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  1. Original post
    Asqui
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    The tensioning spring inside the Raleigh rear derailleur on my old-school Eddy Merckx bike has
    broken. Riding a few miles home in the middle of the night with the chain nearly scraping along the
    ground, and spuriously shifting down to smaller gears if I tilted the bike to the right, was amusing
    to say the least.

    I took it to the LBS who basically said "no chance, get a new derailleur". Is there any possibility
    of getting a replacement part or should I not bother? It snapped at the end where the metal is bent
    out to engage the anchor point on the inside of the derailleur chasis, so there was theoretically
    possibility for repair by bending out a new segment to engage it, until I lost the spring. Anyway,
    it was so stiff that without a vice and any other decent tools I expect I would have destroyed it
    trying. Though not having it in my hand does make it harder to track down a replacement too...

    Thanks, Dani

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  2. Sheldon Brown
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    asqui said:

    The tensioning spring inside the Raleigh rear derailleur on my old-school Eddy Merckx bike has
    broken. Riding a few miles home in the middle of the night with the chain nearly scraping along
    the ground, and spuriously shifting down to smaller gears if I tilted the bike to the right, was
    amusing to say the least.

    I took it to the LBS who basically said "no chance, get a new derailleur". Is there any
    possibility of getting a replacement part or should I not bother? It snapped at the end where the
    metal is bent out to engage the anchor point on the inside of the derailleur chasis, so there was
    theoretically possibility for repair by bending out a new segment to engage it, until I lost the
    spring. Anyway, it was so stiff that without a vice and any other decent tools I expect I would
    have destroyed it trying. Though not having it in my hand does make it harder to track down a
    replacement too...

    There's no such thing as a "Raleigh" derailer, they never made any, though they did have their name
    stamped on some inexpensive SunTour units maybe 20 years ago.

    Trying to fix this is a dead end and a waste of time. Derailers are dirt cheap, you can buy a much
    better one brand new for under $20.

    Sheldon "Shimano Tourney" Brown +--------------------------------------------------+
    | What's not worth doing is not worth doing well. | --Don Hebb |
    +--------------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
    Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.com Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
    captainbike.comcaptainbike.com sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.com

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  3. Jasper Janssen
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    Sheldon Brown said:

    Trying to fix this is a dead end and a waste of time. Derailers are dirt cheap, you can buy a much
    better one brand new for under $20.

    Sheldon "Shimano Tourney" Brown

    Are Tourneys that expensive? I mean, 20 euros gets me an Acera.. I'd expect Tourney to be quite a
    bit cheaper. A full Acera groupset's only
    150.. I wonder what a Tourney one would cost if anyone would even offer the damn things.

    Jasper

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  4. Jasper Janssen
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    On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 21:10:39 GMT, Jasper Janssen <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Following up to myself.. bad form, I know.

    Quoted message said:

    Are Tourneys that expensive? I mean, 20 euros gets me an Acera.. I'd expect Tourney to be quite a
    bit cheaper. A full Acera groupset's only
    150.. I wonder what a Tourney one would cost if anyone would even offer the damn things.

    Just found a "wholesaler" selling complete Tourney equipped MTBs for between 100 and 160 euros,
    varying between rigid/crappy Tourney on the cheap end, and rigid/good Tourney or "full-sus"/crappy
    tourney on the other end, where crappy and good Tourney are loosely defined by me as 3x7 cassette
    systems versus 3x6 and in some cases 2x5 freewheel systems, and associated levels of quality.

    Jasper

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  5. A Muzi
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    "asqui" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    The tensioning spring inside the Raleigh rear derailleur on my old-school Eddy Merckx bike has
    broken. Riding a few miles home in the middle of the night with the chain nearly scraping along
    the ground, and spuriously shifting down to smaller gears if I tilted the bike to the right, was
    amusing to say the least.

    I took it to the LBS who basically said "no chance, get a new derailleur". Is there any
    possibility of getting a replacement part or should I not bother? It snapped at the end where the
    metal is bent out to engage the anchor point on the inside of the derailleur chasis, so there was
    theoretically possibility for repair by bending out a new segment to


    engage

    Quoted message said:

    it, until I lost the spring. Anyway, it was so stiff that without a vice


    and

    Quoted message said:

    any other decent tools I expect I would have destroyed it trying. Though


    not

    Quoted message said:

    having it in my hand does make it harder to track down a replacement


    too...

    Is the derailleur a Suntour? If we knew which model someone might actually be able to help out.
    Raleigh USA sold many various derailleurs with their name on, and I assume Raleigh UK did the same,
    maybe with other models. A photo perhaps?

    --
    Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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  6. A Muzi
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    Quoted message said:
    Sheldon Brown said:

    Trying to fix this is a dead end and a waste of time. Derailers are dirt cheap, you can buy a
    much better one brand new for under $20.

    "Jasper Janssen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Are Tourneys that expensive? I mean, 20 euros gets me an Acera.. I'd expect Tourney to be quite a
    bit cheaper. A full Acera groupset's only
    150.. I wonder what a Tourney one would cost if anyone would even offer the damn things.

    $14.95 here.

    --
    Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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  7. Asqui
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    A Muzi said:

    "asqui" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    The tensioning spring inside the Raleigh rear derailleur on my old-school Eddy Merckx bike has
    broken.


    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    Is the derailleur a Suntour? If we knew which model someone might actually be able to help out.


    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    A photo perhaps?

    Yes, it is indeed a suntour with Raleigh stamped on it. I don't have access to a digital camera at
    the moment but I'll take a few photos and start a new thread in a week or two when I have photos.

    The thing is that this bike is pretty much completely dead, and I've already thrown an insane amount
    of money at it (compared to what I paid for it), so I don't really want to go out and buy a brand
    new derailleur for it -- if that was my only choice then I'd probably leave it until I really needed
    to get it working for one reason or another, as I now have a new Dawes Horizon.

    Dani

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  8. John McGraw
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    "asqui" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    A Muzi said:

    "asqui" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    The tensioning spring inside the Raleigh rear derailleur on my old-school Eddy Merckx bike has
    broken.


    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    Is the derailleur a Suntour? If we knew which model someone might actually be able to help out.


    [...]

    Quoted message said:

    A photo perhaps?

    Yes, it is indeed a suntour with Raleigh stamped on it. I don't have access to a digital camera at
    the moment but I'll take a few photos and start a new thread in a week or two when I have photos.

    The thing is that this bike is pretty much completely dead, and I've already thrown an insane
    amount of money at it (compared to what I paid for it), so I don't really want to go out and buy a
    brand new derailleur for it -- if that was my only choice then I'd probably leave it until I
    really needed to get it working for one reason or another, as I now have a new Dawes Horizon.

    Dani

    GOOD LORD MON! Are Tourneys & Dawes still being manufactured? Or are Dawes just one of those deals
    where a Chinese Co. bought the name?

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