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Why are derailleurs sometimes referred to as "mech"?
I've heard people refer to the front or rear derailleur as front or rear "mech?" Where does this come from? Is this a Euro thing or something?
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- MtrlpqbikerLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Mainly British, strangely enough, North Americans use the French term
- 1 decade ago
It's short for "mechanism" as in the mechanism that moves the chain across the sprockets or chain rings. It is used to refer to front and rear changers - "front mech" or "rear mech"
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Mick
I have always just understood it to stand for 'mechanicals'. In thinking of a bikes history, all at once these mechanical devices were added... thus "mech"...
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