Originally Posted by
OldsCOOL
The hanger angle was messed up by your bike falling over? By just going "flop"?
Yep, it happens all the time.
If a bike falls on the right side, and hits on the RD, especially in high gear, it bends hangers inward. This is probably the number one cause of RDs overshifting into spokes, and has been since the invention of the hanger mounted RD generations ago.