My mountain bike has been out of commission for a few weeks now simply because I didn’t take the time to drive it to a shop to see what’s going on. I didn’t know if I’d bent my derailleur hanger, my pully cage, or something altogether different, but my shifting was completely off. It turned out to be the hanger, which the mechanic bent back into shape but warned me the next wreck would be the last: “It will snap.”
I took it out for a ride this afternoon. No wrecks, so no snapping. But a relatively slow ride.