Comments on: Internally-Geared Hubs https://momentummag.com/internally-geared-hubs/ smart living by bike Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Howard Abts https://momentummag.com/internally-geared-hubs/#comment-707 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:40:46 +0000 http://momentummag.com/gear/clothing/internally-geared-hubs/#comment-707 Bhimji wrote: “Low gear – the rear chain ring drives the sun gear, which transfers this input through the planetary gears into the annulus, which directly drives the hub.” Of course not. The sun gear is of one piece with the axle, and does not turn.

And again, “High gear – the rear chain ring drives the ring in which the planetary gears are held, with the planetary gears driving the annulus, which directly drives the hub. The sun gear in this configuration is stationary.” The sun gear in EVERY configuration is stationery.

Seeing the date, April 1, makes me wonder whether this column was intended as a joke. If it was, not one reader in one hundred is going to recognize it as such. And what’s the funny part?

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