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Old 11-27-2011, 09:17 PM   #23 (permalink)
some_other_dave
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Taller gears are often quite expensive. You can invert the gear ratios by exchanging the drive and driven gears on the shafts, which can get you a few more ratios. But you're stuck on 2nd gear because it is a part of the main shaft, so you can't change it. And the gear sets that invert to nice 5th-gear ratios can be pretty expensive.

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