Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Shifting from the hoods
French translation:
Changer de vitesse à partir des cocottes, poignées de frein
Added to glossary by
Laurie Henkinbrant
Mar 8, 2006 21:10
18 yrs ago
English term
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, German to French, Spanish to French
Shifting from the hoods
English to French
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
bicycles
Manual of an Integrated Brake Shifter
S H I F T E R
Move the small shift lever
inward slightly and an
upshift to a harder (higher) gear
is initiated.
Push the same lever farther
inward and you’re shifting up to
three shifts to easier (lower)
gears.
The shifters also offer specific
operations:
» Upshifting while sprinting
» Shifting from the hoods
» Shifting from the drops
S H I F T E R
Move the small shift lever
inward slightly and an
upshift to a harder (higher) gear
is initiated.
Push the same lever farther
inward and you’re shifting up to
three shifts to easier (lower)
gears.
The shifters also offer specific
operations:
» Upshifting while sprinting
» Shifting from the hoods
» Shifting from the drops
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +1 | hood : poignee de frein. on dit ausi |
psilberz
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| 4 +2 | Changer de vitesse à partir des capuchons |
Marc Leduc
|
Proposed translations
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hood : poignee de frein. on dit ausi
passage des vitesses deporte sur les cocottes
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Note added at 12 hrs (2006-03-09 09:12:53 GMT)
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on parle souvent de "cocottes" de freins pour designer les poignees.
plus courant que "capuchon"
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Note added at 12 hrs (2006-03-09 09:12:53 GMT)
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on parle souvent de "cocottes" de freins pour designer les poignees.
plus courant que "capuchon"
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+2
25 mins
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