I think "mech" is an ancient British cycling term, doubtless from back when most British racing bikes were fixed gear time trial bikes, so that anything as complicated and mechanical and fussy as a device to shift a chain across multiple cogs was by contrast a "mechanism." And of course the Brits also said "Campag" instead of "Campy," so there's no telling what terms they might come up with.
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 12:36 PM lconley <lcon...@brph.com> wrote: > In 54 years of working on bicycles with derailleurs, I had never used or > heard them referred to as "mechs" until the last year or so. Where did this > come from? Does it only refer to non-electronic derailleurs? > > Laing > Old guy in Delray Beach FL > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e2629c5e-9cbd-40ca-95ba-fe3786683d91n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e2629c5e-9cbd-40ca-95ba-fe3786683d91n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs5qp5%3Dxop21881EPLonP%3DYU-FWnih3x7sAoS7MW4R%2Brw%40mail.gmail.com.
