{"id":19854,"date":"2018-11-01T09:33:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T13:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=19854"},"modified":"2018-11-01T09:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T13:33:03","slug":"got-a-match-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/19854","title":{"rendered":"Got a match?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m resurrecting a format from the past because the high-wheeler post got me thinking about cylinders jam-packed with complex bits.<\/p>\n<p>The Curta calculator first came onto my radar screen as I read William Gibson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2DfYUMx\">Pattern Recognition<\/a>. &#8211; a Curta is used in a swap: calculator for decrypted info. At the time, I was working at a boarding school in central NH; when I mentioned this odd calculator to a math teacher, he said, offhandedly, &#8220;Oh, I know about those! In fact I think there&#8217;s one up in the attic.&#8221; We searched, but no joy. So I&#8217;ve yet to see one in person but that has not stopped me from coveting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Type II Curta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wkratz\/9061769763\/in\/photolist-aY8o6r-aY8osM-D3QKco-4ozfSn-eNXnud-aC63hC-B5zSb-9RWSg-6mNJx5-fq8Esj-fq8yuN-eNKWrH-5XEKXQ-hZwrqU-hZw952-qbMS76-4YuCdF-95yrKD-61kt52-4JZERw-u2eaDc-fpTjSt\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2844\/9061769763_936acaf583_z.jpg\" alt=\"Type II Curta\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Curta Type II<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcalc.net\/cu.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19856\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Master24a-16m-pp7-1175x768-1024x669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Master24a-16m-pp7-1175x768-1024x669.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Master24a-16m-pp7-1175x768-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Master24a-16m-pp7-1175x768-768x502.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Master24a-16m-pp7-1175x768-459x300.jpg 459w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Master24a-16m-pp7-1175x768.jpg 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Parts and a look inside<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you saw the match coming a mile away &#8211; the second cool cylinder is the Rohloff Speedhub. Beautiful. intricate, robust and functional (it&#8217;s 14 speeds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rohloff.de\/fileadmin\/_processed_\/4\/1\/csm_uebersetzungsvergleich.en_f98f104511.jpg\">are evenly stepped<\/a> &#8211; something that other internally geared hubs can&#8217;t pull off) &#8211; what&#8217;s not to love? Oh, yeah, as mentioned below, the price. Throwing caution to the wind and setting another wad of cash on fire, the &#8216;before&#8217; Rohloff photo is an example with a Phil Wood hub shell. I have no idea how much the Phil shell would add to the price, but omg it&#8217;s lovely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philwoodco.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/16\/36-hole-phil-wood-hub-shell-for-rohloff-hub\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19857\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rohloff-hub1-1-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rohloff-hub1-1-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rohloff-hub1-1-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rohloff-hub1-1-768x509.jpg 768w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rohloff-hub1-1-453x300.jpg 453w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/rohloff-hub1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Phil shell gives you spoke count options &#8211; the std Rohloff is 32 spoke drilling only<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Speedhub\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/doncoyote\/38551892860\/in\/album-72157692836430024\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4662\/38551892860_50c86d044b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Speedhub\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A repeat from the Ordinary post &#8211; Rohloff cutaway from my trip to NAHBS<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rohloff.de\/en\/service\/downloads\/miscellaneous\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19860\" src=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/csm_explosion_speedhub_2011_d151aee5e8-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/csm_explosion_speedhub_2011_d151aee5e8-1024x724.png 1024w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/csm_explosion_speedhub_2011_d151aee5e8-300x212.png 300w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/csm_explosion_speedhub_2011_d151aee5e8-768x543.png 768w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/csm_explosion_speedhub_2011_d151aee5e8-424x300.png 424w, http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/csm_explosion_speedhub_2011_d151aee5e8.png 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>And a very exploded view!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My current &#8216;one bike to rule them all&#8217; fantasy starts with a Speedhub-equipped <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumbleweed.cc\/\">Tumbleweed Prospector<\/a> frame, 27.5 Plus tires, a big basket up front for teckels, a big saddlebag in back and some sort of trailer for hauling beehives around exurban Quebec. A boy can dream&#8230; And if I went that route, I guess I&#8217;d have to budget in the money to eBay myself a Curta as well!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m resurrecting a format from the past because the high-wheeler post got me thinking about cylinders jam-packed with complex bits. The Curta calculator first came onto my radar screen as I read William Gibson&#8217;s Pattern Recognition. &#8211; a Curta is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/19854\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gearheadism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqxx-5ae","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19854"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19862,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19854\/revisions\/19862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}