Pulley wheels, tiny bolts, and unrecognizable pieces of bent metal scattered in the dirt. Your chain twisted and jammed impossibly deep between spokes and cogs. A broken derailleur hanger that’s probably out of stock for the next two months. Sound familiar? We’ve all been there or will be there, no matter how good modern drivetrains get; on our knees trail-side trying to piece things together so we don’t have to walk out of the forest.
Not even a diehard derailleur devotee like myself can deny that, for some riders, these spring-loaded things can be fragile, finicky, and prone to exploding.
Fin Woods, an industrial designer who lives in Mount Maunganui, just outside of Rotorua’s Redwoods Forest, is one of those riders. The New Zealander set out to do something about it.
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