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- From: ccsdhd@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk (Dennis Davis)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
- Subject: Re: Tandem crossover rings.
- Message-ID: <C19CDM.M1p@sunlab1.bath.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 13:34:34 GMT
- References: <93019.193822ASLXG@ASUACAD.BITNET> <C15M40.Loz@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca> <C15uwz.39t@watserv2.uwaterloo.ca>
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- In the referenced article, praetzel@maxwell.uwaterloo.ca (Eric Praetzel) writes:
- > Since the chain always has an even number of links (ie they are always in
- >pairs so there has to be an even number) and if the sum of the number of teeth
- >is odd then there will be a rotation of the chain around the rings while if
- >the sum is even there will be a different pattern. I am not sure how
- >different until I solve:
- > .
- > .
- > Either way it does not make much difference in real life unless you are
- >staying in one gear all the way up a multi-thousand mile hill.
- >As you can see there are only very rare combos that lock into a quick
- >repeating cycle (ie 106 links, 53 teeth ...). But there is generally no
- >significant difference between even and odd combos as you can see.
-
- There is one esoteric case where this might make a difference.
- That is on tandems fitted with a crossover chainset. A suitable
- choice of crossover rings can ensure that the chain gradually moves
- around the rings. As you often have a limited choice in the number
- of links in the chain, a good bet is to have crossover rings with a
- prime number of teeth. It took me a long time before I realised
- why my secondhand tandem came equipped with crossover rings of 43
- teeth. It seemed such a peculiar choice. Other good choices would
- include 37, 41, 47 and 53.
-
- The only case where this falls down is if the number of links on
- the chain is an exact multiple of the teeth on the chainrings.
- This is shown neatly in Eric's table:
-
- > # links # teeth # rev to rpt. # links # teeth # rev to rpt.
- > .
- > .
- > 108, 19, 108 108, 20, 27
- > 108, 21, 36 108, 22, 54
- > 106, 53, 2 106, 52, 53
- > 106, 39, 106 106, 42, 53
- > .
- > .
-
- As Eric has pointed out, with crossover rings of 53 teeth and a
- chain of 106 links the chain isn't going to gradually move round
- the rings even though 53 is a prime number. Instead you end up
- with a quick repeating cycle.
- --
- Dennis Davis, BUCS, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
- D.H.Davis@bath.ac.uk
-