Today's mishap
05-13-14, 10:47 AM
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Today's mishap
Pedaling up a short hill, not particularly hard, a click and a snap.
Looked down and saw what you see below. Derailleur hanger snapped, cage and pulley broken in two, chain wrapped behind the cassette. Not sure what would have caused this, I haven't adjusted my hi-lo screws, maybe my putting the non-spec cassette was stressing the hanger in some way, or maybe it was just a bad derailleur hanger?
Thankfully happened in the first couple of miles of the daily ride and I was with one other so he went back to get his car. Yesterday I was in the middle of nowhere doing some decent climbing so happy it didn't happen then! Funnily enough I had the Ultegra 6870gs derailleur and sent it back to the vendor yesterday morning, now I need to order it again.
Looked down and saw what you see below. Derailleur hanger snapped, cage and pulley broken in two, chain wrapped behind the cassette. Not sure what would have caused this, I haven't adjusted my hi-lo screws, maybe my putting the non-spec cassette was stressing the hanger in some way, or maybe it was just a bad derailleur hanger?
Thankfully happened in the first couple of miles of the daily ride and I was with one other so he went back to get his car. Yesterday I was in the middle of nowhere doing some decent climbing so happy it didn't happen then! Funnily enough I had the Ultegra 6870gs derailleur and sent it back to the vendor yesterday morning, now I need to order it again.
05-13-14, 11:22 AM
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What gear ratio was on the new cassette? Looks like you may have put on a cassette that reached past the limit of the RD or chain length. Sorry about the bike!
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yeah, the chain was the right length, but the ratio was beyond spec (11-32 vs. spec of 28t max). Lots of people running same combo but guess it varies from bike to bike! I wouldn't have thought that the hanger would break as a result but I suppose I should be happy it did instead of the frame.
I've (re) ordered the 6870gs derailleur, going to try and source a new 9070 pulley assembly just so that I have it.
I've (re) ordered the 6870gs derailleur, going to try and source a new 9070 pulley assembly just so that I have it.
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OUCH!
Glad you're OK.
Glad you're OK.
05-13-14, 12:02 PM
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Pedaling up a short hill, not particularly hard, a click and a snap.
Looked down and saw what you see below. Derailleur hanger snapped, cage and pulley broken in two, chain wrapped behind the cassette. Not sure what would have caused this, I haven't adjusted my hi-lo screws, maybe my putting the non-spec cassette was stressing the hanger in some way, or maybe it was just a bad derailleur hanger?
Looked down and saw what you see below. Derailleur hanger snapped, cage and pulley broken in two, chain wrapped behind the cassette. Not sure what would have caused this, I haven't adjusted my hi-lo screws, maybe my putting the non-spec cassette was stressing the hanger in some way, or maybe it was just a bad derailleur hanger?
Highly unlikely that the derailleur hanger failed to cause this.
It's likely that your derailleur hanger got bent just a bit, thus throwing the adjustment of the limit screws off just enough. Laying the bike down on the derailleur side, falling over at the conenvience store, banging the derailleur when your moving the bike around, in and out of cars, can all do this.
It's also possible the limit screw was off just a bit for some time, and you'd been living on the edge. Then one time you shift hard enough to pull just enough cable to make it ride over.
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05-13-14, 12:08 PM
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Well... if you need to go onto the 32, probably should be on the small chainring which wouldn't put that much stress to the derailleur. Liking merlinextraligh's explanation.
05-13-14, 12:18 PM
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Looks like the chain overshifted into the spokes, caught up there, wrapped around and pulled the derailleur hanger off.
Highly unlikely that the derailleur hanger failed to cause this.
It's likely that your derailleur hanger got bent just a bit, thus throwing the adjustment of the limit screws off just enough. Laying the bike down on the derailleur side, falling over at the conenvience store, banging the derailleur when your moving the bike around, in and out of cars, can all do this.
It's also possible the limit screw was off just a bit for some time, and you'd been living on the edge. Then one time you shift hard enough to pull just enough cable to make it ride over.
Highly unlikely that the derailleur hanger failed to cause this.
It's likely that your derailleur hanger got bent just a bit, thus throwing the adjustment of the limit screws off just enough. Laying the bike down on the derailleur side, falling over at the conenvience store, banging the derailleur when your moving the bike around, in and out of cars, can all do this.
It's also possible the limit screw was off just a bit for some time, and you'd been living on the edge. Then one time you shift hard enough to pull just enough cable to make it ride over.
). Just toodling around recovering from yesterday's climb fest
05-13-14, 01:40 PM
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not trying to rub it in, just in past threads there's never a shortage of people spouting it's ok to do and their mothers brothers sisters friends and uncles all do it with no downside.
there's a reason for the limits....
whatever
there's a reason for the limits....
whatever
05-13-14, 01:49 PM
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yup I know what you mean. I certainly understand and accept the consequences of my tinkering! I enjoy riding my bike as much as I can but I like to goof around with it just as much.
05-13-14, 01:55 PM
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Assuming that the chain was sized correctly for the larger cassette, I doubt that was a problem. If the chain was sized for the 28 tooth cassette and was just long enough, then putting it in the big/big combination could have done this.
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05-13-14, 02:17 PM
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Um, maybe you broke it in this thread where you had disassembled and hacked it.
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