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2. Bicycle drivetrain systems - Wikipedia

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   Bicycle drivetrain systems are used to transmit power on bicycles, tricycles, quadracycles, unicycles, or other human-powered vehicles from the riders to the drive wheels. Most also include some type of a mechanism to convert speed and torque via gear ratios .

3. Heel-and-toe shifting - Wikipedia

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   This technique ensures that maximum power can be reached the instant the brake pedal is released and the accelerator fully depressed. Rowing is the technique of downshifting more than one gear along with the heel-and-toe technique to provide engine braking and smoother deceleration/braking while in the intermediate gears.

4. Shimano - Wikipedia

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   The idea behind this was that the return spring in the actual brake could be designed to be weaker, thus giving an overall feeling of easier operation. SPD ("Shimano Pedaling Dynamics") SPD clipless pedal PD-M520 The SPD pedal was released by Shimano in 1990 and forms one part of a clipless bicycle shoe/pedal system. While not the first, its ...

5. Bicycle brake - Wikipedia

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   The spoon brake or plunger brake was probably the first type of bicycle brake and precedes the pneumatic tyre. [7] Spoon brakes were used on penny farthings with solid rubber tyres in the 1800s and continued to be used after the introduction of the pneumatic-tyred safety bicycle. The spoon brake consists of a pad (often leather) or metal shoe ...

6. Clutch control - Wikipedia

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   Clutch control refers to the act of controlling the speed of a vehicle with a manual transmission by partially engaging the clutch plate, using the clutch pedal instead of (or in conjunction with) the accelerator pedal. The purpose of a clutch is in part to allow such control; in particular, a clutch provides transfer of torque between shafts ...

7. List of bicycle part manufacturing companies - Wikipedia

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   This article lists bicycle part manufacturers and brands past and present. For a list of bicycle manufacturers, see list of bicycle manufacturers 0-9. 3T ...