Cogs, gears, sprockets...
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Cogs, gears, sprockets...
A cog is a tooth on a sprocket or gear.
A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
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A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
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06-07-17, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
A cog is a tooth on a sprocket OR gear.
A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
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A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
-Tim-
06-07-17, 05:11 PM
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so does this mean that Spacely Sprockets and Cogswell Cogs weren't competitors? 
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
06-07-17, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tagaproject6
So you are saying that you change gears?
Bicycles have sprockets.
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
A cog is a tooth on a sprocket or gear.
A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
-Tim-
A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
-Tim-
Originally Posted by TimothyH
Bicycles don't have gears or sprockets.
Bicycles have sprockets or gears.
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Bicycles have sprockets or gears.
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06-07-17, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
Bicycles don't have gears.
Bicycles have sprockets.
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Bicycles have sprockets.
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06-07-17, 07:19 PM
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This is why I switched to fixed gear. ....Or is it fixed sprocket?
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Originally Posted by wschruba
Well, if we're being pedantic, a bicycle with an internally geared hub absolutely does have gears. Sprockets, too.
I knew this was coming, and agonized over using "generally speaking" or "most modern diamond frame road bikes as we know them" or other such phraseology to qualifying my statement.
But yes, you are as correct as cut buckskin wingtips with bottle green trousers on the streets of Milan.
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Originally Posted by AlmostTrick
This is why I switched to fixed gear. ....Or is it fixed sprocket?
Thank you for this.
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
...A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
A cog is a tooth on a sprocket or gear.
A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
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A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
-Tim-
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Life is too short to be pedantic about such things. I prefer to spend my time doing more productive things, like criticizing pedants 
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Originally Posted by BobbyG
So does that mean the front wheel of my bicycle is a "pulley" while the rear wheel is a "cog?"
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Originally Posted by southpier
then what's a sheave?
He that goes forth weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:6
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bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:6
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Originally Posted by Retro Grouch
I agree with everything that you say. Just as soon as I can get folks to stop using the word "alloy" as a synonym for "aluminum," I am going to join your crusade.
You may join my crusade as soon as you stop using the word folks.
There is no such word, just as there is no such word as peoples.
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06-08-17, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
A cog is a tooth on a sprocket or gear.
A sprocket is a round disk with cogs.
A pulley is a round disk without cogs.
Gears are two sprockets which mesh together. Gears don't use chains.
When gears are separated from each other and connected with a chain they become sprockets.
You don't change gears on a bicycle. You change sprockets.
Originally Posted by TimothyH
You may join my crusade as soon as you stop using the word folks.
There is no such word, just as there is no such word as peoples.
There is no such word, just as there is no such word as peoples.
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So what is the thing inside the freehub that catches the pawls called?
