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Had a crack in one of my shifters and one of the pulley wheels (plastic) of the rear derailleur was broken. The crack in the shifter was more of a cosmetic iss
by tomatsu 10y ago
Had a crack in one of my shifters and one of the pulley wheels (plastic) of the rear derailleur was broken.
The crack in the shifter was more of a cosmetic issue, but the pulley wheel had to be replaced immediately.
The rear derailleur has a steel guard. Without it, the derailleur probably wouldn't have survived this.
Not everything on a bike is as sturdy as the frame.
- jononor 10y agoIn good bike packaging, there is a plastic clip or cardboard cutout that. Like the black circular thing just coming out of the box here, http://blockbikespdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/FullSizeRender-300x300.jpg http://blockbikespdx.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/FullSize... But I have seen a couple bent dropouts in bikes received from manufacturer. Dunno if shipping handling was the reason, I'd just fix it and move on. Probably our shipping-related failures were way below industry normal though, as our shop was <100 km from port (where things still travel in container units), and the distributor/importer handled the shipping to us themselves.