Arrrgh! Derailleur failure! - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-28-2004, 09:36 AM

The project bike--the Follis, whose progress I document on my
livejournal (link below)--continues to produce new annoyances.

The Simplex rear derailleur has failed. Half the teeth on one of the
lower wheel (pulley?) on the derailleur have somehow sheared off.
This comes as something of a shock to me, since my brother has been
riding it for a week now without incident.

What do I do now?

Also, the freewheel sounds really really gritty, no matter how much I
I try to flush it with WD-40. It's old and French: a Cyclo 72
5-speed freewheel. What do I do?

I really really *really* want to avoid having to buy a new
one.....*sigh*

-Luigi