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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on September 23, 2015 at 2:18pm

Friction or indexed? (What shifters will it match up with?)

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Permalink Reply by SixtyTwoPercent on September 23, 2015 at 2:52pm

Ha! That would help.

Indexed.

Bike is a Novara. Whole darn derailleur snapped off while riding. Snapped the chain as well. I was lucky it did not get caught up in the wheel and pitch me into a car.

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Permalink Reply by This PBL dosnt make me feel safe on September 23, 2015 at 3:08pm

Any Shimano long cage would work.

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Permalink Reply by John on September 23, 2015 at 5:18pm

make sure your derailleur hanger is intact and aligned. sounds like you might have issues based on your description

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Permalink Reply by SixtyTwoPercent on September 24, 2015 at 10:39am

The hangar on the frame is fine. The derailleur hanger (the frame of the derailleur) snapped in half. Like it was pot metal or something.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on September 24, 2015 at 11:42am

If you don't put a derailer hanger alignment gauge on it, you do not know if the hanger is fine nor not.  If the derailleur snapped off there is a very good chance the hanger is bent as well.  If it is bent your bike will not shift properly.

Brand does matter, Sram and Shimano use different pull ratios.

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Permalink Reply by SixtyTwoPercent on September 27, 2015 at 10:03am

Thanks, NDUG - 

Turns out it is a Shimano Deore and the piece of metal that attached to the rear triangle is where it snapped off. I am unsure if the rear triangle part is broken, am still trying to figure that out. I suppose I should just run it over to REI (or RVB) since there may be a slim chance that it would have some level of warranty (i.e. against defects). 

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