Why is a Jockey wheel called a Jockey wheel ? ....
It's those things that can be used to raise the height of caravans and trailers easily.
Just wondered where they get the name from.
In message , whisky-dave writes
I had vaguely thought it came from the expression jockeying into position, but perhaps the expression came from the wheel?
GIYF
"struggle by every available means to gain or achieve something."
a person who pilots, operates, or guides the movement of something, as an airplane or automobile.
Informal. to operate or guide the movement of; pilot; drive.
Like the bloke on an 'orse you mean .
I guess that makes sense, Jimmy saville jockeyed his way into young boys and girls, yep makes perfect sense now being a DJ too :-)
Similar to football scouts from what I was listening too last night.
So the jockey is a man who jockeys, not the other way around.
Well I can think of one, but it is rather sizist, so I won't mention it. Brian
So what about Idler wheels in turntables and other drive systems. These are wheels that are anything but idle. Brian
"An idler gear is a gear wheel that is inserted between two or more other gear wheels. The purpose of an idler gear can be two-fold. Firstly, the idler gear will change the direction of rotation of the output shaft. Secondly, an idler gear can assist to reduce the size of the input/output gears whilst maintaining the spacing of the shafts."
I.e. its idle because it is not part of the drive or driven shafts. It's connected to nothing via its shaft, only to other gears via its teeth, or in the case of a belt tensioning pulley or a turntable pulley, its rim.
So...jockey shorts?...
In message , Halmyre writes
The need to jockey your bollocks into a comfortable position?
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