Chapter 11 Bicycle Transmissions

Bremen Town Hall, one of the most important Gothic buildings in Europe, is more than 600 years old and is a testament to the autonomy and sovereignty of the citizens of Bremen during the Holy Roman Empire.

The statue of Roland in front of the Bremen City Hall also has a long history, Roland, is the chief knight of the 12 paladins under Charlemagne, the first paladin in history, has impeccable virtues, and has made immortal contributions to the creation of the short and glorious Charlemagne Empire.

At this time, Hitler was in front of the statue of Roland to introduce the city of Bremen to Fuisa.

After the Christmas truce, Bock and Hitler met once, Bock rewarded Hitler for the last action to protect the dam, and gave Hitler a long vacation of a week, Hitler decided to go to Bremen to visit Jonas on this holiday, but Hitler actually met Fuisa on the train, it turned out that Fuisa also went to Bremen, and after a day of travel in Bremen, she would go directly back to the United States by boat to visit relatives.

It is winter, but in the temperate maritime climate, Bremen is not cold, whether it is winter in December, or in summer in August and September, the temperature in Bremen has been kept between 17 degrees and 25 degrees.

The two walked through the church of St. Petri, built a thousand years ago, and walked on the narrow blue brick road of Bertsey Street in the old city, with ancient buildings on both sides, like walking in a medieval town, simple handicraft workshops, exquisite antique shops, the two of them watched carefully, and when they were tired of shopping, they could also have a drink and rest in the century-old tavern on the side of the street.

Hitler only felt relaxed and happy, the two walked all the way to play, the atmosphere was romantic, accidentally, the back of the two hands collided together, and quickly pulled away, Hitler's heart pounded, glanced at Fuisa, and found that she was also flushed.

Bremerhaven is one of the largest fishing ports in Europe, and time passes without even realizing it, as fishing boats come in and out.

It would be nice to be together forever and visit all the cities in Europe.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Hitler and Fuisa went to Jonas's house, not far from the city of Bremen.

Hitler did not expect that Jonas's father, Dembucci Jonas, ran a bicycle factory, which was small and had only forty employees, but he was still a bourgeoisie.

The Jonas family warmly received Hitler and Fuisa, to Hitler's surprise, he was also a foodie, and their family arranged a sumptuous dinner for Hitler and the two, such as caviar and French foie gras, which Hitler had never heard of, and never seen the food, which made Hitler's heart moved, and the rest were like German sausages, French wine, and British barbecue, each of which was a delicacy that could make Hitler crazy, Bremen was close to the ocean, and seafood was not a precious ingredient, zander perch, trout, lobster, Crabs, these seafood are as common as Chinese cabbage.

This meal was arguably the best dinner Hitler had ever had.

The next day, Jonas accompanied Hitler to visit their factory, at this time the German factory was already very advanced, with product outsourcing, decentralized production of these models, Jonas and their factory is to do bicycle assembly and chain production, as for the rest of the tires, brakes, cushions, etc., are produced in the rest of the factory.

"It's not going to be a good year for business!" Jonas said with a little melancholy that the First World War caused economic tension around the world, and the state invested its economic budget in the military industry, and the rest of the enterprises were less supported. The people at the bottom want to save some money, which leads to a decrease in the sales of enterprise products, and the products cannot be sold, and the enterprises and their families are naturally unhappy, and some even cannot afford to pay wages, so that the workers also reduce consumption, and the economy is even worse.

Hitler observed his factory, and it was true, that the bicycles were placed in the factory, and the bicycles were covered with a little bit of dust, and the bicycles were placed in the whole factory, and it was clear that they could not be sold.

On the land belonging to the factory, some people were cultivating corn, and Hitler began to think that they were farmers, but he did not expect Jonas to say that they were all their workers, because there was nothing to do, so they planted some food to subsidize the family.

"It's not just us, I think a lot of companies in Germany are in trouble." Jonas shrugged and said, what he said was the truth, only military enterprises can make money in wartime, and it is good if other enterprises can not lose money.

The reason was not only because everyone saved money, but also because the blockade of Germany by Britain and France was also an important factor, and this blockade was mutual, and Britain and France did not have a good time under the threat of German submarines.

Several countries are struggling, and as long as they survive the end of the war, the country's economy will recover.

Hitler looked at their bikes and asked, "Why don't your bikes have a transmission?" ”

"Transmission? It's better not to have a transmission on your bike. Jonas said strangely.

Hitler only learned after asking that although the bicycle transmission had been invented at this time, the bicycle transmission at this time was a two-speed transmission, and these two speeds were still two speeds of the front pedal gears, and the speed of the car was adjusted with a wire wire, which was completely different from the transmissions of later generations.

So, most of the bikes at this time didn't have a transmission, they were all a gear. If you install a transmission, it is not only costly, but also has little effect, so it is better not to.

The function of the bicycle transmission is to adapt the bicycle to different terrain sections, by changing the position of the chain on the gear disc to control the force of the pedaling, with this design, the bicycle can get a good experience whether it is climbing up or down the hill.

The important accessories of the bicycle transmission are the rear transmission, and the shift is mainly realized because of the rear transmission, the rear transmission is composed of the spring load turning point invented by the French in 1944, the inclined parallelogram structure invented by the Japanese in 1964, and the tension wheel invented during World War II.

Hitler's family was not a well-known family, his father was only a mechanic, and occasionally helped the neighbor's children repair bicycles, and he also had a bicycle as a child, so he was very familiar with bicycles.

After he told Jonas the concepts of the shift line, rotation point, parallelogram structure, spring load rotation point, guide wheel, guide plate, tension wheel and other concepts in the bicycle transmission, Jonas was full of shock, and he never expected Hitler to be proficient in this knowledge. He hurriedly called the workers, recruited excellent mechanics, and experimented on the lathe.

Jonas has an excellent mechanic, the mechanic on the lathe three five divided by two on the bicycle rear transmission made, although there are no drawings, only according to Hitler's dictation, the process is a little troublesome, the production of products is a little strange, but finally produced, the rear transmission is installed on the bicycle, and then install the speed line, a bicycle that has never been seen before!

"That's good, Hitler, you're so smart!" After a lap on the mountain, Jonas gave Hitler a thumbs up, and Hitler smiled shyly and rode his bike for a lap, which was really good, no different from the bikes of later generations, but still a little bumpy.

Jolt?

By the way, you can use a bicycle shock absorber!

Hitler told Jonas about the concept of bicycle shock absorbers, and Jonas grew his mouth: "Hitler, you are definitely a genius, don't go back to the army, just stay at my house and develop a bicycle with me, maybe you can develop a flying bicycle in the future." ”

Fuisa also smiled, standing slimly under the plane tree, she said: "It's not easy to develop a flying bicycle, just install the bicycle directly on the airplane." ”

Everyone joked in the factory, the mechanic installed the shock absorber on the bicycle according to Hitler's requirements, the shock absorber Hitler did not know very well, but fortunately at this time there were already car shock absorbers, plus the experience of the workers, so a few hours later, an epoch-making bicycle was born.

Hitler's movements can be said to have alarmed the whole factory, at this time, dozens of people inside and outside are looking at this bicycle, Jonas's father Dembucci personally test rode this bicycle, he said: "This bicycle is perfect, in the future, we will produce this kind of bicycle, I believe that this bicycle will cause a sensation in the market, our factory will definitely turn losses into wins, so that everyone can afford to eat!" ”

Hitler was not sure about Dembucci's words, but he believed that with this type of bicycle, Jonas and his factory would definitely have an overwhelming advantage in the industry.

Dembucci originally wanted to call the name of the bicycle "Hitler", but Hitler dared not accept it, and finally everyone agreed to name it "Hitler" bicycle, the first word is the first word of Hitler's name, and the last two words are the last two words of the city of Bremen.

In winter, the evening always gets dark very quickly, as if it is a trick, and the "whoosh" sound enters the night, and the elm and plane trees sway and fall, like swings, and naughty children sit on them and laugh and play. The sound of the cold evening breeze blowing through the leaves is refreshing, and every time the wind comes, Fuisa always listens attentively, this scene is beautiful.

Fuisha says it's time for her to go.

Jonas drove and Hitler sent Fuisa to Bremerhaven to board the ship, and the two of them did not fight like before along the way, and they both felt a little reluctant in their hearts, but there was no way, Fuisa had to go home to see his grandfather.

"I'll be back soon!" Fuisha smiled slightly: "Before I come back, you have to learn the piano, I prefer boys who play the piano." ”

Can't I know how to play the piano with the boy I like?

Hitler was stunned, was Fuisha hinting at something?

On the way back, Hitler was in a state of distraction, thinking about Fuisa all the time, thinking crankily and messing up. In fact, the relationship between the two was still very good, for example, when he was bored in the trenches, Hitler would write letters to Fuisa, and on one vacation, Hitler played in the Fuisa Hospital for two days, and Fuisa was very happy that Hitler could come to the hospital.

Has love come to me?

Hitler shook his head, not convinced.

The more I thought about it, the more chaotic I became, and I couldn't sleep when I went back to Jonas's house, causing Jonas to exclaim when he saw Hitler the next day: "Chinese panda! ”

"What a Chinese panda, I didn't sleep well." Hitler said angrily.

After a hearty breakfast with Jonas and his family, Hitler and Jonas inspected the bicycle production line. Jonas said: "Yesterday my father went to apply for a patent, and the name of the patent is yours. ”

Hitler nodded, the Jonas family was very generous and sensible, they were not greedy in the face of patent rights, if they wrote their names on the patents, they would definitely make a big profit, and the bicycle factory would definitely be bigger and stronger.

The Jonas family thus gained Hitler's trust.

Hitler said to Jonas: "I want to sell a batch of bicycles to the German army. ”

"German troops?" Jonas shook his head and said, "How can we get the German army to buy our bikes?" I don't think it's as good as more publicity in the newspapers. ”

Hitler thought of Bock, Bock's uncle is now Falkingham, but he is the chief of the German General Staff, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, as long as Falkingham is explained, then the German Army may be able to purchase bicycles.

Jonas smirked: "It's best to let the army buy bicycles, we Germans admire the military, if the military also rides our bicycles, it is a living advertisement." In this way, our Hillamen bikes will definitely dominate Germany and spread all over Europe! ”

Hitler patted Jonas in a smirk: "Help me prepare a chemistry laboratory." ”

"Chemistry lab? What do you use it for? Are you still a chemist? Jonas's eyes widened.

"Yes, I am a disciple of Lavoisier."