RE: [CR]On topic Dura Ace 10

Subject: RE: [CR]On topic Dura Ace 10
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:53:44 -0700
Thread-Topic: [CR]On topic Dura Ace 10
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "classicrendezvous Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

Jonathan Greene wrote:
> Last weekend I scored a Full Monte

(or something like that... Sorry Jonathan)

And Chuckie replied
>
> Sort of an answer to your whip question Jonathan...
>
> Here's how the old pros change cogs on their fixed gear bikes
> out on the road (note: they don't use lock rings for the cog):
> http://204.73.203.34/fisso/vangelo/schpignone.htm

I can't read a word of the Italian, so I'm left wondering why they are illustrating how to TIGHTEN a track cog!? Kinda seems like a question no one is asking.

You need to bunch up the chain BELOW the cog, not above it, and rotate the wheel forward, not backward as illustrated, to loosen the cog.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA