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After unscrewing the derailleur cage to get the mech free, i pulled the QR out, and had to pull the stays apart enough for the bent hanger to clear the cassette. Wheel plunked out nicely.

I then mounted up a shitty old mech and grabbed it with the tongue and groove pliers in order to bend it back by the bolt and not fuck up the actual hanger. Bending it back felt soft, but not as metal-fatiquey as id feared.

Eyeballed it, bent it some more, eyeballed it again, and BOOM! Works like a charm! Its sure enough only a 9 speed, så the tolerances arent as small as for eg. 11sp, but this is far better than i could have hoped for.

Super surprised the mech isnt more fucked too. The carbon cage was super bent and totally tensioned out, so i thought it was a goner, but very little bending is visible after putting it back together. One of the pulley wheels is cracked almost in half but no worries otherwise. Small kink in the wheel, but disks so fuck that.

The shop i work in has a proper Derailleur Hanger Alignment Tool (similar to the one parktool makes) so ill do some final tweeks with that within the next few days. Actually a brilliant tool btw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-VphZDRwI&feature=youtu.be

Iv got a set from superstar components that im very pleased with. "Fuel" hubs with 60 POI and quite loud, swapable end caps, cartridge bearings. Theyv got some different rims to choose from, mine are 28,5mm external and i wish i bought some wider. I run 2.4 tires. Great value for the money imo :)

thanks @xkittyx and @TM ill see what i can do

Id definitely go for the wider rims if it must be from those two choices. Much better tire profile, and less squirmy at low pressures.

Stick to 29" ;) going 27.5 would be bad news. Super low bb, different handling, etc. Even going from 29x2.4 to 27.5+ makes substantially lower. Too bad the early models dont have clearance for plus tires!

Anyone know if this gear hanger is salvageable?

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super lame day: just bent the fuck out of my Singular Swift gear hanger..

actually kinda funny, ive been toying with the idea of setting it up singlespeed with Supermotos as a fun city bike. Today's ride was sort of test ride to see if id miss gears and knobbys enough to not make that switch. Then this had to happened, so i guess that settles that. At least the views were nice, and switching to a 100mm stem felt good :)

:(

sorry @enghoff
i hope i will be forgiven (again), and that your dumpster diving skills will provide me with yet another vice..

Looks real nice. In my experience, the carved version is a lot softer than the non carved, but also more hammocky.. as in there's only really one good place to sit.

Cheers @Verbs_&_Nouns I always enjoy your project threads as well

@MisterMikkel thanks but 605mm isnt gonna cut it ;)

Might be a bit overkill to post them to Copenhagen, but thanks for the offer. They're cheap from planetx and might be doin an order anyhoo

looks like an old GT ahead stem with integrated clamp

for a 2 x 1 setup ;)

haha holy shit!

Found this MBK Trekking frame in a dumpster a while back, and now its being built up as a budget touring bike for my brother.

so far we've got
-wheelset, alex rims on shimano hubs
-GX rear mech
-x7 trigger
-cassette 11-36
-chain
-45c fatboy tires
-bluemels
-stuck seatpost
-fucked bb
-crunchy headset
-no money
-hope

Bars are still unkown. Pondering the On-One Fleegle. Something wide with a 25.4 clamp and some sweep, and others to consider?..

Front rack and lowriders is the dream. Something like Rawland Demiporteur and Tubus tara.

Fuck that thing looks fun. More info? Stout bikes?

Rad, but we need an angle with some more purple

good thread good thread

Actually just in general, for both the front and the back.

Sort of like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/BUsI-dFALUo/?taken-by=mstr____

Just for those small aesthetics points ;) But your right, your front does look a bit low compared to others!

I like! Getting better and better.. Those guards do all sorts of good too.

Would be reeeeal nice if the mudguard stays were parallel with the chain stays tho. Anyone know if that is intentional due to wobble and other structural things?

Cheers all around!

if anyone wants to see more bike related photos, then iv started a new instathing

@stridsland_journal

https://www.instagram.com/stridsland_journal/

follow for max bokehlicious pictures of the not-so-spandexy bike life ♡♡♡

Silver parts has always been something ive liked the thought of, but always ended up shying away from when it came to it.

This time is different. I like how this turned out.

Wheels swapped from shimano r501 to TUNE on grey open pro at rear, and some random front that sorta matched. Both with black hubs and silver (32) spokes

Stem swapped for a control tech (looking for a matchey post)

Cranks swapped to some cheap bontrager silver things

Bars swapped to KCNC 710mm

New avid levers

Lock on foam grips

now pics

For the photo nerds, i picked up a Canon 135mm f2 in Vietnam for cheaps. Great lens for shooting bikes. Right now im using it on a 550d (crop sensor), but iv got a 5D classic comin in the mail which should play well with that lens :)

This is seriously cool

Caution! wide turns!

where u located?

Perfect, do it!