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Bicycle brake cable: see Cable; Bottle cage: a holder for a water bottle; Bottom bracket: The bearing system that the pedals (and cranks) rotate around. Contains a spindle to which the crankset is attached and the bearings themselves. There is a bearing surface on the spindle, and on each of the cups that thread into the frame.
Full-covering rear fender on a bicycle Partially covering front fender on a bicycle. On a bicycle, a fender American English or mudguard British English is a part that encloses a tire so that it stops spray of water, sand, mud, stones and other road debris from thrown into the air by the rotating wheel. [1]
Bicycle drum brakes operate like those of a car, although the bicycle variety use cable rather than hydraulic actuation. Two pads are pressed outward against the braking surface on the inside of the hub shell. Shell inside diameters on a bicycle drum brake are typically 70–120 mm (2.756–4.724 in).
Fender is the American English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel well (the fender underside). Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids, and other road spray from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire. Fenders are typically rigid and can be damaged by contact with ...
Hayes Bicycle Group has acquired Sun Ringle hubs, rims, wheels and components, WheelSmith Fabrications, Inc. and Answer/Manitou. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of mid-2023 Hayes Brake has become a subsidiary of Hayes Bicycle, which itself is a subsidiary of Hayes Performance Systems.
1910 "New Pattern' James with hub-center steering Detail of mechanism on the Mead & Tomkinson Kawasaki 'Nessie' Steven Linsdell's Yamaha GTS Isle of Man TT racing motorcycle The hub-center steer concept is a very old one used as early as 1910 by the British James Cycle Co , and in 1920 by Ner-a-Car , and enjoyed an aftermarket vogue in the ...
Drop handlebars (of the "ergo" or "anatomic" variety) Porteur type bicycle handlebar, from an Italian Bianchi bicycle, circa 1940 A bicycle handlebar [ 1 ] is the steering control for bicycles . It is the equivalent of a tiller for vehicles and vessels, as it is most often directly mechanically linked to a pivoting front wheel via a stem which ...
Two braking pipes of CBS connected to the Disc brake assembly. A combined braking system (CBS), also called linked braking system (LBS), is a system for linking front and rear brakes on a motorcycle or scooter. [1] In this system, the rider's action of depressing one of the brake levers applies both front and rear brakes.