limit screw

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Noun

limit screw (plural limit screws)

  1. A screw used to adjust some mechanical limit.
    1. (cycling) A type of screw used in bicycle derailleurs to set the maximum and minimum range of the derailleur's movement.
      • 2024, Lennard Zinn, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 6th edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:
        Shift the chain to the inner ring, and then tighten one of the limit screws. If turning that screw moves the front derailleur outward, then it is the low-gear limit screw.

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