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Constant Huret, knicknamed "le Boulanger" (the Baker), of Ressons, France (January 26, 1870 - September 18, 1951) was a long distance track racing cyclist. He won the 600km Bordeaux - Paris road race (known as The Derby of the Road) in 1899 and held the record winning time for 34 years. He was also the 1900 world velodrome champion and won the Bol d'Or four times.

He is depicted in Le Chaine Simpson by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec racing for the Simpson Chain team.

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Derailleur gears - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1202 words)
	However with introduction of indexed gears which required all parts of the drivetrain to be specifically compatible, and the increasing use of complete groupsets made by one company, today Campagnolo and Shimano are the two main manufacturers of derailleur gears, with Campagnolo only making road cycling derailleurs and Shimano both for road and mountain bikes.
	American manufacturer SRAM specializes in derailleur systems for mountain bikes, but as of 2006 SRAM has introduced a drivetrain system for road bicycles.
	In 1964, Suntour invented the slant-parallelogram rear derailleur, which allows the jockey wheels to maintain a more constant distance from the different sized sprockets, resulting in easier shifting.

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