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."
Sheldon "Cyclehistory" Brown
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