NSB Hanger Banger first impressions

[blunt boy]

Today was bike appreciation day. Rebuilt the rear hub and installed a spankin Hanger Banger, without hassle. Cleaned and over-hauled the drive train. Anyway shifting is much crisper as the NSB HB does a good job of firming up the noodle that DMR calls a Deraillieur hanger. Will keep ya'll posted on progress or beefs.

[blunt boy]

Ahhh what the heck. My bike hasn't looked this good in a while so here it is.
DMR Trailstar LT
Z1 Freeride with ETA
Saint Cranks
Blackspire Dewlie chainguide w lexan bash
Hayes Mags
Diabolous OS stem
Double Tracks and sticky tires

[Mark_H]

As a long term owner of a banger hanger on my bighit, it works amazing. Before getting a banger hanger i had bent my original derailer hanger beyond repair and had wrecked my derailer. If there is a rock on the trail my derailer will hit it (i'll be the first to admit im not exactly smooth) well a few months later and no problems shifting works great

[Trini-dad72]

Where can I get these things? I should put one on each of the bikes! How much do they cost?

[leverfingers]

Buy at your LBS. (in Canada). About $34.- suggested retail. There's a version for solid axles as well. About $40 for those, they have a steel nut that takes 8mm allen key. You can buy a matching nut for the other end of the axle for around $14 1/2. There's no cheap online place to get them.

[Desloc]

I plan on picking up their new 03/04 Super/JrT axle release tab thingy as soon as it becomes available.

Great stuff... http://www.northshorebillet.com/


Des

[Mark_H]

Originally posted by jaru72
Where can I get these things? I should put one on each of the bikes! How much do they cost?

caps new west we should have em, but since i havent worked since forever i could be wrong

[IFO]

i'd had absolutly terrible luck with the NSB rear hangers on my BIGHIT...

went back to stock Spec. hangers and never loooked back...

never tried the hanger banger thou..

[NSB]

Thanks, Leverfingers.

Yeah, Can't do much with the specialized design because there's no room and they used such tiny hardware. I love my specialized SX but it's also got a ridiculous hanger. The Bighit hanger was made in answer to those who din't want to shell out $40.- for a hanger. But in the meantime specialized dropped the price on their own hangers.

Flaps, coming soon. Pressure your LBS for them. They come in pairs. $80.- (can)/pair. That's a little over half the price of the originals, if you could get them. Bike shops may break them up into singles. Up to them.

[Tom P]

i just ordered a hanger banger yesterday from the bikezone in surrey. Seems that I regularly destroy the hanger on my flow.

[blunt boy]

Hanger banger still going strong and doing its job very efficiantly. Wimpy DMR der. hanger is still intact and has taken a few hits. Gotta pay a little more attention to the quick release coming loose but that is a minor complaint and the only one I got. 2 thumbs up!

[cruzer]

i bought mine at John Henrys on one of their sale days but the cheapest i saw it was at Rocky Cycle for twenty something which is less than i paid.(don't know their current pricing)

mine has taken a beating which would otherwise have been my der. so has paid for itself more than once.