Old 08-15-25 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Hill160881
It’s very simple. This solution is a prototype and it’s my solution and I honestly don’t care what anybody thinks about it. If you don’t like it, you’re welcome to explain why and argue for pages and pages until you’re blue in the face. It won’t stop me from trying out my prototype.
I am holy unconcerned that this derailer hanger is gonna cause any damage to the dropout on this frame. Anything is possible, but it’s not a big concern for me.

I have a quick question. Does the alignment get more or less sensitive with more gears in the cassette? I am running a 13 speed cassette. Thus my alignment has to be much tighter than a 1011 or 12 speed? Have you ever used a DW 200 derailer hanger? Maybe you have no idea how touchy the alignment is for a 13 speed cassette or how far out of alignment it has to be before it causes problems. In general with new technology, there’s trade-offs the more cogs we add to the rear cassette the tighter the alignment has to be. I’m running a 2 x 14 speed system on my road bike and let me tell you the alignment on that 14 speed cassette has to be absolutely perfect.

as to why I’ve had to align my derailer hanger so many times? It’s really none of your business and to suggest that I’m lying is just hilarious. No you’re right. I went to all the trouble of finding a CAD of my derailer hanger and finding a company in China that could 3-D print it for me because I’m lying. And have not had to realign my derailer hanger 10 times recently. That makes total sense.
And that’s all I’m gonna say about that
Sorry, missed your post.

Yes, the more gears you have the worse small errors add up. Mainly because an error of 2mm is a much larger percentage of a close spaced cog than a wide spaced cog.

The other problem is that many derailleurs come with and accumulate pivot wear that causes the derailleur to sag into a different geometry. Campy often seemed to be a problem starting in the latter 11 speed era, but any derailleur can be an issue. And you can't make it go away.

If you do have Campy Ekar, back the main shift lever slightly back away from the brake lever using the reach adjustement. This seemed to increase shift accuracy because the levers interfere with each other.
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