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Old 02-06-2009, 03:10 PM   #44 (permalink)
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"a little but you'd have more gear for less weight... the whole idea is based on the thought more gears is a good thing."

If a drivetrain with a stick trans loses about 15% efficiency, adding another trans will surely lose more than a percent or two in addition to that.

We should examine this thought about more gears being a good thing. Perhaps it isn't?
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