drops
07-03-04, 08:34 PM
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Hyde Park
Posts: 28
Bikes: Old blue Univega road bike (women's) with an aerobar. Just got a single speed fixed gear SR Silver (men's) conversion.
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
drops
the word "drops" is used seemingly to refer to both a kind of handlebar, and a kind of frame that the rear wheel's axle sits in.
What gives?
What gives?
07-03-04, 10:39 PM
#2
Team Beer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Sacramento CA
Posts: 6,339
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 114 Post(s)
Liked 159 Times
in
104 Posts
I think you are confusing drops and dropouts. Drops are the typical road style handlebars. Dropouts are where your wheels go.
__________________
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
07-04-04, 09:47 AM
#3
Rhymes With Bike
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,221
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
If you want to have some real fun, go into the bike mechanic forum and ask what "pitch" refers to.
07-04-04, 11:54 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 1,519
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
there is only one correct definition of pitch when referring to chains. it's not opinion or semantics, those who refer to 1/8" and 3/32" widths as pitch are just wrong.
from sheldon brown's glossary entry on pitch:
Pitch
The pitch of a chain is the distance between adjacent drive rollers. All modern bicycles use 1/2" pitch. Some older chains, especially those used on track bicycles used 1" pitch chain (see skip link and block chain.) For a while, Shimano experimented with a 10 mm pitch for track use, but it never caught on.
Sometimes people mistakenly refer to "track pitch" vs. "road pitch" when they are really referring to the wider (1/8") sprockets used on single-speed bicycles, instead of the 3/32" thick sprockets used on derailer-equipped bicycles.
from sheldon brown's glossary entry on pitch:
Pitch
The pitch of a chain is the distance between adjacent drive rollers. All modern bicycles use 1/2" pitch. Some older chains, especially those used on track bicycles used 1" pitch chain (see skip link and block chain.) For a while, Shimano experimented with a 10 mm pitch for track use, but it never caught on.
Sometimes people mistakenly refer to "track pitch" vs. "road pitch" when they are really referring to the wider (1/8") sprockets used on single-speed bicycles, instead of the 3/32" thick sprockets used on derailer-equipped bicycles.
07-04-04, 04:58 PM
#5
Shiftless bum
Originally Posted by minicooper
the word "drops" is used seemingly to refer to both a kind of handlebar, and a kind of frame that the rear wheel's axle sits in.
What gives?
What gives?
__________________
Originally Posted by operator
truneo that tuned park internal nipple wrench work ??
07-04-04, 09:39 PM
#6
Rhymes With Bike
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,221
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
defense rests.
Originally Posted by brunning
there is only one correct definition of pitch when referring to chains. it's not opinion or semantics, those who refer to 1/8" and 3/32" widths as pitch are just wrong.
from sheldon brown's glossary entry on pitch:
Pitch
The pitch of a chain is the distance between adjacent drive rollers. All modern bicycles use 1/2" pitch. Some older chains, especially those used on track bicycles used 1" pitch chain (see skip link and block chain.) For a while, Shimano experimented with a 10 mm pitch for track use, but it never caught on.
Sometimes people mistakenly refer to "track pitch" vs. "road pitch" when they are really referring to the wider (1/8") sprockets used on single-speed bicycles, instead of the 3/32" thick sprockets used on derailer-equipped bicycles.
from sheldon brown's glossary entry on pitch:
Pitch
The pitch of a chain is the distance between adjacent drive rollers. All modern bicycles use 1/2" pitch. Some older chains, especially those used on track bicycles used 1" pitch chain (see skip link and block chain.) For a while, Shimano experimented with a 10 mm pitch for track use, but it never caught on.
Sometimes people mistakenly refer to "track pitch" vs. "road pitch" when they are really referring to the wider (1/8") sprockets used on single-speed bicycles, instead of the 3/32" thick sprockets used on derailer-equipped bicycles.
07-05-04, 08:19 AM
#7
(Grouchy)
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 3,643
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 1 Time
in
1 Post
Originally Posted by brunning
there is only one correct definition of pitch when referring to chains. it's not opinion or semantics, those who refer to 1/8" and 3/32" widths as pitch are just wrong.
from sheldon brown's glossary entry on pitch:
[INDENT]
Pitch
The pitch of a chain is the distance between adjacent drive rollers. All modern bicycles use 1/2" pitch. Some older chains, especially those used on track bicycles used 1" pitch chain (see skip link and block chain.) For a while, Shimano experimented with a 10 mm pitch for track use, but it never caught on.
from sheldon brown's glossary entry on pitch:
[INDENT]
Pitch
The pitch of a chain is the distance between adjacent drive rollers. All modern bicycles use 1/2" pitch. Some older chains, especially those used on track bicycles used 1" pitch chain (see skip link and block chain.) For a while, Shimano experimented with a 10 mm pitch for track use, but it never caught on.
07-05-04, 09:10 AM
#8
the way we get by
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Wherever the f**k I feel it
Posts: 2,719
Bikes: Cinelli Supercorsa / Surly Karate Monkey
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Schiek
defense rests.
07-05-04, 09:58 AM
#9
Rhymes With Bike
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 1,221
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by skitbraviking
Oh, but wait! If you bike mechanic is also a fan and/or player of European football, then you may get a completely different answer.
Anyway...
07-05-04, 03:53 PM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 1,392
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 140 Post(s)
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Pitch is the angle between the top tube and the down tube. Oh no...wait...it's the distance between the spokes measured at the midpoint between the rim and the hub. The offset of the fork is commonly called pitch-FORK or rake, I am not sure.
07-05-04, 04:47 PM
#11
Member
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 27
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
i'm not so sure about bike mechanic jargon, but i believe brunning and sheldon brown have the actual 'correct' definition, regardless of what it's actually used for. i'm only saying this because it is used in other fields (such as engineering and technology). an example:
with CCDs (the sensing element of a digital camera or spectrometer), the 'pitch' refers to the distance between the centerpoints of adjacent pixels.
with CCDs (the sensing element of a digital camera or spectrometer), the 'pitch' refers to the distance between the centerpoints of adjacent pixels.
07-05-04, 09:20 PM
#12
oh..so...crusty..
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: chicago
Posts: 622
Bikes: bianchi pista
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Cynikal
Drops are the typical road style handlebars. Dropouts are where your wheels go.
07-06-04, 12:15 AM
#13
Team Beer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Sacramento CA
Posts: 6,339
Bikes: Too Many
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 114 Post(s)
Liked 159 Times
in
104 Posts
Originally Posted by crustedfish
not necessarily. track bikes don't have dropouts. they have track ends.
With such a basic question I gave a rather basic answer.
Disclaimer: If I've misspelled anything in this post it's due to my current state of drunkenness.
Cheers
__________________
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
