Sometimes, you do not fully appreciate why something is the way it is till you try to do it differently (as a writer and a lover of books, I hope that may be the lasting effect of e-readers such as the Kindle: they will make people appreciate just what a clever piece of technology a … Continue reading Gearing dreams and reality (another one for epicyclists)
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In the belly of the beast
This one is for hard-core hub-gear fans - epicyclists? - only. It shows the dismantling of my hundred-year-old Sunbeam 'Newill' hub, which I did a few years ago. At the moment, the sequence is on Flickr as a set, and some of the shots are a bit dark, though if you blow them up, you … Continue reading In the belly of the beast


