I picked it up from Brits and enjoy deploying its usage!
On Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 6:33:52 AM UTC-4 Garth wrote:
> I watch Europsport live cycling coverage all the time and to further the
> "mech" term, in racing when a rider suffers a dropped chain and/or any
> gearing issue they refer
I watch Europsport live cycling coverage all the time and to further the
"mech" term, in racing when a rider suffers a dropped chain and/or any
gearing issue they refer to it as "having a mechanical" a malfunction
of drivetrain. It happens more than ever these days. With many if not most
It's an English term for derailleurs that's been around for decades. I can
remember seeing it in English cycling magazines in the 1970s when I first
became interested in cycling.
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Yeah, I first heard it when I began watching GCN videos. It seems like the
U.K. produces the mosts cycling media, with a huge uptick on Youtube from
U.K. sources in teh last 5 years or so. that would be my guess.
Cheers!
Ben
On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 4:20:39 PM UTC-7 George Schick wrote:
The late, great Sheldon Brown on the same subject in one of his threads
referred to rear deraillers as "jumpers," which he said was the
African-American term for that component. In similar manner, he called
cassettes "kah-septs" which he attributed to the French for some reason.
Hmmm...seems
Mechs is The British term for rear derailleur. Steve
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 3:30 PM Luke Hendrickson
wrote:
> I’ve been wondering the same thing. I don’t hear anyone in the shop where
> I work (customer or mechanic) refer to them as such. I assume it’s a trend?
>
> Luke
> Old at heart in San
I’ve been wondering the same thing. I don’t hear anyone in the shop where I
work (customer or mechanic) refer to them as such. I assume it’s a trend?
Luke
Old at heart in San Francisco
On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 11:36:50 AM UTC-7 lconley wrote:
> In 54 years of working on bicycles with
