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    Rapid Rise vs. Front Freewheel (or both?)

    These are both obsolete Shimano technologies. I've used them both (separately and together). There are some similarities, and a couple differences. I'm still using them on current bikes. A 2004 MTB Ebike conversion, and a 2004 XC softtail converted to 1x11. WTH is it? Front Freewheel System...
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    Shimano Front Freewheels System '70s tech.

    1970s Schwin FFS vs. Di2. video. I did a search here for this and found nothing. Raleigh did some bikes with it but Schwinn and other US builders used it quite a bit. https://rode-bike.com/shimano-front-freewheel-system/ Some of us are adding this to mid drive Ebikes (which already have the...
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    Chain lube science.

    I know chain lube discussions can be like religion for a lot of people. At Zero Frictiob Cycling it's a science. They test chains and lubrcants and publish the results. They earn their living offering the best of these to racers. They call ZFC "where good lubricants go to die" because of how...
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