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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)
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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.
The first commercially successful electronic gear shift system for road bicycles was introduced by Shimano in 2009, the Di2. [3] Three professional teams used the Di2 in the 2009 Tour of California : Columbia High Road , Garmin Slipstream , and Rabobank ; [ 3 ] and several teams and riders, including George Hincapie , used it during the 2009 ...
For roughly half a decade, and for the vast majority of his groundbreaking career, Christian Pulisic could be confidently described as a winger.He was a versatile attacker who often wore a No. 10 ...
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.
Miyata 9xx: Miyata's high-end road bike from the "Semi-Pro" group, with Shimano 600 components. Miyata 1000: Touring bike with splined, triple-butted Chromo tubing. Some report the 610 to be stiffer than the 1000. 1997 model had a mix of Shimano 600 and Deore XT parts (600 DT shifters, XT derailleurs).
Shimano's Octalink is a common proprietary standard that comes in two forms: version one for XTR, 105, Ultegra and Dura Ace; and version two for every other groupset such as XT, LX and Deore. Truvativ and DMR also have their own proprietary spline interface standards.