(1) I had to ease back on the pedals to allow the chain to drop down a sprocket , but having lost that momentum I couldn't get it going again before the line.

(2) Whatever crisis engulfs the country, at least you know that the engine is turning over smoothly, every sprocket interlocking, the gears changing so imperceptibly that all you can hear is the ticking of the clock.

(3) Along the way today, I did have a bit of bother with my 11-tooth sprocket , so I drifted back for a wheel change.

(4) One of the drive chains jumped the sprocket and the team could not fix it.

(5) Older projectors had to be threaded manually, with the user placing the film around the sprocket wheels , through the film gate and around the various spindles and guides.

(6) The small sprocket wheel in turn is coupled to the ratchet wheel, which allows only the uni-directional rotation of the ratchet sleeve shaft.

(7) Worn chains and sprockets may be working improperly long before they actually break.

(8) The sprocket wheel is attached to the rear wheel, which thus also rotates 2 times a second.

(9) All of the moving parts are fully enclosed so you have got no chance of sprockets or drive shafts whirring around or anything like that.

(10) Modern aluminium sprocket wheels are so light, he says, that doubling their size is relatively unimportant.

(11) If the chain has not fallen off the sprocket wheel , its movement may be obstructed by something.