Derailleur
This derailleur is the core of the Supre Drive. No other derailleur matches its ground clearance. It's focused on shifting gears and leaves chain tensioning duties to a separate chain tensioner.
| Supre Drive component: Derailleur |
Description
The Supre derailleur is a simple mechanism, functioning with the same principles as conventional derailleurs but with chain tensioning being transferred to a separate chain tensioner located at the middle of the bike. This derailleur is rigidly mounted to the frame at two points, protected by the frame, and far from the ground. These traits make the Supre derailleur highly durable. It is one of four drivetrain products that we provide (the others being the chain tensioner arm, chain tensioner cartridge, and idler pulley).
Just like our other products, our derailleur is assembled by us on the Sunshine Coast in BC. The body and knuckle 3D printed out of carbon-filled nylon, the pulley is CNC machined out of acetal (high performance plastic), and the links are CNC machined out of aluminum. The pivots feature Igus bushings and the pulley spins on a sealed stainless steel ball bearing that's further protected by a labyrinth seal.
The Supre derailleur has no B-limit adjustment and only high limit, low limit, and cable tension adjustments. This derailleur provides consistent shifting on 12-speed cassettes due to the rigid frame mounting. It can take a beating but rarely has to due to its high ground clearance.
Features
- works with Shimano 12-speed shifters, cassettes (10-51t), and chains
- labyrinth sealed pulley bearing
- combination of carbon-filled nylon and CNC machined aluminum parts
- made in Canada