Possibility of replacing a cheap and nasty rear mech hanger?

[Andy in Germany]

I've found a couple of nice bike frames on the scrap heap that look like what I want, but both have those nasty rear mech hangers that are held on with the axle nut.

Is there a way of replacing these hangers so they are fixed to the frame??

 

[weareHKR]

You mean with something like these?
Could get it brased on...

 

[Andy in Germany]

You mean with something like these?
Could get it brased on...

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Possibly...

How are those supposed to fit?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Do you think they were originally single speed or hub geared?

 

[midlife]

Those fit like this

Or buy a new dropout to braze on.

https://www.framebuilding.com/NEWPARTSPAGES/Forged Dropouts.htm

Or buy a dropout, hacksaw off the hanger bit and braze that on.

 

[Sharky]

In days gone by, all gears used those gear hangers. They work perfectly fine.

They are not held on by the axle or qr nuts, they are fixed with the little screw you can see on the photo above.

Although you can't see it, I was using one of these brackets on my avatar photo.

 

[raleighnut]

Do you think they were originally single speed or hub geared?

Nah my Carlton always had one and that was built as a 5 speed

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nah my Carlton always had one and that was built as a 5 speed

Didn't realise he had your old bike.

 

[raleighnut]

Didn't realise he had your old bike.

Nah it's safely tucked upin the shed.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Many thanks for the replies. I'll have a look at the frames tomorrow if they haven't been scrapped and maybe take a couple of pics to see if people think they're worth the effort of fixing that problem, or if I should wait.

They get about 70 bikes coming through a month so it's probably a matter of time before something comes in that I can use.