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Old 02-19-26 | 08:44 PM
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Rohloff has three planetary gears.
https://www.rohloff.de/fileadmin//ro...0014_bild1.png

One of the planetary gears is essentially a low range like the low range on a 4X4 transfer case for a heavy duty pickup truck. Gears 1 thru 7 use that third planetary gear, which is why gears 1 thru 7 are noisier than 8 thru 14. Gear 11 is direct drive.
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