Clem H - Holy Hell

[Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA]

My Clem H enjoys being a single speed lately thanks to a White ENO hub, and a holy hanger was simply unforgivable in my book. After confirming that Problem Solvers discontinued the little filler they once made for such a task (damn them), I reasoned that the little SS bolt for a Wolf Tooth Road Link would do the same thing. As luck would have it I had such a beast - purchased (for no good reason) for a buck at the Gravel & Grind yard sale before they moved to Vermont. What a godsend! Even luckier that Wolf Tooth sells the little devil alone should anyone need to perform the same ritual:

Devilish Bolt

So here's my unholy hanger now. in all its glory:

 

Lots more holes to fill as you can see.The Clem has an ungodly number of 'em. 

Marty

[Doug H.]

Marty,

That is a cool setup and on a Clem! The Clems really are do-it-all and set up as you like bikes. Happy riding.

Doug

[Friend]

I don't really understand what's going on here.  Care to explain?

[Patrick Moore]

Friend/jtpcopp: First, friends share names. What is your name?

Second: Marty used a bolt to plug the unsightly hole in the derailleur mounting bracket, and further, chose a bolt that more or less matches the allen axle bolts.

Third, I think it's a good plug, but I've gone to extremes on both a custom Riv Road (but one less good than my later ones) and a very nice pre-susp DB mtb by cutting, Dremeling, hacking, grinding, filing, yanking, bending, twisting, pulling, and otherwise removing and destroying the derailleur hanger when I converted the frames to dedicated, never-again-reverted fixed gear use, and I must say, tho' I say it myself, that the results were impressively good.

Patrick Moore, who just had a very nice detoured grocery store ride in 70*F ABQ, NM on the non-Riv clone of a former Riv custom.

[Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA]

I did the same to my dedicated one-speeder - a Proteus - with Campagnolo dropouts, and it's been going strong for over 30 years that way. I could always go back to gears using a bolt-on hanger, but that's not going to happen. The Clem may shift again down the road so I kept the option alive, and the hanger threads clean, by using the bolt. I often plug unused rack/fender eyelets with shorty bolts too, but I try to use the little dome-shaped ones if I can find enough of 'em. 

Marty, warming up slowly here in PA.