Originally Posted by
79pmooney
Question - is this a place where a Wolf Tooth hanger extender can be used? I thought that was what they were for. (But what do I know. I'm still at 28 teeth and downsizing chainrings.)
Wolf Tooth hanger extenders do only 1 of the 2 things a derailleur needs to do and they don't even do that well. I cannot stand those things. They move the derailleur down, that's all. That will allow a larger cog than the derailleur is spec'd to work with...BUT...they make the upper pulley further from the cogs and shifting suffers. The other thing they can't do is magically make the pulley cage longer so it won't wrap the extra chain you'll need for the bigger cogs/longer cage. People blindly suggest them but don't have the basic knowledge to know why they don't work. It even says that right on the WT site.
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