derailleur
Sign in to saveAlso known as derailleur gears, Bicycle Derailleurs
thumb|Shimano 600 front derailleur (1980)
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- Has part
- cogset
- Sport
- cycle sport
- Image
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- Commons category
- Bicycle derailleur gears
- discoverer or inventor
- Tullio Campagnolo
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Rear derailleurs
- Relaxed position
- Cage length
- Cage positioning
- Actuation and shift ratios
- Clutch
- Front derailleurs
- Use
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Shimano 600 front derailleur (1980)
A derailleur ( ; ) is specifically a device that moves a bicycle chain from one sprocket to another, and more generally the entire gearset on a multiple-speed bicycle with such a mechanism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “derailleur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.