It's a sprocket, not a cog
12-13-18, 09:22 AM
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It's a sprocket, not a cog
Winter is long and I need a hobby. 
Tell me Shimano is wrong.
Tell me Shimano is wrong.
12-13-18, 09:44 AM
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Fresh Garbage
You're both right. As far as I know, cogs are the teeth on a gear and sprockets are gears that mesh with chains rather than other gears.
Winter has a ways to go.
Winter has a ways to go.
12-13-18, 09:45 AM
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Each tooth is a cog, the whole thing is a sprocket. Old timers at the shop I worked at in high school would have called them "cog-teeth" and "sprocket-wheel."
12-13-18, 09:46 AM
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Let me speed this thread up. OMG, LOL, WTF - Only Hitler would consider that a COG!!!
Another great obby is to try to sound English by not pronouncing any H's. Try it out:
"Ello arriet, ow's your usbands ealth?"
Ours of fun for everyone.
Another great obby is to try to sound English by not pronouncing any H's. Try it out:
"Ello arriet, ow's your usbands ealth?"
Ours of fun for everyone.
12-13-18, 10:27 AM
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^^ obby 
The capital O is sublime.
The capital O is sublime.
12-13-18, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
Winter is long and I need a hobby.
Tell me Shimano is wrong.
Tell me Shimano is wrong.
12-13-18, 09:10 PM
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I personally call them Toothamajigers
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Thank you for this.
Just perfect. Thank you.
Just perfect. Thank you.
Originally Posted by phobus
12-13-18, 10:59 PM
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Just watched 8 Mile so I thought I'd break it down for you all
Yo yo, spin that sh_t
Sprocket:
Sounds funny but don't knock it
You'll lose it all if you don't lock it
and without one you'll just walk it
but when you're fixed you will rock it
like a power plug in a socket
put them greens in yo pocket...
Cog:
Like a lyin witness in the docket
ain't no matter how you talk it
on the street you cannot hawk it
and the fixers will just mock it
till in the end you will say fock it...
word.
Yo yo, spin that sh_t
Sprocket:
Sounds funny but don't knock it
You'll lose it all if you don't lock it
and without one you'll just walk it
but when you're fixed you will rock it
like a power plug in a socket
put them greens in yo pocket...
Cog:
Like a lyin witness in the docket
ain't no matter how you talk it
on the street you cannot hawk it
and the fixers will just mock it
till in the end you will say fock it...
word.
12-14-18, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
Winter is long and I need a hobby.
Tell me Shimano is wrong.
Tell me Shimano is wrong.
12-14-18, 12:33 PM
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Cogs a cool word though. I'm gonna keep using it for the little spiky thing on the back wheel. ⚙️
My multi geared bike gets sprockets all round.
My multi geared bike gets sprockets all round.
12-14-18, 03:51 PM
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This is deep.
Originally Posted by Happy Feet
Just watched 8 Mile so I thought I'd break it down for you all
Yo yo, spin that sh_t
Sprocket:
Sounds funny but don't knock it
You'll lose it all if you don't lock it
and without one you'll just walk it
but when you're fixed you will rock it
like a power plug in a socket
put them greens in yo pocket...
Cog:
Like a lyin witness in the docket
ain't no matter how you talk it
on the street you cannot hawk it
and the fixers will just mock it
till in the end you will say fock it...
word.
Yo yo, spin that sh_t
Sprocket:
Sounds funny but don't knock it
You'll lose it all if you don't lock it
and without one you'll just walk it
but when you're fixed you will rock it
like a power plug in a socket
put them greens in yo pocket...
Cog:
Like a lyin witness in the docket
ain't no matter how you talk it
on the street you cannot hawk it
and the fixers will just mock it
till in the end you will say fock it...
word.
12-14-18, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by j_e_r_e_m_y
"It's a sprocket, not a cog"
It's not a schooner, it's a sailboat!
It's not a schooner, it's a sailboat!
12-14-18, 05:55 PM
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Sprocket, sprocket, sprocket, sprocket, sprocket, sprocket. Wow, that's a weird word. It sounds Victorian? "That's a fine sprocket you've gotten us into."
12-14-18, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rm -rf
Sprocket, sprocket, sprocket, sprocket, sprocket, sprocket. Wow, that's a weird word. It sounds Victorian? "That's a fine sprocket you've gotten us into."
Originally Posted by j_e_r_e_m_y
There is no Easter Bunny! Over there? That's just some guy in a suit!
12-14-18, 08:55 PM
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It's a sprocket, not a cog
Correct. Furthermore, it's also not a gear. So everyone is actually riding a fixed sprocket bike... except the cool kids, they're all rolling sprockies.
12-15-18, 01:19 PM
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Now Sprockies is something I can get down with!
