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limit screw

noun — 2 senses

limit screw

noun
1

A screw used to adjust some mechanical limit.

2

Cycling, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A type of screw used in the derailleurs of a bicycle to set the maximum and minimum range of the derailleur's movement.

  • 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.2024, Lennard Zinn, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 6th edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:

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