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2. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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   Kickstand: a folding attachment used for assisting a bicycle to stand up on its own. Usually mounts to frame near bottom bracket, sometimes near rear dropouts "Lawyer lips": also called a "lawyer tab", a retention device on the dropouts of the front fork to prevent inadvertent loss of the front wheel in the case it is not properly secured

3. Freehub - Wikipedia

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   Freehub vs freewheel hub. The freehub concept answers several drawbacks encountered with the freewheel design: Freewheels are threaded onto an axle hub, using conventional right-hand threads. As the bicycle rider pedals, the freewheel is continuously kept tight, as chain torque is in the right-hand direction. This becomes a problem when the ...

4. Flip-flop hub - Wikipedia

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   Also, if rear brakes are used (essential where a freewheel is used) brake pads may need to be adjusted. The ISO threading for freewheels (Single or Multiple Speed) is the same as for track/fixed cogs. A standard single-speed BMX style freewheel can be used on the track threads of the hub. Because of the stepped down lock ring threads, not as ...

5. Bicycle drivetrain systems - Wikipedia

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   They can be used individually, as an external derailleur or an internal hub gear, or in combinations such as the SRAM Dual Drive, which uses a standard 8 or 9-speed cassette mounted on a three-speed internally geared hub, offering a similar gear range as a bicycle with a cassette and triple chainrings. Derailleur gears. Cogset; Crankset; Hub gear

6. Cogset - Wikipedia

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   Multiple speed freewheels were common on quality high end bikes until the late 1980s. [3] Suntour — Maeda Industries (Japan) introduced a compact 6 speed freewheel which reduced the spacing between the sprockets and was the same width as a standard 5 speed freewheel but required a narrower chain than the standard.

7. Fixed-gear bicycle - Wikipedia

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   A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixed-wheel bicycle in British usage, [citation needed] commonly known in some places as a fixie [1]) is a bicycle that has a drivetrain with no freewheel mechanism such that the pedals always will spin together with the rear wheel. The freewheel was developed early in the history of bicycle design but the fixed-gear ...