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Yeti’s linear derailleur to challenge SRAM and Shimano

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flag WheelBased
Posted: Jan 25, 2021 at 15:48 Quote
Here's an article I wrote about Yeti's new derailleur that they've applied to patent. It allows for a perfectly linear movement. Very interesting...

https://wheelbased.com/2021/01/25/linear-derailleur-mechanism-by-yeti/
flag Staktup
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Posted: Jan 26, 2021 at 8:38 Quote
Nice, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to their 6 bar linkage one day too...
flag WheelBased
Posted: Feb 1, 2021 at 6:12 Quote
Staktup wrote:
Nice, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to their 6 bar linkage one day too...

Thanks for reading!
flag Danzzz88
Posted: Feb 1, 2021 at 8:28 Quote
Don't know if I see this as a good or bad sign....I was hoping the gearbox 6 bar patent was a sign of things to come, perhaps in a generation or two, but if they are only now filing patents for a new type of derailleur this month it shows these are more just up in the air ideas atm.. They'll probably sit in the patent office doing nothing for years on end like Shimanos 12 speed gearbox..
flag WheelBased
Posted: Feb 1, 2021 at 9:08 Quote
Danzzz88 wrote:
Don't know if I see this as a good or bad sign....I was hoping the gearbox 6 bar patent was a sign of things to come, perhaps in a generation or two, but if they are only now filing patents for a new type of derailleur this month it shows these are more just up in the air ideas atm.. They'll probably sit in the patent office doing nothing for years on end like Shimanos 12 speed gearbox..

So this is a publication of a patent and the filing of this particular application was actually filed in June of 2018. But this derailleur idea has been in legal proceedings since Dec. 2014, based on the application paperwork trail. It's possible we see this sooner than later.

But, I'd be really surprised if Yeti decided to manufacture this themselves. If I were making decisions at Yeti, I'd be licensing it to Shimano or SRAM.
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