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3000% (three thousand percent) gear range Tout Terrain
Andre Jute:
This Tout Terrain bike has a gear range of 3000% (three thousand percent) achieved by sequencing Pinion and Rohloff gearboxes with many other trick bits like Gates Carbon Drive and custom-machined shifters. Presumably a limited edition, it sold out at the beginning of the month. Check out the video of a bike that can go 80mph at a mere 90rpm cadence at the pedals, and low enough even for the Thorn forum's stump-pullers -- notice the wobbly ridepast of a tester without our own champions' awe-inspiing balance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ig-R65yHg&feature=youtu.be
(Link came to me via Andrew Muzi of Yellow Jersey in Madison, Wisconsin, a stockist of many vintage parts.)
jags:
8) 8) i like it.
energyman:
So do I. In the lowest gear you could peddle all day and get nowhere, just like those "spinning" things in gyms.
David Simpson:
I love this quote from the project manager:
“I am sure there are a host of technical reasons why this is a really bad idea, but right now the biggest thing holding us back is what to name it.”
- DaveS
Andre Jute:
--- Quote from: David Simpson on April 06, 2018, 08:51:33 pm ---I love this quote from the project manager:
“I am sure there are a host of technical reasons why this is a really bad idea, but right now the biggest thing holding us back is what to name it.”
- DaveS
--- End quote ---
Seems to me they have a bigger problem: what do you say to a customer who waves money, trying to buy one, and gets brassed off when he's told he fell for an April Fool's joke.
"Calling Dr Kildare to PR!"
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