The Modern bicycle and its accessories; a complete reference book for rider, dealer, and maker (1898)
Schwalbach, Alexander, Wilcox, Julius, Commercial advertiser association, New York · New York, The Commercial advertiser association · leaf 82
hetherit should be on the sprocket at all. Allagree that it is useful in stiffening thesprocket laterally, and some, includingsome of the best chain makers, argue thatit ought to be placed below the reach of thechain, for if the chain touches it and wearsit away, the chain will sink below its… … 61 BRIDGEPORT DETACHABLE. shroud has helped support the chain; some-times it has been kept out of reach of thechain, and sometimes it has been cut awaywhere the ends of the side-plates come. The pins are, of course, fixed in the links,but form a bearing within the ends of theblocks. To have these…
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