Name the mystery part

[RacinJason]

That is a broken der hanger and a couple of pulleys.
It looks like the main pivot bolt broke and he hit the local hardware store and picked up a random bolt. Looks like it was a shoulder bolt that was way to long. His fix for that problem was to grab two pulleys and a piece of broken der hanger to space it out.

The sholder bolt would be thew strongest and best fit .
The only problem is it would be hard to find the correct length sholder.


lonmhg

Originally Posted by OldDogDan

Just saw this on a Spain MTB site's gallery -- photo labeled "patent applied for". Had me puzzled at first glance until I enlarged it and saw what it was...

[station]

so what is it?

[SAR_boats]

I'd say it is extra parts storage.

The bike appears to be a Santa Cruz, possibly a Blur or Nomad

[bikeadict]

From the angle I'm looking at it, it looks like an excellent "Crank Stopper"

[autoduel]

Originally Posted by SAR_boats

The bike appears to be a Santa Cruz, possibly a Blur or Nomad

Naw, it's a single pivot like a Bullit, Haro or Cannondale.
I can't see any functional purpose other than a bottle opener. The bolt doesn't seem to have any purpose other than to hold a dustcap on(in this case, widgets). The swingarm has pinchbolts to hold the pivot in place. So I don't buy it being an emergency fix.

[freekengo]

It must be a new fandangled extra derailluer hanger and two extra derailluer jockey wheel holder for a last generation Trans Red color Santa Cruz Heckler. Other than the extra parts holder part, I see no other purpose........ Or am I looking at the wrong part of the picture?

[crud]

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[gleeke]

someone trying to move the Derailleur hanger up front?
broken der hanger?

[strobelite]

poop!

[Innes]

It would be pointless if it's a bottle opener because the Santa Cruz bikes come with a bottle opener built in.

Small gripe: It used to be on the non-drive side, which made sense. You can actually open a bottle with it. On the new frames it's on the drive side where it is very difficult to get a bottle in there. I still use mine frequently though.

[chongoblanco]

Originally Posted by SAR_boats

I'd say it is extra parts storage.

The bike appears to be a Santa Cruz, possibly a Blur or Nomad

santa cruz!
wouldn't he want to carry pivot bearings instead????

its from spain so it's probably a magnas or a pacifics, I vote mucho experiencia en MICKY MOUSE!!

even better yet why not!!!!

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[BrewMaster]

So what the hell is it OldDogDan?

[OldDogDan]

Originally Posted by BrewMaster

So what the hell is it OldDogDan?

Hey, I didn't say I knew the answer!! But I thought it was pretty clearly a makeshift repair. RacinJason and a few others agreed. But there were some fun answers.