Precision engineers’ components: Bicycle parts
Precision engineers have a major role to play in the manufacture of human powered vehicles. In an industry where products have to be machined to very detailed specifications and where there is very little margin for error there is no other way to get the parts you need than to leave it to the professionals.
There are dozens of components on any given bicycle which have been machined by precision engineers. The chainset (or crank) is a major component which needs to be refined to precise dimensions. The chain ring itself needs to have teeth cut into it to move the chain and propel the bike, and if it is more than a single speed bike (and therefore has three chain rings on the chainset) special teeth will be cut into the smaller rings at intervals to help change gear. The rear cassette is similarly sophisticated. The only way of getting such detail is by using the services of precision engineers. Other big parts which will have been in the hands of precision engineers include the wheel hubs and rims (which need holes in the right places for using spokes) and some components like the free hub which the rear sprocket locks into have such tiny tolerances that they will have to be machined by professionals.
It is not just metal parts which need to be sophisticated. Pulley wheels and chain guides are often used on recumbent bicycles and tricycles (where the rider is in a reclined position) to guide the chains (as they are longer than chains on upright bikes and need guides and rotating wheels to prevent them from sagging). These are best made from plastic due to its lightness and smoothness. However these parts also need to have the right dimensions to stop the chain from snagging and to allow for mounting on the chassis, so precision engineers are needed. Even tiny components need to be given some treatment by precision engineers. Things such as the individual links in chains, cable guides and bearings fall into this bracket.
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