2003-03-05 It really seems like bicycles are a hodge-podge mixture of SI and FFU. I wonder what it would take to make it one or the other, hopefully, all SI.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2003-03-05 16:14 Subject: [USMA:25037] RE: Gear Inches > Michael, etal: > > There is a metric system called development (in meters). However, I have > never heard it used, we've pretty much stuck with gear inches. > > See http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gain.html and > http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_d.html#development for more info on > bicycle gearing systems. > > Rich Kim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:54 AM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:25032] Gear Inches > > > I recently received a copy of the Washington Consumer Checkbook > (www.checkbook.ord), a Consumer Reports style magazine for the Greater > Washington DC area. It's published by the Center for the Study of Services. > On an article on bikes, it states the gear ratios of a bicycle are > described in terms of gear-inches. I've never heard of this before, > fortunately most everything on bicycles is in metric, including all the > wrenches, the mass of different parts are expressed in grams in most > catalogs. > I'd like to find out what the correct term here is so i can write to them. > I'm sure its supposed to be a ratio of how many teeth per cog. > > Thanks > > > --- Michael Payne > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. >
