Re: [CR] Derailleur Hanger help but with a warning

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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:45:24 +0100
From: "Mike Kelly" <downlode@gmail.com>
To: oroboyz@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Derailleur Hanger help but with a warning


OK Dale, I sign up to various accounts on the net, as I work with computers a lot. I presumed it was the usual boilerplate agreement, so I missed the detail. Happy to respect your community rules.

Mike Kelly London UK

On 23 April 2010 14:08, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
> Hello Mike:
>
> Thanks for your message to the CR list, yes you bcan add a derailler hanger
> to that bike or even have a hanger brazed on (which fudges the paint back
> there), BUT...
>
> The #1 rule of the Classic Rendezvous email list is as follows:
>
> << 1. Sign off all messages with your first and last name, plus your city,
> state, and country. No anonymity is permitted. So that people can readily
> understand, spell out the required info in a "straight up" way, using no
> abbreviations or short cuts. We want our members to know where we are from:
> this helps create a community in which we are communicating "real person to
> real person." If you cannot agree to identify yourself in messages, please
> do not join. Members who do not sign off as required will be automatically
> (and without warning) removed from the list. >>
>
> The rules were sent to you as part of the welcome message and are here all
> the time:
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com/CR_list_rules.htm
>
>
> Please familiarize yourself with them before further participation...
>
> Thanks
> Dale
>
> Dale Brown
> List meister
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Kelly <downlode@gmail.com>
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 6:59 am
> Subject: [CR] Derailleur Hanger help
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am on the hunt for a decent 531 or similar frame to build up into a
>
> commuting road bike, and am inexperienced in bike building.
>
> Looking at this fixie-fied Poyner bike -
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190391239088&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123
>
> - the seller tells me that it can't be readapted into a geared bike because
>
> the derailleur hanger has been removed.
>
> Would it be possible to get a new derailleur hanger ("adapter claw" in
>
> Sheldon Brown-ese) that fitted into the axle slot?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Mike