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  2. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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    Brake lever: a lever for actuating a bicycle brake; Brake shifter or colloquially, brifter (see also Shimano Total Integration, Campagnolo ErgoPower and SRAM Double Tap): combined shifter and brake lever control; Braze-on: a fitting protruding from a frame to provide attachment, typically for cable housings or tire pumps and similar accessories

  3. Shifter (bicycle part) - Wikipedia

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    A twist-style 14-speed indexed shifter made by Rohloff. A bicycle shifter or gear control or gear levers is a component used to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio. Typically, they operate either a derailleur mechanism or an internal hub gear mechanism.

  4. Bicycle drivetrain systems - Wikipedia

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    Bicycle drivetrain systems are used to transmit power on bicycles, tricycles, quadracycles, unicycles, or other human-powered vehicles from the riders to the drive wheels. Most also include some type of a mechanism to convert speed and torque via gear ratios .

  5. Electronic gear-shifting system - Wikipedia

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    A set of small satellite shifter buttons, called Blips, can be connected to the shift levers or aero shift module (BlipBox) and placed anywhere along the handlebars as part of the system. A maximum of four Blips can be used per bike. The company also took the opportunity to introduce a new shifting convention with this system.

  6. Hub gear - Wikipedia

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    Before epicyclic gears were used in bicycle hubs, they were used on tricycles. Patents for epicyclic hubs date from the mid-1880s. [5] [6] The first patent for a compact epicyclic hub gear was granted in 1895 to the American machinist Seward Thomas Johnson of Noblesville, Indiana, U.S.A. [7] This was a 2-speed but was not commercially successful.

  7. Bicycle gearing - Wikipedia

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    A shifter may be a single lever, or a pair of levers, or a twist grip; some shifters may be incorporated with brake levers into a single unit. When a rider operates the shifter while pedalling, the change in cable tension moves the chain-guide from side to side, "derailing" the chain onto different sprockets. The rear derailleur also has spring ...

  8. File:Bicycle diagram-en.svg - Wikipedia

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  9. File:Bicycle diagram-es.svg - Wikipedia

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