Timeline for What exactly happened to my rear derailleur?
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| Jul 16, 2014 at 23:47 | answer | added | TSchafer | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 6, 2014 at 2:58 | comment | added | Clint Eastwood | I was riding it very slowly to test the front shifting. Would adjusting the front high-low cause the back derailer to behave this way? | |
| Jul 5, 2014 at 12:18 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | If the wheel is spinning fast enough "by hand" it can still damage the derailer. Less likely to bend the hanger, though. | |
| Jul 5, 2014 at 4:41 | comment | added | whatsisname | @ClintEastwood: did you bump the spokes while riding or while the bike was stationary and you were just spinning the wheel by hand? | |
| Jul 5, 2014 at 4:40 | comment | added | whatsisname | @DanielRHicks: It sounds like maybe it hit the spokes while he was adjusting it, not riding? | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 23:35 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | It's hard to tell from your picture, but my best guess is that it was a limit adjustment. | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 23:00 | comment | added | Clint Eastwood | So what does the screw do? | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 22:20 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | You said it -- the derailer hit the spokes, an instant death scenario. This is one reason why spoke guards, while considered too low-brow for bike snobs, are often a good idea. Hopefully your derailer hanger was not damaged, so you only need to replace the derailer. | |
| Jul 4, 2014 at 22:00 | history | edited | PeteH | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 4, 2014 at 21:44 | history | asked | Clint Eastwood | CC BY-SA 3.0 |