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  1. Xref: sparky rec.bicycles.misc:1815 rec.bicycles.tech:2877
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!ames!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!bg055
  3. From: bg055@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Stewart Rowe)
  4. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech
  5. Subject: Re: Automatic transmissions for bikes
  6. Date: 31 Dec 1992 16:12:40 GMT
  7. Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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  13. Mr. Whitmore's experience reminded me that, about 1960, a Dutch
  14. mini-car was sold with a continuously variable belt drive.
  15. Right, V-belts! You need a driving and a driven variable-pitch
  16. shive, and connect these with some device to adjust them
  17. according to load applied. Sounds like it would have the same
  18. problems Mr. Whitmore mentioned, though.
  19.