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Aren't 90% of all bicycles just some Shimano components? Or at least most work the same way and documented in Big Blue Book by Park Tools.
by matsemann 5y ago
Aren't 90% of all bicycles just some Shimano components? Or at least most work the same way and documented in Big Blue Book by Park Tools.
- sudosysgen 5y agoBasically. Repairing bicycles is very easy and very standardized, except that some manufacturers just won't tell you what standard a part follows.
- Scoundreller 5y agoAt least shimano stamps a part number on most of its parts. I mostly repair 70s-80s bikes and often encounter an “I’ve never seen this before”, or a situation where parts have the same branding on them, but clearly went through multiple (undocumented) iterations. There ends up being a lot of “close enough” substitutions. E.g. cones on axles.