Bought a motorcycle that’s appropriate with SRAM’s UDH (Common Derailleur Hanger) however favor Shimano? Till Shimano launches their very own resolution, Wheels Manufacturing has one for you with their new direct-mount derailleur hangers for Shimano’s street/gravel and mountain bike teams.
Wheels Mfg. is providing two fashions to suit any sort of motorcycle, each of which exchange the B-link on Shimano’s derailleurs. This eliminates one further level of motion and eliminates only a little bit of wiggle room, which they are saying supplies a stiffer mounting level and crisper, extra exact shifts.
The Dropout 562 for gravel matches Shimano-Dura-Ace (R9100 and R9150), Ultegra-(R8000, R8050, RX800, and RX805), 105 (R7000), and GRX-(RX810, RX812, RX815, RX817, and RX400) teams.
The Dropout 652 for mountain bikes matches Shimano Saint (RD-M820), Deore (RD-M610, RD-M5120, RD-M4120), Deore XT (RD-M8000, RD-M8050), SLX (RD-M7000-10, RD-M670), and Altus (RD-M2000) teams. Each have the identical potential as UDH hangers to rotate backward in an affect, serving to save your derailleur throughout a crash.
Manufacturing variations can be black anodized 6061 aluminum and retail for $60. They mount by the dropout, identical to a UDH hanger, utilizing the identical M12x1.0 thread pitch as UDH-compatible through axles…so, in case your bike got here with a UDH hanger, the inventory through axle will work with this hanger.
Whereas SRAM’s T-Kind transmission teams are superb, maybe the most important profit to all riders is the standardization of the derailleur’s place in area, which permits merchandise like this to exist and enhance shifting for older and different model derailleurs, too.
