Bent dropput/hanger

Went to ride the luge on my on-one summer season, was cruising up modjeska grade, got a stick stuck in the wheel, exploded my rear derailer and bent the rear section of my drop out and derailer hanger into the rear wheel, bent it somewhat back to ride back to the car and it bent into the wheel agian.

Im not sure if i trust it, if i get it straight agian and try to ride it. Its steel, but steel snaps too.

 

pics

 

well it definitely bent......

try sticking it in the vice or using some plate on each side to squeeze it back. You could always weld a gusset on it once you get it straight again... but you would have to heat treat no?

 

There iss a good way to ssolve thiss problem...:?:

 

I have a SS !!

 

Oh thats right you just got the redline right? At any rate Im sorry to see that this happened to your rig but I am sure you will figure something out.

 

Replace it, thats bent too far to be trusted.

 

Thats my feeling on it, and the pic is after i bent it back a little bit so i could walk back to my friends house in modjeska

 

Ouch....

 

Is the hanger replaceable? Hard to tell from the pic.

 

nope, and its part of the drop out thats bent with it into the cassette

 

Bummer.. Time for a new one. Frame that is. Lucky!

 

Straighten it! It won't break off like an aluminum one will (on the first couple bends). If you can, buy or borrow a Park DAG-1 to straighten and align it.

 

bummer... maybe something to do with the dropout riding on the QR knob and not the axle? :?:

but still, I say figure out a way of making a replaceable der. hanger for it. perhaps something along the lines of the black market hanger for the slot drop riots/mobs

 

If it was just the hanger, the thing that scares me is the whole back of the drop out is mangled with it, and it has already bent into the casette and back twice when i was trying to get down the hill

 

Do you have a warranty on that frame?

 

i dont know if on one has anything,

the pic with it riding on the knob is after it pop'd i just put it on the car like that without messing with it

 

My old man is a TV repair man...he has a totally awesome set of tools..I can fix it.

 

im sure ill bend it back , i just dont know if i will trust it , especially since im always doing pedal kicks on it and things that put a lot of stress on the rear end of the bike

 

It's steel. It'll be fine. If it were torn off completely, you'd just have to buddy up to Hugh (or possibly Lee) to weld/braze it back on. You *may* need to pound on it with a hammer a bit on something really flat to get it straight again. I would leave the dearaileur bolt in it to keep the hole & threads form deforming.