zip-ties on rear mechs?

[mezzanine]

Seen a few new rear derailleurs with zip ties.

Like this m970 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254282145751

Plus this m960 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XTR-M960-Rea ... 2749.l2649

What is its purpose? I'm not sure if shimano shipped them out like this. I often check mine for spring tension and with the zip-tie attached I imagine you can't move it to it's full stretch so not sure why people put them on?

Cheers,
Mezz

 

[Biffa]

Hi it’s to hold the mech together when it’s a “rapid rise” version, makes it look nicer in the pics.

 

[mk one]

^^^this^^^ and less bulky when closed up.

 

[mezzanine]

The non rapid rise versions have the red plastic stopper as well. Oh I see, many thanks for the replies. So the zip-ties are supplied by Shimano to fit in the box better? Didn't think about the rapid rise aspect.

 

[dyna-ti]

It's a trap to catch the unwary :shock:

You open it and cut through the zippy, where it launches itself in the air but only after trapping your fingers in the mechanism.

 

[Duxuk]

I had a rapid rise. It worked about the same. Annoying to have to relearn a lifetime of shifting. Shimano must have been short of new ideas.