I reckon I will still carry one because they're so small and light and deraillers are easy to bend back into working/sort-of-working shape whereas you're fucked (well, bad SS) with no hanger.
3 gears? Luxury! Back in my day we had to tether rope to the bike and drag it along with our teeth, what with our arms already carrying our food supplies for the whole month...
I reckon I will still carry one because they're so small and light and deraillers are easy to bend back into working/sort-of-working shape whereas you're fucked (well, bad SS) with no hanger.
What did you do? Bodge SS?