Cloud Pine
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To build on my earlier comment and address some of the user comments above.
Though derailleurs are sophisticated pieces of equipment, they are widely compatible, ubiquitous and cheap. Whereas while derailleur hangers are unsophisticated pieces, they are not widely compatible, they are hard to find and surprisingly expensive.
So I would argue that the philosophy to have hangers made out of aluminium so that they bend to protect the derailleur is justified from an engineer perspective. But from a real world perspective, it actually makes more sense to damage the derailleur and not the hanger.
My two cent design recommendations that would have spared me a lot of trouble - steel hangers and steel reinforcements in the aluminium axle jaws.
Though derailleurs are sophisticated pieces of equipment, they are widely compatible, ubiquitous and cheap. Whereas while derailleur hangers are unsophisticated pieces, they are not widely compatible, they are hard to find and surprisingly expensive.
So I would argue that the philosophy to have hangers made out of aluminium so that they bend to protect the derailleur is justified from an engineer perspective. But from a real world perspective, it actually makes more sense to damage the derailleur and not the hanger.
My two cent design recommendations that would have spared me a lot of trouble - steel hangers and steel reinforcements in the aluminium axle jaws.
