Video: 9 ingenious ways to use discarded front derailleurs

Fairdale Bikes R&D department finds new uses for this dying breed

Have you converted your bike to a 1x drivetrain and need to find a new purpose for your discarded front derailleur? Fear not: there are plenty of ways to repurpose it!

Josh Patterson

Published: April 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm

Front derailleurs aren’t just a dying breed on mountain bikes. If SRAM has its way, the front derailleur will go the way of the dodo on road bikes as well. But this castaway component can still be put to use in many different ways. It just requires a bit of ingenuity.

Fairdale Bikes has tasked its R&D department with finding new uses for this once-critical component.The newly formed Fairdale Bikes Front Derailleur Repurposing Division (FBFDRD) is focused on honoring the front derailleur by finding new and practical uses for this beloved bicycle mechanism.

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Josh Patterson

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Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.
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