Just a couple fun little additions for my collection, courtesy of @exodus
I can’t wait to try this new Final Fantasy game on my PlayStation 2!
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I also received an @exodus package today!
Happy to dig into this stuff soon, esp. the pc engine stuff and the namco anthologies. Thanks again!
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You’re gonna have a lot of fun with at least four of those!
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We posting @exodus pickups? Super stoked for these. Thanks again!
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Part of my ongoing mission to spend spend spend on my bike, this is a Sturmey-Archer CS-RK3 hybrid gearing rear hub - it’s got a 3-speed internal gear system as well as mounting splines for a cassette. This’ll replace the front derailleur on my bike (alternatively, I could keep the front derailleur and have a 72-speed bike) and allow me to change gears while stationary, which is the main thing I wanted it for because my recumbent bike is very hard to start in too high of a gear and sometimes I forget to downshift when stopping (or have to brake suddenly and don’t get the chance).
Not sure if this will be of interest to anyone else but here’s how this thing works: there are several rings that can each move separately. There are three sets of pawls (spring loaded levers that will push the next ring outwards along with the ring they’re mounted on when moving in one direction, but will drop out of the way when moving in the other direction - this type of mechanism is what makes the clicking noise when you stop peddling on a non-fixed gear bike), which I’ve circled. The one on the right (on the gear ring) and the one at the bottom (on the planet cage) both push the outer shell which is what makes the wheel turn, and the one at the upper left (on the driver) pushes the gear ring that the pawl at the upper right is mounted to.
Power comes into the hub from the driver, marked with a 1. This has the geared rear cassette on it on the outside of the hub, and connects via splines to the clutch (marked with a 2) and via pawls to the gear ring. The clutch is pushed onto the planet cage (the bit at the bottom with the orange planet gears and also the black ring with the lowest pawl on it), but connects to a chain that runs through the inside of the axle and itself connects to the shifter cable - pulling the shifter cable moves the clutch away from the planet cage and changes gear. You can’t really see it in this picture but the pins holding the planet gears into the planet cage protrude towards the clutch, and when the clutch is flush against the cage power is transmitted from the external gears via the driver to the clutch to turn the cage via these pins. Inside the planet gears is a sun gear, fixed to the axle - it causes the planet gears to rotate as they orbit it, which in turn moves the ring gear. The ring gear moves at a faster rate than the planet cage (this isn’t exactly the correct explanation, but rest your palm on a ball on a flat surface and move it forwards - the ball doesn’t go as far as your hand. This is kind of the same but in reverse), and the pawl at the right moves the shell and thus the wheel at the same increased speed. The other two pawls are also engaged, but the driver and planet cage are moving slower than the ring gear and hub and so you hear a click as they get pushed down and spring out by the faster rotation of the outer structures. That’s third gear, where I’ll be trapped if my shifter breaks - the hub outputs 4/3 of the rotation it gets as input.
Next is second gear, reached by tightening the shifter until the clutch is pulled out of contact from the planet cage. This is relatively simple - the two upper pawls are engaged and transmit rotation from the driver to the gear ring to the shell and so the wheel rotates at the same rate as the external gears. In this gear the planet gear is still rotating, but it is driven by the ring gear pushing the planet gears, so the rate of rotation is decreased instead of increased. The lowest pawl will produce a click as the faster rotating shell overruns it.
Then we have first gear, where the clutch is pulled up as far as it will go. This is the same as second gear, except that the broad base of the clutch pushes on the back of the ring gear pawls and disengages them, so power is not transmitted to the shell. Instead, the ring gear drives the planet gears which cause the planet cage to rotate at 3/4 the speed of the input rotation and the planet cage pawls drive the shell. The wheel moves slower than the external gears, and for once there is no clicking.
Hopefully all that is of interest and makes sense to someone. And uh, correct. I’m still waiting on a some other bits before I can put it on my bike, particularly a shifter - this hub is designed to work with mountain bike front shifters instead of standard Stuckey Archer ones, which is very annoying as it means I’m not actually sure the shifter I bought for it will be compatible - I want bar end shifters and most front bar ends are friction rather than indexed. Having the clutch in the wrong place risks damaging the hub so I don’t want to use friction. Anyway, I’m sure I’ll figure it out eventually.
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Good stuff! I recently picked up this Specialized Diverge Carbon bike, but that technically doesn’t fit this thread because I didn’t get it delivered, haha
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BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
I’m visiting Winnipeg in late June so I looked (as one does) for some architecture guides for there, and it turns out there are quite a few nice ones! Winnipeg, who would’ve guessed, has some of the best preserved terra cotta fronted late 19th/early 20th century high rises in North America! Oh and also some of the best preserved brutalist works in Canada. So I got these from the very cool Winnipeg Architecture Foundation:
And based on @MoH 's recommendation, I got Project Japan: Metabolism Talks (not technically in the mail since I picked it up in person, but… oh well). The local nice bookstore wraps ordered books in brown paper, which feels very old fashioned to me:
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Ooo the wrapped in brown paper is a nice touch. Enjoy!
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Lots of good stuff in that book on Kenzo Tange
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Nice! He’s a favourite and too much of the english language writing on him deals with his later (and less interesting to me) career.
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These two cuties just arrived in the mail from @exodus completely out of the goodness of his heart… I was only expecting one, two is a surprise!! TY again!!!
Onto the shelf they goooo
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Hooray! You can get rid of the second if you want to - basically what happened was (some time last year) I saw FDS kikikaikai for like 4 bucks on surugaya, but it had no j-card/cover. I ordered it anyway. Then later, I saw it again! But with the j-card! This time it was 5 bucks! So I ordered it too. It’s always nice to see someone’s very specific collection grow, so I had to do it. Woo~
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Oh don’t worry of course I’m gonna keep it!! More is better, always…
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Seriously though no need to keep doubles! I figured if maybe one didn’t work it’d be good to have a backup til you know for certain.
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More plush sharks arrived from AfternoonFika! Maybe I will pick up the one I’m missing from them (watermelon whale shark) in the future.
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Oh dang nice collection. I‘m still missing Kiki Kaikai 2 (plus maybe two or three other games*) to basically own every SFC / SNES cart I want. One day.
*if you’re like me you can’t read that and not want to know what they are. They’re S.O.S. / Septentrion, Skyblazer, Harvest Moon and maybe Undercover Cops. But not too fond of that last one and also ACAB.
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I got a Labubu in the mail for my GF straight from popmart. Don’t ask me how I got it!
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You sold a kidney
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