David,
You must mean the maintenance needs of a non powered (except by human power) lawn mower when compared to fixed or freewheel single gear.
Nes pas,
Gilbert Anderson, Raleigh, NC USA
In a message dated 8/1/02 5:32:17 PM, feldmans1@earthlink.net writes:
<< Branching the topic off a little (apologies, Dale) but I think one thing
that has revived interest in quality single-speed bikes a;nd frames built
for single speed use is the greater maintainance needs of contemporary
derailleur bikes. A 1960 road bike with Campagnolo Record or French parts,
a 1975 bike with Suntour Cyclone derailleurs, had roughly the maintainance
needs of a power lawn mower.
A 2002 bike with, say, Chorus 10 has the relative maintainance needs of an
Alfa-Romeo. A number of riders in my region admit that they have fixed
gear/single speed bikes because they don't like the speed with which their
derailleur bikes need new chains, cassettes, and cable maintainance!
David Felman
Vancouver, WA >>
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