Re: [CR]Derailleur Ramblings

(Example: Framebuilding)

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:38:44 -0500
To: "J.Dunn" <bikehunter@icehouse.net>, <Philcycles@aol.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Derailleur Ramblings


J.Dunn wrote:
>"* First-ever civilian spinoff of aerospace technology"
>
>Sheldon, please elaborate for those of us technologically challenged.

_Planetary_ gears, a spinoff of the Copernican heliocentric theory of astronomy...

Sturmey-Archer hubs contain 1 or two "sun pinions" and 3 or 4 "planet pinions."

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