Cogs and sprockets.

[gazza285]

Try not to confuse the two.

These are cogs.






This is a sprocket. Chainwheel is an acceptable alternative.






This is a cassette of sprockets.

[Birdthom]

Guilty as charged.

[Jobbo]

gazza285 said:

These are cogs.

They're not cogs, they're gears

[gazza285]

Jobbo said:

They're not cogs, they're gears

And you are a cocksprocket

[Mr Will]

Jobbo said:

They're not cogs, they're gears

Correct. And both gears and sprockets have cogs...

[gazza285]

Mr Will said:

Correct. And both gears and sprockets have cogs...

Sprockets have teeth, not cogs. Cogs are the teeth on a gear wheel and engage on other cogs on another gear directly.

[littleandy0410]

[BadgerBenji]

And you need no more than one on the front and one on the back

[WarrenG]

gazza285 said:

Try not to confuse the two.

This is a sprocket. Chainwheel is an acceptable alternative.

No, that is a chain-ring, to go on a chainset (or crankset, depending on viewpoint.)

gazza285 said:

Try not to confuse the two.

This is a cassette of sprockets.

and seeing as you used a set of Campy 'cogs' I thought Campy should name them - er;

Campagnolo said:

Thanks to the electronic evolution of the Multi-shifting technology which is already used in the mechanical units, it is possible to obtain multi shifting with 11 gear-cogs.

Thanks to the use of a sophisticated electronic system, by keeping levers 2 or 3 pressed down it is possible to continuously change gear upward or downward, by up to 11 sprockets with a single action of the levers.

There are no longer any limits to Multi-shifting and the choice is at the fingertips of the cyclist.
here

are we there yet?

Edited by WarrenG on Friday 23 August 05:20

[Jobbo]

WarrenG said:

and seeing as you used a set of Campy 'cogs' I thought Campy should name them - er;

Campagnolo said:

Thanks to the electronic evolution of the Multi-shifting technology which is already used in the mechanical units, it is possible to obtain multi shifting with 11 gear-cogs.

Campag could call the cassette 'a basket of frogs' if they wanted - that wouldn't turn it into a wicker holder full of amphibians. Those are sprockets because they are designed to mesh with a chain.

[Fluffsri]

You need to get out on your bike more and turn some gears/sprockets/chainrings

[WarrenG]

Jobbo said:

Campag could call the cassette 'a basket of frogs' if they wanted - that wouldn't turn it into a wicker holder full of amphibians. Those are sprockets because they are designed to mesh with a chain.

Bureaucrat Jobbo, you are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct! You are promoted to the next level of civil servant.

[gazza285]

The last bike I had with cogs was a Raleigh Grifter.