Austere.
The design and workings of this gear mech are extremely well thought out. It's pins are free of play and the springs provide powerful resistance delivered smoothly throughout the range of the gear movements. It's crude resin pulleys run on lovely big bronze bushes and the 10mm nut anchor bolt would certainly hold the cable secure if it hadn't crushed it to death first.
The cage plates are some 4mm thick and beyond the cutout style of many other gear mechs, there is little in the way of finishing prowess. All of the mech is superbly over engineered and overall finish has been of little importance in the manufacturing process. It's a beast of a gear mech and one I would very much like to try out.
Austere.
The design and workings of this gear mech are extremely well thought out. It's pins are free of play and the springs provide powerful resistance delivered smoothly throughout the range of the gear movements. It's crude resin pulleys run on lovely big bronze bushes and the 10mm nut anchor bolt would certainly hold the cable secure if it hadn't crushed it to death first.
The cage plates are some 4mm thick and beyond the cutout style of many other gear mechs, there is little in the way of finishing prowess. All of the mech is superbly over engineered and overall finish has been of little importance in the manufacturing process. It's a beast of a gear mech and one I would very much like to try out.