I need help identifying what derailleur hanger I need
09-26-15, 04:32 AM
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I need help identifying what derailleur hanger I need
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I have started restoring a 1980s repco traveller (sure it's a piece of junk but that's the appeal). I am really looking forward to riding it, however I am stuck sorting out a derailleur hanger/claw/adaptor. The bike came with a really old shimano tourney (which is in a pretty bad state) which had a hanger attached to it. I have decided to buy a new Shimano Claris as they are silver (crucial to my design) and simply use the original friction shifters (I like simplicity of them). All I need to do is find a derailleur hanger which is a lot harder then it needs to be. I was wondering if anybody knew what hanger I would need.
Here is a picture of the bike with and without the original derailleur mounted:
Here is a picture of the rear derailleur I would like:
Thanks in Advance
Sacha
I have started restoring a 1980s repco traveller (sure it's a piece of junk but that's the appeal). I am really looking forward to riding it, however I am stuck sorting out a derailleur hanger/claw/adaptor. The bike came with a really old shimano tourney (which is in a pretty bad state) which had a hanger attached to it. I have decided to buy a new Shimano Claris as they are silver (crucial to my design) and simply use the original friction shifters (I like simplicity of them). All I need to do is find a derailleur hanger which is a lot harder then it needs to be. I was wondering if anybody knew what hanger I would need.
Here is a picture of the bike with and without the original derailleur mounted:
Here is a picture of the rear derailleur I would like:
Thanks in Advance
Sacha
09-26-15, 05:35 AM
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My ultimate guide to how to find a derailleur claw.
1. Wake up.
2. Go to the bathroom.
3. Get out of bed.
4. Realize you just wet the bed.
5. Fall back asleep in your filth.
6. Wake up.
7. Go to the bathroom.
8. Get out of bed.
9. Realize you just did it again.
10. Go to the kitchen.
11. Start eating apple pie.
12. Start choking on the derailleur that you stuck in the night before.
13. Buy a derailleur claw like jyl posted.
etc. etc. etc. etc.
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600. Mount the derailleur claw to the derailleur.
601. Mount the claw and derailleur to the bike.
602. Put the rest of the stuff together.
603. Ride.
1. Wake up.
2. Go to the bathroom.
3. Get out of bed.
4. Realize you just wet the bed.
5. Fall back asleep in your filth.
6. Wake up.
7. Go to the bathroom.
8. Get out of bed.
9. Realize you just did it again.
10. Go to the kitchen.
11. Start eating apple pie.
12. Start choking on the derailleur that you stuck in the night before.
13. Buy a derailleur claw like jyl posted.
etc. etc. etc. etc.
************************************************************
600. Mount the derailleur claw to the derailleur.
601. Mount the claw and derailleur to the bike.
602. Put the rest of the stuff together.
603. Ride.
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09-26-15, 09:09 AM
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Easier option is just buy one of the Shimano derailleurs that come with built in claw hangers. They make several of them, for less than $20. Tourney TX55 is an example.
My mess with sourcing a separate claw when you can get a derailleur with a claw built in?
Shouldn't take 603 steps, more like 3 or 4.
My mess with sourcing a separate claw when you can get a derailleur with a claw built in?
Shouldn't take 603 steps, more like 3 or 4.
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