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10-11-22, 03:58 PM
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That's a flawed syllogism. Dictionaries generally don't include phrases. Tension meter describes the device accurately in the same way as "volt meter" would to an electric
So both are right, but I'll venture that Tension Meter would be clearer than Tensiometer to the uninitiated.
FWIW - "tensiometer" can also mean a device to measure blood pressure, on in another context. something to measure soil moisture content.
So both are right, but I'll venture that Tension Meter would be clearer than Tensiometer to the uninitiated.
FWIW - "tensiometer" can also mean a device to measure blood pressure, on in another context. something to measure soil moisture content.
10-11-22, 04:08 PM
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10-11-22, 04:09 PM
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A cog is a tooth on a gearwheel called a cogwheel. A cogwheel engages with another cogwheel. A sprocket is a chainwheel, it engages with a chain. Every time someone refers to sprockets as cogs a kitten dies.
10-11-22, 04:24 PM
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Webster New Collegiate, 1953. 1) Cog: a tooth on the rim of a wheel; hence , a gear tooth. 2) A person functioning as part of a process or organization.
Sounds to me like any sprocket for chain qualifies. (Yes, I know I can kill small cats with my chainwhip/cog wrench but I like to think they survive my routine gearing changes just fine.)
Sounds to me like any sprocket for chain qualifies. (Yes, I know I can kill small cats with my chainwhip/cog wrench but I like to think they survive my routine gearing changes just fine.)
10-11-22, 04:44 PM
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10-11-22, 04:50 PM
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Webster New Collegiate, 1953. 1) Cog: a tooth on the rim of a wheel; hence , a gear tooth. 2) A person functioning as part of a process or organization.
Sounds to me like any sprocket for chain qualifies. (Yes, I know I can kill small cats with my chainwhip/cog wrench but I like to think they survive my routine gearing changes just fine.)
Sounds to me like any sprocket for chain qualifies. (Yes, I know I can kill small cats with my chainwhip/cog wrench but I like to think they survive my routine gearing changes just fine.)
But, No because by the definition YOU cited, the cog is (hey Google, not corgis) is one of the teeth on the sprocket.
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10-11-22, 05:36 PM
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And no, many (if not most) dictionaries of the English language don't exhaustively list all known compound nouns. I daresay that even the Oxford English Dictionary, with over 270k entries, doesn't have all of them listed and defined.
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10-12-22, 02:10 AM
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something about $1000 an ounce for $30 chain vs say automatic transmission fluid meant to work on 10k transmission and it somehow only cost $1 an ounce.
that's some crazy marketing wizardry
for now I am just using muc off from the LBS
10-12-22, 04:17 AM
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It bothers me more than it should when people use Campy instead of just typing Campagnolo.
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10-12-22, 04:49 AM
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When I was first getting into bikes in the mid-80s, l’d go check out bike books from the college library. Many (most?) were written during the 1970s bike boom. “Campy” was apparently a common nickname back then, and I’ve used it. I will agree that “Campag” for me sounds like shifting a bike chain coated in sand.
10-12-22, 05:12 AM
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Priced ATF lately? Recently changed fluid in a couple 4L60E and got sticker shock. But still not even anywhere near $1/oz
10-12-22, 05:15 AM
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10-12-22, 05:33 AM
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Did the OP’s run-on sentence bug you?
“It probably doesn't matter much regarding brake or gear cables since the job gets done either way, however it muddies the thinking in things like wheel alignment or building.”
“It probably doesn't matter much regarding brake or gear cables since the job gets done either way, however it muddies the thinking in things like wheel alignment or building.”
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10-12-22, 07:19 AM
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^^ that's funny and true. I found two ball bearings on garage floor last night. So I probably have two hubs with the wrong ball count.
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Heck, even the players use them for each other.
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10-12-22, 09:58 AM
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Rock and roll gold $8 for 4 oz so $2 an oz for purpose designed product
Chain-L $12 for 4 oz so $3 an oz for purpose designed product
at the hi end
Silca super secret at $45 for 8oz so $5.64 or so an oz
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Seems like the chemical eng that designed auto oil and auto trans fluid should design bicycle chain lube :-)
10-12-22, 11:18 AM
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10-12-22, 11:20 AM
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Space-age engineering: How the Jetsons undermined the understanding of an entire (gear) industry (motioncontroltips.com)
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The article linked below states that "cog" is a broader term that covers a "sprocket."
Space-age engineering: How the Jetsons undermined the understanding of an entire (gear) industry (motioncontroltips.com)
Space-age engineering: How the Jetsons undermined the understanding of an entire (gear) industry (motioncontroltips.com)
That's backwards - a cog is a tooth on a cog wheel, a cog wheel is a gear wheel, a sprocket is a gear wheel, but a sprocket is not a cog wheel and sprocket teeth are not cogs because cogs engage with cogs not chains.
