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1) if this indeed isn't the correct hanger, would it make sense to have one made that fits the
dropouts better?looks incorrect, but i wouldn't. I'd just go with friction shifting. you get used to it. I use it on my touring bike and i like it a lot.
2) if it's the correct one but the metal has gotten tired along the years/from bending, would it make sense to buy a brand new replacement?
can't see how the aluminum would become tired. doesn't make sense to me. plus, I'd just go with friction shifting. you get used to it.
3) is it unlikely the hanger is causing any of this and i'd need to look at the other parts for the bottleneck?
looks like the wrong hanger to me and maybe that's placing the derailleur a little low. the distance from the top pulley to the cassette looks a little far by my eye. also the derailleur looks like it's been whacked a bit. sure it's not bent? the cassette looks new-ish. is the chain old-ish?
Anyway I'd just go with friction shifting for a few weeks. Partly because it's fun, but partly because if the friction shifting isn't working well with practice, then then indexing will definitely never work well.
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can't seem to get the indexing/shifting feel perfect. the lbs is saying the derailleur hanger isn't the correct one. the bending of it is apparently causing an issue.
i couldn't find anything online that would fit better. cyclestore.co.uk is offering this for 1994 m2 stumpjumper. it looks exactly like the one on the bike currently.
the whole system currently consists of a microshift sl-m11-r thumbie (for shimano mountain), a xt cs-m8000 11-42 cassette and a xt rd-m8000-gs medium cage rear derailleur. everything is 11-speed specific and the clutch hasn't been engaged.
questions:
1) if this indeed isn't the correct hanger, would it make sense to have one made that fits the dropouts better?
2) if it's the correct one but the metal has gotten tired along the years/from bending, would it make sense to buy a brand new replacement?
3) is it unlikely the hanger is causing any of this and i'd need to look at the other parts for the bottleneck?