Mark Petry wrote:
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>As for your measurements of the boob toob, the radius of the eccentric
>will more than compensate for any irregularities in chain length. The
>prime number hypothesis stands until disproved with REAL data! And none
>of this half link stuff (altho I must admit I stopped for a moment to
>consider the implications of this un-anticipated development.
Primeness is not relevant, but oddness/evenness does make a difference. Teeth may wear more evenly with odd chainrings, but if you use even-numbered rings, _and_ maintain them in the same phase relationship with the chain, the system can last much longer.
I explain this in detail in my article on Tandem Synch Chains.
See: http://sheldonbrown.com/
>WHO has read the masterpiece / tour de force "Cryptonomicon" by Neal
>Stevenson ?
Oooh, mememe! Wonderful book, like all of Stephenson. Start with Snow Crash...
Sheldon "Stephenson, Brin and Turtledove" Brown
Newtonville, Massachusetts
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