https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sorting_Front_Derailleurs 2026-05-16T09:21:20Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.38.2 https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sorting_Front_Derailleurs&diff=14208&oldid=prev 2012-08-06T16:03:36Z

<p>#REDIRECT <a href="/wiki/Front_derailleurs" title="Front derailleurs">Front derailleurs</a></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:03, 6 August 2012</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#REDIRECT [[Front <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Derailers</del>]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>#REDIRECT [[Front <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">derailleurs</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key bikebike-mw_:diff::1.12:old-5264:rev-14208 --> </table>

Quill https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sorting_Front_Derailleurs&diff=5264&oldid=prev 2007-11-30T17:31:02Z

<p>Redirecting to <a href="/wiki/Front_Derailers" class="mw-redirect" title="Front Derailers">Front Derailers</a></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:31, 30 November 2007</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Front derailleurs are mostly very similar, and you only need to check one thing to sort them.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">#REDIRECT </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Front Derailers</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== Double or Triple? ==</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Image:doubletriple.jpg|thumb|Here is a picture of a double next to a triple. You can see how much taller the distance in red is on a triple. This is the distance from the bottom of one side of the cage to the bottom of the other.</del>]]</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One type of front derailleur is meant to be used on bikes with '''two''' chainrings in the front, and is called a &quot;double&quot; front derailleur. The other is used with bikes with '''three''' chainrings in the front, and is called a &quot;triple&quot;. The only difference is that one side of the cage (the metal plates that push on the chain) is taller on a triple.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> </table>

Jonathan https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sorting_Front_Derailleurs&diff=1921&oldid=prev 2006-12-26T18:10:08Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Double or Triple?</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:10, 26 December 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Double or Triple? ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Double or Triple? ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One type </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">front derailleur is meant </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">be used on bikes with __two__ chainrings in the front, and is called </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;double&quot; front derailleur</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The other is used with bikes with __three__ chainrings </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the front, and </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">called </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>triple<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The only difference </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </del>one side of the cage <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">metal plates that push on </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chain) is taller on a triple</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:doubletriple.jpg|thumb|Here is a picture </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a double next </ins>to a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">triple</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You can see how much taller the distance </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">red </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on </ins>a triple. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the distance from the bottom of </ins>one side of the cage <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bottom of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Here </del>is a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">picture of a </del>double <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">next to a triple</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">You can see how much taller </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distance in red </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on </del>a triple. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the distance from the bottom of </del>one side of the cage <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">bottom of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One type of front derailleur is meant to be used on bikes with '''two''' chainrings in the front, and </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">called </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</ins>double<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot; front derailleur</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The other is used with bikes with '''three''' chainrings in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">front, and </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">called </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</ins>triple<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&quot;</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The only difference </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </ins>one side of the cage <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(</ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">metal plates that push on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">chain) is taller on a triple</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:doubletriple</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key bikebike-mw_:diff::1.12:old-1920:rev-1921 --> </table>

Jonathan https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sorting_Front_Derailleurs&diff=1920&oldid=prev 2006-12-26T18:09:00Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Front derailleurs are mostly very similar, and you only need to check one thing to sort them.<br /> <br /> == Double or Triple? ==<br /> <br /> One type of front derailleur is meant to be used on bikes with __two__ chainrings in the front, and is called a &quot;double&quot; front derailleur. The other is used with bikes with __three__ chainrings in the front, and is called a &quot;triple&quot;. The only difference is that one side of the cage (the metal plates that push on the chain) is taller on a triple.<br /> <br /> Here is a picture of a double next to a triple. You can see how much taller the distance in red is on a triple. This is the distance from the bottom of one side of the cage to the bottom of the other.<br /> <br /> [[Image:doubletriple.jpg]]</div>

Jonathan