Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Transmission (apparently referring to the whole assembly of shifters, cables, and derailleurs)
Gear selector or gear changer (shifter)
Crank bearing or pedal bearing (bottom bracket)
Neck (stem)
Handles (grips)
U-bars (road drop bar)
Thing
I've also heard the "pedal arm" one, and I also think it's funny on this forum when Brits call a derailleur a "mech"
My red face moment when getting back into cycling over here, was to go into a bike shop and talk about the "mech". It was as I looked up from the "mech" into the puzzled faces of the mechanics, that I realized, (realised), I was talking a foreign language
