i must say that i find it quite entertaining that
you correct me here (a correction upon which we
will have to agree to disagree, since it hinges
on how we choose to define the noun "gear" and
the adjective "fixed" - both of which have
multiple possible meanings in this application):
>>though technically the opposite would be
>>"variable gear" (as in "variable hub gears").
>
>No, the opposite of freewheel is fixed gear.
yet have *this* quote in your signature :)
>| I still feel that variable gears are only for people over |
>| forty-five. Isn't it better to triumph by the strength |
>| of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur? |
>| We are getting soft...As for me, give me a fixed gear! |
>| --Henri Desgrange, _L'quipe_ article of 1902 |
hee hee
(oh yeah, and thanks for the french correction too - my eeeee key is a little overactive of late, and my french, eet ees not so good.)
-joel
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...