Gearing
81operational gearing — operational leverage The ratio of a company s fixed costs to its total costs. The higher the level of operational gearing, the greater the risk, since fixed costs have to be covered before a profit can be recorded …
82alpine gearing — A gearing system in which a shift between chainwheels on a bicycle is equivalent to one and a half shifts on the freewheel …
83half step gearing — See half step gearing …
84half-step gearing — A gearing system of a bicycle in which a shift between chainrings in a double chainring set is equivalent to half a gear step on the freewheel …
85range gearing — See wide range gearing …
86reduction gearing — See double reduction gearing …
87wide range gearing — See wide range gearing …
88wide-range gearing — A gearing system in which the step between the two chainrings is considerably greater than that found in most other systems …
89wide step gearing — See wide step gearing …
90wide-step gearing — A gearing system in which the step between the two chainrings is considerably greater than that found in most other systems …