jim haseltine
Senior Retro Guru
And with the Maillards you could spin the splined sprockets to get more life from them.
Cogwalls, remember those. ya' know, when you wear out that cog you always used. what happened¿
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bikeworkshop
Senior Retro Guru
Those freewheels cost the best part of a day's wages iirc - but increase in gear numbers, standards and the growth of popularity of indexing means that there are probably 10x more differences in the sprockets now.
So we've got greater variety in a cheaper product, makes it hard to support the supply chain, knowledge, storage and display.
(Hard but not impossible)
I've bought the final remains of quite a few bike shops, (including Overburys) and found that the sprocket wall was usually still there, dusty as anything, untouched for decades, usually the 16, 18 pegs forlornly empty
It's been replaced by the Disc Pad wall, which may also go the same way one day.
We did replace the smaller 4 sprockets on a shimano 11 speed due to wear the other day. About 1/3 the price of the 'days wages' cassette.
Took about an hour to get all the part numbers
But that does indicate that some fast wearing sprockets are becoming replaceable again.
So we've got greater variety in a cheaper product, makes it hard to support the supply chain, knowledge, storage and display.
(Hard but not impossible)
I've bought the final remains of quite a few bike shops, (including Overburys) and found that the sprocket wall was usually still there, dusty as anything, untouched for decades, usually the 16, 18 pegs forlornly empty
It's been replaced by the Disc Pad wall, which may also go the same way one day.
We did replace the smaller 4 sprockets on a shimano 11 speed due to wear the other day. About 1/3 the price of the 'days wages' cassette.
Took about an hour to get all the part numbers
But that does indicate that some fast wearing sprockets are becoming replaceable again.
ChromeChainstay
Retro Guru
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Still a sprocket 
novocaine
Old School Grand Master
or a wheel.Still a sprocket
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Not heard that term for a sprocket before, everyday a school dayor a wheel.
Edit I've seen the term sprocket wheel though.
novocaine
Old School Grand Master
chainwheel is pretty common to. I think it depends where you use it, some of the factories I worked in everybody called them wheels, which leads to fun conversations about re-wheeling a compressorNot heard that term for a sprocket before, everyday a school day
Edit I've seen the term sprocket wheel though.
ChromeChainstay
Retro Guru
i've had one cup of coffee, a redbull and now drinking a diet coke • all in 40 minutes, just to deal with the banter' in this thread
novocaine
Old School Grand Master
you need to come in to the inner, you'll need something far harder after that.
Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Chainwheel is common as you say, I think "wheel" is maybe used for multiples or trains of? Quite interesting though.chainwheel is pretty common to. I think it depends where you use it, some of the factories I worked in everybody called them wheels, which leads to fun conversations about re-wheeling a compressor
