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the toothed wheel that turns your effort into motion without ever slipping a beat
means A wheel or cylinder with teeth around its rim that mesh with a chain, belt, or film to transmit motion or pull material along precisely.
from The word surfaces in English first as the name for a triangular wooden bracket or projecting timber, and its earlier history is genuinely murky — possibly related to 'sprout,' the idea being something that juts or pokes out. By the 19th century, with bicycles and chain-driven machines spreading, the name for a jutting tooth-shaped projection naturally migrated to the toothed wheel whose teeth do exactly that: stick out and grab.
- chain talk
- Teeth grip chains, not smooth belts like pulleys
- bike brains
- More rear sprockets means easier hill climbing
- film roots
- Once dragged film strips through movie projectors
- name origin
- Word may stem from a pointed iron spike
- wear sign
- Sharp hooked teeth mean it is dying
chainring — bicycle crankset sprocket, typically 32-52 teeth on road bikes
cassette sprocket — rear wheel sprocket stack on bikes, ranging 11-32 teeth depending on gearing
motorcycle engine sprocket — transfers power from crankshaft in motorbikes like harley-davidson and honda models