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Step 73-spd axle set-up
This is where I made a mistake to some degree. I chose a three speed axle from a J.C. Penney bicycle where the chain is pulled out, to change gears by a cable that comes straight out. The problem with this is that you have a cable bowing out from the side about where you feet are and its way to easy to snag on something as you go by, or slip/trip off the pegs or patios and get your foot caught in it and get dragged, etc. So what I did was just select one of the three gears by pulling on the chain and leaving it there. Also I wasn't at that time sure how I was gonna tighten up a peg with a cable going, or coming out of it. What I found out later is that if I used one of those little kids, 12" bicycle wheels, with the sprocket attached, it gave about the same torque, or speed as the second gear did. Dooh! The modified pulley still would fit that sprocket as well. Now on second thought, I may have just used that 12" bicycle wheel sprocket and all, or tried one of those Sears 3-spd bicycle sprockets, where to change gears, you turn a grip on the handle bars and it pulls a cable that runs parallel or flush with the wheel and changes gears with a ratchet type mechanism. This would all be neat, and snug under the patios. One, if they have the money, might try one of those Shimano hubs with 3, or 7 gears, but they are quite expensive. I believe the Penney's one was a Sturmy-Archer.
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