broken off the curvy section of it where the quick release bar sits Is this mendable or is it the end of the bike?
Hi guys upon inspection on my broken derailleur I noticed my fork where the quick release is is damaged. Its broken off the curvy section of it where the quick release bar sits Is this mendable or is it the end of the bike?
If the fork is damaged terminally at worst you need a new fork - do you actually mean the rear dropouts?
Hi guys upon inspection on my broken derailleur I noticed my fork where the quick release is is damaged. Its broken off the curvy section of it where the quick release bar sits Is this mendable or is it the end of the bike?
If the fork is damaged terminally at worst you need a new fork - do you actually mean the rear dropouts?
Or a replaceable (sacrificial) aluminium gear hanger.
Sounds like you are talking about the rear dropouts.
They are repairable and there's a few places I've seen on-line that offer that kind of work. It would depend on how badly damaged they are and what sort of material your bike is made from though.
It is a full carbon bike so I assume the drop-outs are carbon also
Not a reasonable assumption! Carbon frame doesn't necessarily mean carbon dropouts. I have one carbon frame with alloy dropouts, one with carbon and one with one of each!
From the pic it just looks like your mech hangar is broken. You just need to get a replacement - hardest thing will hopefully be finding out which hangar to get because, for some unfathomable reason, there is no standardisation in hangar shape.
+1 defo looks like hanger is broken which is easily replaced but post another pic with the hanger removed so we can actually see the drop out. Once you remove the hanger it will be easy to see a) is the dropout damaged and b) if it is damaged if its carbon or Al.
are they not welded on though and part of the fork?
If you take a closer look, you can see the screws that hold (what's left of) the hanger in place on the dropout. The 'fork' is at the front, by the way. At the back, you have seat stays and chain stays.
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You say broken but it might not be.
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If the fork is damaged terminally at worst you need a new fork - do you actually mean the rear dropouts?
Or a replaceable (sacrificial) aluminium gear hanger.
They are repairable and there's a few places I've seen on-line that offer that kind of work. It would depend on how badly damaged they are and what sort of material your bike is made from though.
Not a reasonable assumption! Carbon frame doesn't necessarily mean carbon dropouts. I have one carbon frame with alloy dropouts, one with carbon and one with one of each!
From the pic it just looks like your mech hangar is broken. You just need to get a replacement - hardest thing will hopefully be finding out which hangar to get because, for some unfathomable reason, there is no standardisation in hangar shape.
Take that one off by removing the 2 small Allen bolts at the top and check the carbon behind isn't damaged
If you take a closer look, you can see the screws that hold (what's left of) the hanger in place on the dropout. The 'fork' is at the front, by the way. At the back, you have seat stays and chain stays.