Transmission in the BB
12-14-01 | 12:08 PM
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Bikes: Vittorio, Centaur triple; Casati Laser Piu, Chorus Triple.
Transmission in the BB
This is interesting stuff: https://www.schlumpf.ch/innovationse.html
Sheldon posted a reference, and thinking it looked familiar, I checked. Sure enough, I just read about something similar in The Dancing Chain (a great book!). There were similar things made by Variand and Tilhet in the period of around 1895 to 1905.
What goes around comes around. So to speak.
Cheers...Gary
Sheldon posted a reference, and thinking it looked familiar, I checked. Sure enough, I just read about something similar in The Dancing Chain (a great book!). There were similar things made by Variand and Tilhet in the period of around 1895 to 1905.
What goes around comes around. So to speak.
Cheers...Gary
12-14-01 | 04:12 PM
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Bikes: 1959 Capo Modell Campagnolo; 1960 Capo Sieger (2); 1962 Carlton Franco Suisse; 1970 Peugeot UO-8; 1982 Bianchi Campione d'Italia; 1988 Schwinn Project KOM-10;
In the 1930s, Adler ("Eagle"; Germany) sold bikes with 3-speed sliding-gear transmissions built into an oversize bottom bracket.
I think Schlumpf really missed marketing bet by not supporting fixed-gear applications, for which this would be ideal.
I think Schlumpf really missed marketing bet by not supporting fixed-gear applications, for which this would be ideal.
Last edited by John E; 12-14-01 at 04:21 PM.
