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Back in the day when we were riding 6 sprockets on the back and all were fixed together and the freebody screwed into the hub it the sprockets were call a sprocket set.

Then Shimano came up with a system where we could change an individual sprocket to tailor the gear ratios to your own liking it became known as a Sprocket cluster. at the same time the freebody was built into the hub and a 7th sprocket added. So "cluster" became the generic name. This goes back to the mid to late 80's Or BM (before Millennials)

 

 

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The lower cage is a Jockey pully cage and the wheels are jockey pulley wheels. These are accepted engineering terms. However the whole assembly is a Derailleur so there's that :)

 

 

 

 

Back in the day when we were riding 6 sprockets on the back and all were fixed together and the freebody screwed into the hub it the sprockets were call a sprocket set.

Then Shimano came up with a system where we could change an individual sprocket to tailor the gear ratios to your own liking it became known as a Sprocket cluster. at the same time the freebody was built into the hub and a 7th sprocket added. So "cluster" became the generic name. This goes back to the mid to late 80's Or BM (before Millennials)

Was about to say that if you don't know what a ‘cluster’ is it might be seen as proof of how long (or short) you have been messing about with bicycles ☺️

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The term doesn't really apply any longer since we can't change any of the individual sprockets any longer even though some are still mounted freely

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Also, tyres vs tires are both acceptable depending on which side of the Atlantic ocean you find yourself. The ‘Muricans probably think pushing a round rubber thing along makes you too tired so they called a TYRE that instead lol

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Also, tyres vs tires are both acceptable depending on which side of the Atlantic ocean you find yourself. The ‘Muricans probably think pushing a round rubber thing along makes you too tired so they called a TYRE that instead lol

Either way, it drives me mad when the muppets refer to tyre threads as opposed to treads

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I see the muppets in the classifieds here have all settled on Square Tapped instead of square tapered. In fact a search in the Drivetrain section reveals not a single square taper BB for sale. Many tapped ones though.

As long as it is pronounced like ‘tappet’...ill allow it for laughs

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OMG yes i hate a tyre thread %... FFS it doesnt even make sense.

Well...the TPI number referenced on the sidewall of most mtb tyres says otherwise haha. “Threads per inch” ????

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