As my hard tail is not fixed yet and the new soft tail is some way off. I was still on a loaner.
This time it was a Banshee hard tail MTB and I managed to hit a rock on the trail and wrapped the dérailleur around the rear cluster. and ripped the valve off at the rim, with out a spare tube or chain breaker this time it was a carry out job and wait to be picked up in a car. Carl casts his own carbon fiber rear dérailleur hangers as they have a tendency to “let go” rather then mangle like a cast Al one. With no spares in stock it was time to make some more.
We had silicon molds for a number of hangers including one for the Banshee and the Cell MX-2. Here is a picture of the hanger in the mold.
