Honjos save the day! Looks like the derailer would be beyond hope, but I dunnow, try straightening it out and see... might get lucky but probably not.
If he lives/rides in Davis, he should be able to get away with a single speed, so maybe this was a sign to convert to the one ring, one cog life. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:15 PM, manueljohnacosta < manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Story goes...My little brother is riding along the mad streets of UC > Davis. As he is riding along he hears a small little click coming from > his rear wheel. Being a college student on his way to class he thinks > nothing of it. Then all of a sudden he rear wheel locks up and he > comes to aburpt stop. He looks back and he finds that he rear > derailleur is caught into his spokes, and the hanger is bent like a > limp noodle. The culprit? A small twig caught into the derailleur > pulleys.The only thing that stops his rear derailleur from trashing > his rear wheel is his fender stay. He sends pictures via interaweb. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157623850994428/ > > Crazy college students. Replacements are underway. Question is if the > rear derailleur salvageable? > > -Manny "Twigs can be dangerous too" Acosta > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
