Originally Posted by Mxu

I worked a job where I had to make the rectangle meat go into the round bun, that was tough.

There's a bike club downtown that has a bike repair class on Thursdays, I'm considering going when I have the time. And spending $6.95 on a bicycle repair manual is something I'd gladly do, no haggling neccesary.

Derailleur? Or Sheldon Brown's Derailer? I still don't know if this applies to the whole gear system, the dangling thing, or none of the above. I'm trying to find a big diagram of a bicycle with arrows pointing to and naming all the parts.