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- From: freshair@iastate.edu (James W Gregory)
- Subject: take this bike quiz.....
- Message-ID: <freshair.724970697@pv0c03.vincent.iastate.edu>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:44:57 GMT
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- HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR BIKE? TAKE THIS QUIZ----->
-
- 1) How many links are in your chain?
- 2) How many teeth are on each of your front and rear sprockets? If
- you were to shift sequentially forward thru all your gears, what would
- be the shift pattern?
- 3) How many ball bearings are in your front axle? Bottom bracket?
- Headset? Freewheel (or freehub?)
- 4) What is the diameter of each of these ball bearings?
- 5) What size wrench would (do) you use to tighten your brake cable?
- derailleur cables?
- 6) How wide is your bottom bracket?
- 7) How long is your handlebar stem?
- 8) What is the wheelbase of your bike? How much does your bike
- weigh?
- 9) What is the tooth capacity of your front derailleur? rear
- derailleur?
- 10) What is the surface area of your brake shoes (in sq cm)?
-
- score: 10 = Excellent (what do you do--sleep with your bike?)
- 7-9 = Very Good (Good candidate for a bicycle mechanic)
- 4-6 = Better than average
- 1-3 = Fair (Need to spend more time working on the 'ol bike..)
- 0 = Needs improvement (Get to work!)
-
- P.S. I'm afraid I only fall into the "fair" catagory on this quiz :-(
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