I don’t have any spare derailleurs and it’s gonna take too long to order one. i’m really just wondering if it is a good idea to try to bend it back into place just for the bike trip.
I leave for a bike trip in a couple days and accidentally crashed
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by Srt_viper-
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Time to go to your local bike shop!
If you really don’t have a bike shop locally, I’d dismount the cage and try to bend it myself.
Wouldn’t trust a solution like bending, when your bike trip is soon going to start
Realistically, trying to bend it back can’t make it much worse. But the odds of you fixing this on your own are extremely slim. So try, but also realize that there is a near 100% chance that you will need at minimum a new cage plate or a new derailleur.
You have another bike? lol
Bending it back will weaken the material. Get it new.
Would get myself a new derailleur and maybe a new hanger as well. Just to be safe.
The accidental crashes are the worst
It really is not difficult to work on bikes yourself, just watch some YouTube videos. I believe in you!
One hand move, executed with haphazard amount of precision is enough to fix the situation. One must just learn the basics of shit metallurgy. Then the cheap bice is yours forever.