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    those boys were booking, Just imagine how fast they could have gone with a step-up transmission in the hub

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    those boys were booking, Just imagine how fast they could have gone with a step-up transmission in the hub
    I used to have a bicycle with a 2 speed hub. As I recall, I would pedal normally, then stop and pedal backward but not enough to engage the brake, then pedal forward again in a higher gear. I do not recall how I would know what gear it was in when starting out.

    This was before a started taking things apart. I have always wondered what was inside that. It must have been planetary gears.

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    That was fantastic to watch. I've Never seen blokes racing on a Panny Fathing before. Looks like it'll hurt a lot if you fell off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hemmjo View Post
    I used to have a bicycle with a 2 speed hub. As I recall, I would pedal normally, then stop and pedal backward but not enough to engage the brake, then pedal forward again in a higher gear. I do not recall how I would know what gear it was in when starting out.

    This was before a started taking things apart. I have always wondered what was inside that. It must have been planetary gears.
    Sounds like it may have been a Swinn, but what I remember of mine was it had a twist grip on the handle bar with cable going into the axle, twist the grip and a slight back peddle to change the gears up or down
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    It doesn't take much at all to make you do a header off one of those. Then it's a long way to the ground at high velocity. A lot of people got hurt pretty bad crashing on those.



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