Thread: pic: Spectrum Fall 2013 Drivetrain
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Re: pic: Spectrum Fall 2013 Drivetrain
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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
I really don't understand the functional difference between direct driving a wheel using a 3 stage ball shifter and using a two stage ball shifter + gear reduction to drive the wheel. I'm pretty sure there isn't one, really. You're already filling the drive line with gears, might as well put a reduction in that drive line too.
Yep, that's what we do. In fact, the Verskey pattern in the gears was meant to help with gear alignment for this purpose.
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