Today's Bike Ride

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Originally Posted by Fellbeast

I'm still not quite sure what that last 't' means....

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teeth

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Originally Posted by Fellbeast

Like pretty much every post on this thread, I didn't understand any of the jargon so I had to google an understanding first. Rings I now understand is what you call the front cogs while the back rings are actually called cogs :)

I also googled what rings and cogs my bike has - my front 'rings' are 46 and 30 while my rear cogs are 11-34t. I'm still not quite sure what that last 't' means....

I also understand how the gear ratios work (dividing the ring by the cog) but, going back to your bloke with the big 'ring' Graham, what about his cog sizes??

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Ah well the smallest then would be an 11 teeth and he probably had 10 cogs, which only came in around 20 years ago. When I was a boy the maximum was 5 cogs.

But I can see I will need to lend you Frank J Berto's The Dancing Chain - History & Development of the Derailleur Bicycle.

The 5th edition of excruciating detail is 400 pages.:)

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Originally Posted by Gambatte

teeth

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Haha. So why not 46t/30t and 11t-34t?

Tell me that one....

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Originally Posted by Fellbeast

Haha. So why not 46t/30t and 11t-34t?

Tell me that one....

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That would be pedantry and no cyclist should be accused of that!

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Originally Posted by Marco

On this occasion Graham, I think you're either older than I thought or incorrect. Looking through my Campagnolo history notes I have found that in July 1961 a revised Gran Sport rear derailleur was introduced to improve shifting on six-speed freewheels. I don't know when the first six-speed freewheels was fitted to a bike, but it could have been as early as the late 1950s

When I started cycling seriously, in 1980, all bikes seemed to have 5 cogs at the rear and 6, or even 7 which was introduced around then, was exotic and not seen on standard bikes that you bought from a shop

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It's very rude to ask how old I am but - just between ourselves - in 2016 I was First V70 in 50 fell races (out of 61).:)

By the way, I have Facchinetti & Rubino's Campagnolo 75 Years of Cycling Passion.

It is a bit coffee-table but fortunately I do own a coffee table!

[QUOTE=Graham Breeze;674468]It's very rude to ask how old I am but - just between ourselves - in 2016 I was First V70 in 50 fell races (out of 61).:)

And you're looking good to be 1st V75 at Blencathra in 2021;)

Wow, 50 category wins a year. Chapeau!

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Originally Posted by noel

Wow, 50 category wins a year. Chapeau!

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Yes that was a good year but these things are shared.

Last year (2019) I was very grateful to get 3 wins!

Damn these youngsters coming through!

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Originally Posted by noel

Damn these youngsters coming through!

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Yep! I'm keeping my eye out for you on the entry sheets.