Re: [CR]Translation please

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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 18:31:29 -0500
To: "Raoul Delmare" <R.Delmare@Charter.net>, "C.R. List" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Translation please

Raoul Delmare wrote:
>Device alternatively known as , "shifter" , or as , "shift lever" is
>used to initiate the de-rail-ment of the drive chain by the mech .
>
>( personally , of the terms , "rear derailleur" , "rear changer" , "rear
>mech." , and "rear gear" , I most enjoy the last one ! )

I rather like the African-American term "jumper."

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