nightrider
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I've got an old GEBE and my new bike has a bolt-on derailleur hanger that has a protruding bolt, so the mounting strap won't fit over the axle. The bike does have rear rack mounting bosses, though, so I can mount an old rear rack. Is there any reason I can't mount the GEBE on the rack's shelf? Too much stress?
I'm really not happy with my GEBE. If I hadn't spent so much money on it, I would just throw it out. It pops the bearing on the gear/belt side often because the circlip doesn't stay put. The current design with the bolt-on bell housing might be better than the old bell welded to the bracket, but I'm not about to pay GEBE another $200+ just because they put out a badly designed product in the first place. Their customer service isn't good. I called to ask if there was a retaining groove for the circlip and at first the woman on the line didn't even want to let me talk to anybody. She said there was no way to tell if I was an actual customer. Would I friggin' care about that detail if I wasn't an owner? The guy she finally gave the phone to (after loudly saying "this guy is very rude"; you pay over $600 for an item that doesn't work properly then tell me you don't have a right to be upset) claimed there is a groove machined in it, but a friend who used to work in a machine shop inspected it and said he found no trace of a groove. I've tried everything I can think of including superglue and epoxy, but nothing holds that circlip in. Going to mount a thin stainless strip over the bearing next with a couple of nuts and bolts so there's no way the bearing can pop out. It's no fun taking everything apart in order to re-seat the bearing when you're 20 miles from home, and even less fun knowing it probably will pop out another 2-3 times more on the way home.
I'm really not happy with my GEBE. If I hadn't spent so much money on it, I would just throw it out. It pops the bearing on the gear/belt side often because the circlip doesn't stay put. The current design with the bolt-on bell housing might be better than the old bell welded to the bracket, but I'm not about to pay GEBE another $200+ just because they put out a badly designed product in the first place. Their customer service isn't good. I called to ask if there was a retaining groove for the circlip and at first the woman on the line didn't even want to let me talk to anybody. She said there was no way to tell if I was an actual customer. Would I friggin' care about that detail if I wasn't an owner? The guy she finally gave the phone to (after loudly saying "this guy is very rude"; you pay over $600 for an item that doesn't work properly then tell me you don't have a right to be upset) claimed there is a groove machined in it, but a friend who used to work in a machine shop inspected it and said he found no trace of a groove. I've tried everything I can think of including superglue and epoxy, but nothing holds that circlip in. Going to mount a thin stainless strip over the bearing next with a couple of nuts and bolts so there's no way the bearing can pop out. It's no fun taking everything apart in order to re-seat the bearing when you're 20 miles from home, and even less fun knowing it probably will pop out another 2-3 times more on the way home.