Well i bent the stock Camino hanger when the bike blew over and banged on the ground after a couple of weeks. I've now done the replacement in after bicycle and myself hit the road and bounced a bit on a roundabout. Hopefully the third one will be lucky when I can actually ride a bike again. As they are starting to become consumables for me, can any of you get some tips on straightening them without a massive workshop worth of tools.

Many thanks

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Straightening mech hangers is 1 of the few jobs that really benefits from using the correct tool.
This http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/x-to ... prod122319 is little more than a replacement hanger costs and saves lots of guesswork and unnecessary bending. I won't insult your intelligence by explaining why soft mech hangers are a good idea.

Yeah, I have one of those in my toolkit (not exactly that, but very similar).

the bike blew over and banged on the ground

and

after bicycle and myself hit the road and bounced a bit on a roundabout

I don't think it's the hangers that are at fault.

Stu got there before me.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

the bike blew over and banged on the ground

and

after bicycle and myself hit the road and bounced a bit on a roundabout

I don't think it's the hangers that are at fault.

We could blame the weather, and a car/diesel as I am currently too sore and feeling too sorry for myself to accept any responsibility !!

pistonbroke wrote:Straightening mech hangers is 1 of the few jobs that really benefits from using the correct tool.
This http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/x-to ... prod122319 is little more than a replacement hanger costs and saves lots of guesswork and unnecessary bending. I won't insult your intelligence by explaining why soft mech hangers are a good idea.

Ta for the link, that's a great price compared to a park tools one. Both far, far cheaper than the 100+ for a new mech.

I'm genuinely disappointed by the lack of actual cheese in this thread.

I may be the only person who laughed when he saw a panda, on a cheese thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21mJh6j9i4

Landslide wrote:I'm genuinely disappointed by the lack of actual cheese in this thread.

OK,Ok here you go.

doesn't look ripe enough