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05-03-17 | 07:48 AM

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corrado33

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Originally Posted by maddog34

ha s she been dropping the bike on the Drive Side, by chance? "shifted to a smaller cog" makes me suspect that the der. mount was bent, and the der. cage got caught in the spokes.... maybe...

Shifting to a SMALLER cog would be going AWAY from the spokes.

The only time I've ever seen a derailleur mangled as much as you describe is when I got a stick caught in my MTN bike's derailleur.

I split it into 3 pieces.

Maybe she's back pedaling when cross chained and ripping the derailleur off? But that wouldn't explain the missing pulleys.

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