Heckler - So tough it can be fixed with rocks!

I was riding the Dam yesterday evening with two mates and just before climbing up the first lot of steps up towards the Parkway, my front wheel washed out and I bike slammed to the ground onto the rear derailleur, bending my hanger.

I didn’t want to have to walk my bike all the way back home to Queenscliff, so I tried to straighten it by hand. There was no way this was going to work so we pulled the derailleur off the hanger and then the hanger off the bike.

As I had nothing to lose, so we then proceeded to line the hanger up against a flat rock and then smash it back into shape with another. It didn’t end up perfect but it was straight enough for me to continue riding for two laps. Needless to say I was very happy and surprised with toughness the Santa Cruz hanger...It sure copped a severe beating!

Thanks to all the riders who passed by and asked if we were OK - Over the space of half an hour there was a lot, so I thought a few of them may have been Nobmobbers...