Tim
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Jun 20, 2008 22:03:51 GMT
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Skinley, that retro Shimano set-up is ace!! Never seen or heard of that, did it ever make production? Want!  I think it did but it was probably not too successful, someone once called it; "a solution for a problem that never existed" .  In theory you can shift anytime whilst not pedalling, although i think in practice it wasnt quite so smooth :-) |
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Jun 20, 2008 22:06:07 GMT
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Bums!  Unless it was my time-travelling future self who made it, in which case.... bravo old boy  Seriously though I thought I might have seen it before but couldn't be sure if it was my mind playing tricks. Skinley, that retro Shimano set-up is ace!! Never seen or heard of that, did it ever make production? Want! There is a blue fixie with a similar, but a bit different in execution, setup - Independent Fabrications possibly. I'd love an IF frame |
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Jun 21, 2008 11:56:46 GMT
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It wouldnt work on the fixie setup with the brake at the crank - one way round would let chain freewheel, giving you no braking, and the other way around would give you no forward motion :-) It would if the brake caliper was using the sprocket as a brake disc, like the motorcycle at the beginning of this thread. |
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Jun 22, 2008 10:46:11 GMT
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It wouldnt work on the fixie setup with the brake at the crank - one way round would let chain freewheel, giving you no braking, and the other way around would give you no forward motion :-) It would if the brake caliper was using the sprocket as a brake disc, like the motorcycle at the beginning of this thread. ah right....full circle :-) |
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Unless it was my time-travelling future self who made it, in which case.... bravo old boy 