Monday, January 23, 2012

Good News, Bad News

Good news:
Got in a 3 hour snow ride this weekend.



Bad News:
This happened.  Are derailleur hangers supposed to be banana shaped?


Good news:
I have a steel frame.  With a long enough lever and the proper amount of stank applied, it's good as new.


Bad news:
My derailleur...  Not so much.  SRAM X-0 -> To the junk bin.

Good news:
Worst case scenario, I've proven I can ride at least half an Arrowhead distance on a fixie.

Bad News:
That was minus 20 lbs of gear.

Good news:
No one is dumb enough to ride Arrowhead fixed.

Bad news:
Except me...

3 comments:

  1. Save the jockey wheels you'll wear them out if you ever use gears again....:-)

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  2. x7 derailers are $35 and work just fine. not as much bling though

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  3. I was lucky enough to find an X7 derailleur at the LBS when I went to pick up some tubes, so I'm good to go again. In all reality I would have just stripped the drivetrain off an old hardtail if I'd needed to. It's a 14 year old 8-speed Gripshift setup, but it would have gotten the job done.

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