Replacement hangers????

[girlski0912]

So the new bike is just shy of 2 months old and I break it...well not the whole bike, but the hanger on my rear derailer. The break is real close to the frame so I am at the very least lucky that it is only a replacement hanger and not a new frame....anybody have any idea how much i should expect to pay? I am already taking it into the shop where I bought it for a new purchase full tune up...I figure I may try to work the "girl angle" and see if they will fix the hanger for me too for cheap. God I don't like breaking things....

[Big E]

Is it actually broken, or just bent? I bent one a few years ago when I bailed and the derailleur hit square on a rock. Finally figured out that it was shifting lousy because the hanger was bent. I took it off, put it on a rag on a smooth concrete floor, and then proceeded to beat the crap out of it with a hammer. 10 minutes later, I proclaimed it straight and has been fine since.

[Viva]

You bought at River City, oui? Unless it's a bolt-on hanger, they can't fix it there, nor can they at any shop, really. You need to find a frame builder- someone with welding or torch experience. As long as there's no frame damage, a hanger shouldn't cost much, maybe $50.

If the hanger is bolted, then call the bike shop in advance to make sure they have a replacement for you.

Breaking things is good; it means that you're using your stuff and probably having a Hell of a time at it! Enjoy!

[altagirl]

My shop gave me a replacement derailleur hanger a couple weeks ago for free. I would say anything over $15 would be a ripoff. Though I guess the price could be set by the manufacturer if you have an odd design or whatever...

If it's bent and not totally broken, I'd try to straighten it, but still replace it and just hang on to the other one in case you break it again -then you'll have a spare. If it's actually cracked in half - it's trash. I did that on my RM9, hanger had to be special ordered and I had a race that weekend. We ended up having to machine a hanger out of a piece of aluminum with a drill and a dremel. (Which ended up working fine...) But there was no way to just fix the old cracked one.

[CS]

Yeah, as long as it is replaceable, the shop you got the bike at should have no problem replacing it. I've bent numerous hangers and it usually costsa $20-$30 bucks to replace it and put the new one on the bike.

Viva makes a good point about calling and making sure they have it.

How did you manage to snap the hanger already?

[Foggy_Goggles]

Originally posted by Viva
You bought at River City, oui? Unless it's a bolt-on hanger, they can't fix it there, nor can they at any shop, really. You need to find a frame builder- someone with welding or torch experience. As long as there's no frame damage, a hanger shouldn't cost much, maybe $50.

If the hanger is bolted, then call the bike shop in advance to make sure they have a replacement for you.

Breaking things is good; it means that you're using your stuff and probably having a Hell of a time at it! Enjoy!

I haven't been a mechanic in a few years so I may be full of shit but....you can realign bent DR hangers on steel bikes with a tool built my Shimano. Basically, it treads into the DR hanger and has a slide rule at the other end that you can measure against the rim. Non-steel frame usually have a replaceable hanger right?

[Viva]

Yeah, if it's a bolted hanger, then there shouldn't be a problem. Just need the replacement and $15 sounds reasonable.

If it's fixed, as it is on a lot of steel bikes, then a framebuilder is needed and that's about a $50 job.

[phUnk]

Originally posted by Viva
Yeah, if it's a bolted hanger, then there shouldn't be a problem. Just need the replacement and $15 sounds reasonable.

If it's fixed, as it is on a lot of steel bikes, then a framebuilder is needed and that's about a $50 job.

My rocky-mountain hanger cost $16 and you can definitely put it on yourself.

Pardon my ignernce, but who are the more popular steel frame producers these days?

[girlski0912]

Thanks guys! I will be calling the bike shop tonight to verify if they have the part. The hanger is completely broken. When it happened, my derailer and chain were hanging like a limp penis from my rear wheel. The hanger was split in two.
As for how I did it, I rode over a small branch and it wedged itself between my derailer and spokes of my tire. SNAP and then my bike came to a screeching halt. It sucks too because I had just finished a pretty burly technical section, but still had 1.5 miles of singletrack left.

[Viva]

Originally posted by phUnk
Pardon my ignernce, but who are the more popular steel frame producers these days?

I dunno.

I recently bought a Rocky Mountain Blizzard- Sweet steel frame! RM also makes the Hammer and at least one other steel ride.

My Surly SS is also steel.

[Oarhead]

Steel:
Bent - can use a tool to realign it. A good mechanic (not just a summer kid at any old shop) should do this.

Broken - MAYBE you can get it repaired depending upon the break location. Usually this is B-Bye to the frame though.

Al:
Bent: replace it
Broken: replace it.

If it happened in the first two months you can probably get a good deal on a replacement. It depends upon the manufacturer since some of them are total rip-offs. Unfortunately they are usually specific to the manufacturer.

*****
MOST IMPORTANT: Make sure that your drop-outs are not bent at all!!! My brother in law broke off the bolt-on but the drop-outs were bent too much. The shop said that they could be bent back. BULLSHIT. It was warranteed right away as soon as a rep saw it,tyhe summer kid (who knows this much about bikes->0) should be fired. Aluminium frames should not be bent EVER to repair something, especially if it is still on warranty.
*****

phUnk:
In no particular order: Rocky mountain, Brodie, Norco, balfa, Independant Fabrications, Seven, surly, Snipes, and a shitload of other smaller fabricators.

[scoober]

Originally posted by Viva
I dunno.

I recently bought a Rocky Mountain Blizzard- Sweet steel frame! RM also makes the Hammer and at least one other steel ride.

My Surly SS is also steel.

girlski... sorry to hear about your hanger. on your Big S frame, there should be no shortage of them around. i busted one on my old schwinn rocket 88 (pre schwinn sellout days) and had a tough time tracking one down. only about $20 though.

as far as steel frames Rocky Mountain, Jamis, and Kona are the only 'major' manufacturers offering full built steel bikes i can think of off the top of my head.

my new ride this year is a Cove steel hardtail. love that ride!

[Foggy_Goggles]

Aren't the rear triangle of many dually's steel? [ignorant kayaker/]

[hev]

no. most rear triangles are aluminum. generally stiffer.

[gravitylover]

Replacement hangers generally go for between $15-25. A beer for the time it takes to put it on and you're good to go.

Steel frames, Marin has a few. Check out the stuff from Vicious Cycles while you're looking for kickass steel frames too.

[fez]

best steel hardtail ever.

too bad you cant get them anymore. mine got runover by a 3/4 ton chevy. unfortunately i was on it at the time. i think i was more upset about the bike though.