Shimano - But what does it all actually mean ? If anything.

[dyna-ti]

I dont think we've ever explored this one

The lettering, the model names ?
Take for instance Alivio ? What does Alivio mean :? Other than the buttery type spread you put on your toast

Or XT . We know XTR is XTRacing so does the XT bit mean or reference anything :? Cross(X) (T)Terrain maybe ? Look at STXrc. again there the rc stood for i believe racing, so what does the rest mean. Does it lend something to XT or vice versa rather.


Thoughts ? Speculations post them up

 

[Woodyuk]

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Interested to find out .....but really no idea :?: :shock:

 

[Chopper the ex Copper]

Tourney is Japanese for "sh* te".

 

[foz]

I've wondered about this sometimes too. Does 200GS mean "200 Gear Shifts (and then it's knackered)" ?

 

[unit3]

Doing a bit of googling, it seems "Deore" means Deer in Japanese, that is why there is a deer head symbol on older and some newer XT pieces

As for the other letter's I don't think they really mean anything from what I can understand?
the Japanese just like to use fancy letters on stuff, look at jap motorbikes, cbr-gsxr-rgv etc

Of course I may be totally wrong

 

[jimo746]

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yeah, but Jap motorbikes used to have cool names like "Gamma, Slingshot, ExUp etc).

I'd like to think theres a deep & meaningful reason behind the names of Shimano MTB kit, but I fear I'll be sorely disappointed, or it'll turn out to be some Engrish translation that means sod all

 

[FMJ]

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yeah, but Jap motorbikes used to have cool names like "Gamma, Slingshot, ExUp etc).

ExUp wasn't a motorcycle name. It was the name of Yamaha's power valve system for 4 strokes (Exhaust Ultimate Power Valve).

 

[KermitGKona88]

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Alivio is Japanese for Bog roll

 

[latman]

i saw a tiagra fishing rod/reel the other day , i guess if i was choosing names i would want a unique name that if googled led only to my product ..

 

[jimo746]

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ExUp wasn't a motorcycle name. It was the name of Yamaha's power valve system for 4 strokes (Exhaust Ultimate Power Valve).

I stand corrected

Deltabox then (I know it wasn't a bike, but the frame, but it's a cool sounding name anyway )


Also, I wonder about the origins of the newer groupsets from the big "S" ie. Hone (RIP), Zee, or Saint? :?