[CR]Wacky 2-speed track bike [was: Why are drive trains always on the

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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:31:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "BJay Booth" <swiftybjb@rogers.com>
Subject: [CR]Wacky 2-speed track bike [was: Why are drive trains always on the
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Re. Jocelyn Lovell was the rider who rode using this drivetrain.

I know someone who saw Jocelyn do this, but he said he did it with a freewheel on one side and a fixed cog on the other, with fixed cog wound off a bit so it would wind on while using the freewheel, then when the fixed cog got fully engaged the freewheel side would just freewheel for the rest of the race. I don't know which cog was on which side, but it was ingenious, and from what I hear, typical of Jocelyn.

Brian (there are no hills in Ontario) Booth
    Toronto, Canada