Sheldon Brown wrote:
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> I've reluctantly come to accept the use of "shifter" to describe the
> control unit, though it's the derailer that actually does the
> shifting. (cut)
And a car's manual transmition control, "shift lever", is not a "shifter" because the transmition actually does the shifting???
Odd line of reasoning...
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California
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