worn out jockey wheels

mattyfez · 11 Jul 2015 at 19:34

Hi all

Rear derailleur is a sram x4, and the jockey wheels are shot, considering this is £15 to replace the whole unit, presumably it's not worth the effort to replace the jockey wheels.

Its an 8 speed cassette, so not sure whether to replace with another sram x4 or an x5 or an x7, the x7 only seems to be in 9 speed though.

Any advice on a robust economical replacement would be appreciated, the x4 seems fine apart from it's just worn out, I think, but I'd like something a bit more robust, or at least serviceable as this is only a year old, granted I've done probably 2000km in that time.

mangobreeder · 11 Jul 2015 at 22:19

personally depending on your budget, i'd replace the derailleur and if your flush the groupset

topgun06 · 14 Jul 2015 at 11:59

About £7 for jockey wheels or about £18 for a new derailleur. Personally I'd save my tenner and just get the jockey wheels.

mattyfez · 14 Jul 2015 at 17:58

Cheers, replacement sramx4 ones are about a fiver, but I quite like the look of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aluminium-Jockey-Derailleur-A5-SHIMANO/dp/B00K6AMS9U/ref=sr_1_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1436892916&sr=1-1&keywords=Jockey+wheels

Thoughts? Thanks.

mangobreeder · 14 Jul 2015 at 21:31

if your going for looks look at superstar jockey wheels

mattyfez · 14 Jul 2015 at 21:47

Not sure if the superstar website is really badly designed, I can only find some red grim looking jockey wheels!

topgun06 · 15 Jul 2015 at 17:06

I can only find them as well.

mangobreeder · 15 Jul 2015 at 20:54

You can't see the colour options as they are out of stock.

Check this out

http://www.uberbikecomponents.com/search/Jockey

mattyfez · 15 Jul 2015 at 21:08

Oh they look good and ceramic bearings too, not bad for the money, might be a bit silly though as my rear mech can be replaced for a fiver less than they cost!