What did you do to your EBike this week?

[steve_sordy]

@Semmelrocc With a bang to the mech like that you may get some shifting problems that prove hard to track down. Your usual Black Magic does not work. You have bent the mech or the mech hanger in a minor way. Minor maybe, but sufficient to cause problems. Use a mech hanger alignment gauge and tool. Either borrow one for free, buy one for £18-£80 depending upon brand, or pay £15 at the LBS every time it happens.

mech hanger alignment tool - Google Search

 

[Semmelrocc]

No shifting problems whatsoever. I must have been extremely lucky or SRAM derailleurs are more robust than expected.

 

[JStrube]

Added some personal finish to my derailleur last week after slipping on a wet wooden bridge and doing an almost complete u-turn. I don't know how, but the mech survived despite sliding over rocks at ~10-15 mph. Just scratches and bruises (just like the scratches and phone imprint on my upper leg – I spare you of a pic ...)
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This can be so dangerous. Once, I had a crash many years ago on a surface like this. Suffered a sprained ankle. yikes.

 

[Binhill1]

No shifting problems whatsoever. I must have been extremely lucky or SRAM derailleurs are more robust than expected.

I busted one

No shifting problems whatsoever. I must have been extremely lucky or SRAM derailleurs are more robust than expected.

I truly busted a Sram one in April. Got a well used one from the mechanic at the Glencoe ski place of his own bike for £20 still going strong. I have three broken ones in the shed all busted by twigs I picked up in past 2 years.

 

[steve_sordy]

I still have a badly bent Shimano mech that I have straightened the best I can. When compared with the new one it looks spot-on (but I know it won't be perfect). I was in a rush so I didn't have time to fit the old one and then check it with the alignment gauge, so it's still in a box waiting for the next time I snap the mech. I'm about due a snapped mech.

 

[Binhill1]

I still have a badly bent Shimano mech that I have straightened the best I can. When compared with the new one it looks spot-on (but I know it won't be perfect). I was in a rush so I didn't have time to fit the old one and then check it with the alignment gauge, so it's still in a box waiting for the next time I snap the mech. I'm about due a snapped mech.

Think I broke 2 on ordinary bikes between 1986 and 2019 , then 3 in last 3 years , and we complain about chain wear etc.

 

[steve_sordy]

Think I broke 2 on ordinary bikes between 1986 and 2019 , then 3 in last 3 years , and we complain about chain wear etc.

Impressive!

 

[Tyjay]

Fitted new rockshox damper to the Zeb
Plus lower leg service whilst in there haha