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Rats. I assumed that my album pics were public. Can't put a link into the post until I have 10 posts. What to do? I can't attach all of the pics in the album.
Absolutely, they ran a narrow range freewheel on one wheel and a wider range with lower gears on the other wheel. Swap wheels to go from pavement to trails. Lots of cool rack designs too. In those days there wasn't much on the market but Blackburn and they were not so sturdy. Leave the pavement with a Blackburn rack and you'd be turning it in on warranty. I don't know how many I broke, front and rear. A lot of good designs came out of Marin County though. You'd run into these guys in the hike/bike camps or out on the trails and they'd be fully loaded on these custom bikes, some very professionally built, others not so much.
The first bike I toured on had the ancient Shimano front freewheel system where the entire drive train turned with the rear wheel. The freewheel was in the bottom bracket but I can't remember just how. Since the front chain rings turned when the bike was in motion you could coast and shift gears without moving your feet. Great for coming up to a stoplight and downshifting for when the light turns green. What a flop that idea was.
So how can my album pics be viewed by other members? I must be missing something.