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Ok, not a great start to the day but beer has made me feel better now.
I spoke to the mechanic and he has offered to true the wheel and install another rear mech for free if I provide the parts... I'm happy with that, although perhaps it is not anything to do with him... Having studied the pieces of mech, jockey wheels and spokes it seems like the chain may have picked something up which cracked the outer cage and broke the teeth off the lower jockey wheel and then because of the force the whole cage pinged off the body of the mech... Maybe?
Anyway, the good news is the rear mech hanger looks straight and no one was hurt...
Next question is can I use the cage from a rival rear mech as a replacement or is it better to just swap the whole thing? Or should I use this as an excuse to try ultegra 6800...
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