>>2071565
we in russian just call it the shifter, because fuck the french word for it
and the part you call shifter gets the french name instead, мaнeткa, from manette- lever
you brits only have yourself to blame for choosing the wrong french word to keep lol

>>2071565
I mean you pronounce it wrong either way. In french it's more like di-ray-heeer. In english I just say de railer.

People don't read any more, and their personalities are 'the thing I last fast-forwarded through on youtube'. Are you really surprised?

De rail ur

>>2071587
>De rail ur
mom

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>>2071591

>>2071565
I say it french-like because I'm from quumbic but realistically, it's a De_rail_er grammatically so whatever

but also most wrenchlet cyclists use it to refer to the entire chain tensioning-and-alignment assembly but some say it only applies to the front one and some to only the back one and some to the whole system and some say its just the little bits that move the chain over which refer to other entire systems so because cyclists are retarded wrenchlets I try to get them to describe exactly where the device is and what specifically it's responsible for before talking to them further

>>2071635
It's so hard to talk to people about bikes if you're autistic and actually know things. Even people who know about bikes and you say the exact thing you want with all the correct technical terms and they will still ask you to clarify just because how many people don't know shit. I asked for a stem with very long reach from this guy I know and he still had to double check with me that I ment reach and not height because for sure someone talked to him about reach once and ment height. It's so frustrating but yet I understand why this happens.

>>2071638
i just try to go "WHAT PART IS TOUCHING WHAT OTHER THING TO MAKE IT TURN"

> asked for a stem with very long reach from this guy I know and he still had to double check with me that
tf is reach? do you want a long distance for your hands or a lot of height? do you want aggressive rake or want aggressive caster? trick question. theyre the same thing. draw a picture nigga if you want custom shit supply some fucking drawings

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>>2071639
Nigga

>>2071643
cool i'll make a 1 mile long extrusion of this you dumb fuck

>>2071643
the consortium who controls all bike manufacturing specifying what "reach" means based on this image where ?

>>2071646
>>2071647
Nigga i didn't ask to have a stem made I was asking for a stem with longer reach that he would have lying around. I fucking hate this board. You're all fucking morons in here it's actually incredible how dumb everyone here is.

>>2071649
Just forge you're on Stem if u are so smart ??

>>2071650
I will, doo doo head

>>2071651
post aluminum forge

>>2071655
I don't wana

>>2071657
You are not real cyclkist sir unless you make own part's at home.

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>>2071643

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We call them mechs here

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>>2071659
I 3d printed an adapter for this friction shifter to mount it on the seat tube.

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Looks like this thread was... Derailled

>>2071567
the shifter is the lever, not the mech

>>2071565
d'RAIL-ur

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>>2071696
the shifter is the thing that shifts the chain across the casette. the (gear) lever controls the shifter.

I pronounce it the same way that the presenters on GCN pronounce it "derail-eur" how they kind of accentuate the french origins of the word

>>2071699
look, Ivan, the thing in your pic is called a shifter in English. usually in cars it's called a "gear shift," or "shift knob." the thing it controls is the transmission. on a bike, the thing the shifter controls is the derailleur.
the lever IS the shifter. you say they don't call it that in the former USSR? fine, call it whatever you want in your language. but this is an English language website. you're calling the parts the wrong fucking thing. it's not about being mad at you, I'm trying to make you be understood.

The "Shifter" is just the device that interfaces with the transmission
For cars this is usually a lever, for bikes it can be twist shifters, or some kind of paddle shifter on the handlebars
The Transmission is what transmits power from the output crank to the wheels. For Cars it's a gearbox, for bikes it can also be a gearbox but is more commonly a derailleur
Just call them transmissions, it's the generic umbrella term for a bunch of different things

>>2071565
What ya call em bags on the back of the bike?

>>2074148
PAN-yers

>>2071565
Why are americans so OBSESSED with using french words for things, but then shit and fart themselves over how inferior France is?

>>2074227
the french government bankrolled the american revolution and even sent a few auxilliaries/irregulars to fight. despite speaking english like a continent of cucks they owe their free existence to France (who in turn were being soft-bankrolled by the Dutch)

>>2074227
>americans so OBSESSED with using french words
we speak English and England was colonized by the French after the battle of Hastings in 1066 and subsequently their French words infected the English language.
it's just baked into the language we speak. it has absolutely nothing to do with being American or anything >>2074228
says

>>2071565
>biketubers
Fixie

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>>2071567
No one cares what thirdies call stuff

>>2071699
That's a car.

>>2074227
Anon, American English spelling was literally an attempt at removing French influence from the language, which is why we spell it Color but the goblins from across the pond spell it "colour"

>>2074209
They are saddlebags, frenchie.

>>2074360
a saddlebag mounts to your saddle, dummy.

>>2074401
>>2074360
>>2074209
>>2074148
pannier literally just translates to "basket" btw