The common rear derailleur designs all operate on the same principle. A moveable cage receives the chain returning from the chainwheel and directs it onto one sprocket of the cluster.
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Derailleur
//ˌdəˈɹeɪl.jə//
Synonyms for "derailleur"
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24 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- desviador noun (mechanism)
Czech
2 entries- přehazovačka noun (mechanism)
- přesmykač noun (mechanism)
Dutch
1 entries- derailleur noun (mechanism)
Finnish
4 entries- etuvaihtaja noun (mechanism)
- takavaihtaja noun (mechanism)
- vaihtaja noun (mechanism)
- vaihteet noun (gearset)
French
1 entries- dérailleur noun (mechanism)
German
2 entries- Schaltwerk noun (mechanism)
- Umwerfer noun (mechanism)
Irish
1 entries- aistreoir slabhra noun (mechanism)
Italian
1 entries- deragliatore noun (mechanism)
Norman
1 entries- dêrâlleux noun (mechanism)
Polish
1 entries- przerzutka noun (mechanism)
Portuguese
2 entries- descarrilador noun (mechanism)
- desviador noun (mechanism)
Russian
1 entries- переключа́тель noun (mechanism)
Spanish
3 entries- cambio de marchas noun (mechanism)
- descarrilador noun (mechanism)
- desviador noun (mechanism)
Swedish
2 entries- bakväxel noun (mechanism)
- framväxel noun (mechanism)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sang đĩa noun (mechanism)
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