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Deore XT is a mountain and touring bike groupset first introduced by Shimano in 1983. [1] It was Shimano's first mountain bike groupset, based on their existing Deore touring groupset, and it consisted of a triple-, double- or single chainring crankset, front and rear derailleurs, handlebar-mounted "finger" shifters, cantilever brakes, and large-flange hubs. [1]
Shimano, Inc. (株式会社シマノ, Kabushiki-gaisha Shimano), originally Shimano Iron Works (島野鐵工所) and later Shimano Industries, Inc. (島野工業株式会社), is a Japanese multinational manufacturing company for cycling components, fishing tackle and rowing equipment, which also produced golf supplies until 2005 and snowboarding gear until 2008.
The electronic system's controlled motion overcomes these problems. The Di2 can also trim the front derailleur to eliminate chain rub and calibrate itself to adjust for wear and tear. [ 16 ] Finally, the entire 7970 groupset weighs approximately 113 grams (4.0 oz) less than the 7800 it replaces but 68 grams (2.4 oz) more than the new 7900.
A groupset or gruppo (from the Italian for "group", sometimes misspelled grouppo) is a bicycle component manufacturer's organized collection of mechanical parts. It generally refers to all of the components that make up a bicycle excluding the bicycle frame , fork , stem, wheels , tires, and rider contact points, such as the saddle and handlebars .
Shimano XT front derailleur (top pull, bottom swing, triple cage) Shimano E-type front derailleur (top pull, top swing, triple cage) SRAM Red Black Edition front derailleur with clamp-band. The front derailleur only has to move the chain side to side between the front chainrings, but it has to do this with the top, taut portion of the chain.
A single-speed bicycle is a type of bicycle with a single gear ratio and a freewheel mechanism. These bicycles are without derailleur gears, hub gearing or other methods for varying the gear ratio of the bicycle. Adult single-speed bicycles typically have a gear ratio of between 55 and 75 gear inches, depending on the rider and the anticipated ...
2017 [9] 11 409% n/a 1600-1744 g [12] [13] [14] City, Sport Shimano Alfine SG-500 2006 2016 (?) [15] 8 307% 1600 g City Shimano Nexus Inter-8: 8 307% 5th gear 1550-2040 g City Shimano Nexus Inter-7: 1995 7 244% 1465-1860 g City Shimano Nexus Inter-5E 2019 5 263% 60 Nm 1st gear 1650 g e-bike Shimano Nexus 4 Speed 4 184% 1st gear City Shimano ...
Shimano STI Dual Control shifter and brake lever: 1. Main lever 2. Release lever A. Pulling the main lever towards the rider applies the brake B. Pushing the main lever towards the center of the bike downshifts one, two or three gears depending on how far the lever is pushed (right hand shifter) or changes from a small chainring to a larger chainring (left hand shifter)