Mountain Bike Front Derailleur Types

First invented in 1906 it was clunky unpopular and had two speeds.

Mountain bike front derailleur types. You should buy a new derailleur for the same reason the first one was invented. There are 5 different mounting types for front derailers depending on the seat tube diameter of your frame among other things. They ve come a long way since. This is the traditional standard type for most road bikes and older mtbs.

Road front derailleurs are available with double and triple cages to fit bikes with two or three front chainrings. 1 1 8 28 6 mm clamp on. The best mountain bike derailleurs today are durable easy to tune and can shift smoothly even under load. You will also need to choose the cage size according to whether you have a 9 10 or 11 speed drivetrain as the narrower chains of the latter systems require narrower mech cages.

Your rear derailleur is a technological marvel. Although referred to as gears in the bike world these bicycle gears are technically sprockets since they drive or are driven by a chain and are not driven by one another. With shimano s latest xt m8000 groupset offering a simplified 12 different models of front derailleur and sram s x0 range made up of 40 models it s. Because you want to climb better.