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Re: LEGO design patterns... you know, there's a book in that, I'm sure of it!
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:25:10 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> No, you're spot on. Gears and chain drives are both viable ways of transmitting
> power... but the real trick is to know when each one is a good choice, It's not
> even enough just to say "chains are good for bikes and gears are good for
> cars".... you need to be able to extend that knowledge about bicycles into what
> are the specific characteristics that make chains well suited so that you can
> generalise and extend. Why are BMW motorcycles shaft drive? Why are Harleys
> chain drive? They're both equally closely related to bicycles, or so it would
> seem.
LOL actually most (all?) Harleys are belt drive. When is belt drive a better
option?
But I agree a compendium of such "secrets" would be a good thing. But it'd take
a lot of time & effort to compile, and that's after you've taken the abstract
"secrets" from the peoples minds, and expressed them in words, which I find very
difficult to do with some of my "secrets".
ROSCO
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