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Subject: [New post] Electronic bike derailleur
From: "Hack a Day" <donotreply@wordpress.com>
Date: Wed, 6 June, 2012 7:15 am

Post : Electronic bike derailleur
URL : http://hackaday.com/2012/06/06/electronic-bike-derailleur/
Posted : June 6, 2012 at 6:15 am
Author : Brian Benchoff
Tags : bicycle, bike, derailleur
Categories : transportation hacks

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[Nabil] sent in an awesome electronic bicycle derailleur (http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Electronic-Derailleur/) . Now, instead of pulling a steel cable with a shifting mechanism, [Nabil] can change gears electronically. As a bonus, the derailleur can be controlled by a small bicycle computer, so he's always in the right gear.

The new electronic derailleur is controlled by a pair of servos with push buttons in the handle bar. This allows [Nabil] to automatically trim his chain, completely eliminating chain rub.

This electronic shifter is part of [Nabil]'s much large bike computer project (http://www.nabiltewolde.com/2011/11/bike-computer-v01-build.html) . In addition to electronic control of what gear the bike is in, [Nabil] will be adding a GPS, accelerometer, an altimeter and a heart rate monitor and pulse ox meter. That's an impressive bit of kit, and we cant wait to see the entire project finished. You can pick up the current version of the design over on GitHub (https://github.com/nabilt/diy_eshift) and follow all the updates on [Nabil]'s blog (http://nabilt.github.com/diy_eshift/) .

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