This week I've managed to make a couple of stupid mistakes while working on a Peugeot and a Raleigh. On the Raleigh, I overtightened the cable anchor bolt on the rear derailleur until it twisted completely off. Oops. I managed to locate that part on ebay and ordered it, so this loss was not a calamity. On the Peugeot, I somehow got the rear derailleur wedged against the freewheel and broke one of the plastic jockey wheels. Thankfully I have a Shimano derailleur to replace it with that is working just fine. The Simplex derailleurs don't have very good quality reputations so maybe it's best to replace it anyway.
Learning to do even simple tasks on these bikes is a process and unfortunately I might have to learn a few things, not like not overtightening bolts, the hard way.
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