Synchro Shift™ Up Cage™ Flash Hub™ User comfort, reliability, enhanced performance, l'innovation cinŽmatique™ by EGS. In a market that has become a monopoly, EGS has recently brought into question some received wisdom. By offering an innovative design, a full, reliable product range, EGS provides some major new assets for all those who are seeking to get the market moving. The cycle's entire operating mechanism is taken into account, "from hub to handlebars". EGS is marketing a radically different system, one which is even more consistent and reliable. It also offers even better performance than current systems. It offers a genuine alternative to cycle professionals the world over. EGS now provides equipment for over 35 brand names of MTB and trekking bikes on every continent.		"One shifter for two derailleurs" With Synchro Shift™, we use all relevant gears (underlined in yellow stripe) that produce progressive covered distances and a continually straight chain line.		The first derailleur with the horizontal cage With its horizontal cage, the Up Cage™ derailleur reduces ground clearance by 7 to 9 cm and shortens the chain length approximately 15 %. This provides quicker maneuvering and extra ease when shifting ; the chain comes off less frequently and is smoother to operate than ever before. The Up Cage™ derailleur is the perfect mechanical complement to the Synchro Shift™ single shifter. Up Cage™ gives faster lateral movement of the chain which shifts more smoothly from one sprocket to the next. The mechanism guides the chain with extra precision.		A rear wheel as easy to take off as a front wheel The Flash Hub™* is a two part hub, a fixed cassette mount and a movable wheel mount. The cassette mount unit stays fixed to the frame rear fork end. It is child's play to change the rear wheel in seconds, or mount the wheel best suited to the racing situation (change from spoked wheel to flanged wheel, after a puncture, etc.). *available from 1st quarter of 2000.		CHOOSING THE BEST SPROCKET AND CHAINWHEEL