Some things take time, but a magazine ad more than 600 years in the making?

Songs with gear-related lyrics, courtesy of the Addendum team.

It's not often that thespians and engineers find common ground, but the hit musical Wicked could provide conversational tidbits for right- and left-brainers alike.

While the rest of the exhibitors were selling machinery, the Addendum team scoured the floor of Gear Expo in a quest to find quirky things at the show.

A gear lover's crossword puzzle, courtesy of the Addendum team.

A word puzzle from the Addendum team.

Or, should we say, aMAZEing ??

Imagine a shop supervisor with a three-gear drivetrain tattooed on his bicep or a saleswoman with a tiny spur gear silhouetted just above her ankle.

The Addendum team has seen the future of running, and it's geared.

The kid who wants to be just like his gear-loving dad when he grows up will hit the jackpot this Christmas if Santa uses Gear Technology’s holiday buying guide.