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2. Bicycle wheel - Wikipedia

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   Rear wheel of 1960s Bootie Folding Cycle with Sturmey-Archer drum brake. Disc brakes – a disc brake comprises a circular plate or disc attached to the hub which is squeezed between brake pads mounted within a caliper that is fixed to one side of the wheel forks. The brake disc can be attached in a variety of ways using bolts or a central ...

3. List of bicycle types - Wikipedia

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   Some mountain bicycles feature various types of suspension systems (e.g. coiled spring, air or gas shock), and hydraulic or mechanical-disc brakes. Mountain bicycle gearing is often very wide-ranging, from very low ratios to mid ratios, typically with 9 to 28 gears, although some riders prefer the mechanical simplicity and ease of maintenance ...

4. Racing bicycle - Wikipedia

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   A carbon fiber frame racing bicycle by the French company LOOK A road bicycle made by Scott Lance Armstrong riding in a posture often used on a road bicycle. A racing bicycle, also known as a road bike, is a bicycle designed for competitive road cycling, a sport governed by and according to the rules of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

5. Air brake (road vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Truck air-actuated disc brake. An air brake or, more formally, a compressed-air-brake system, is a type of friction brake for vehicles in which compressed air pressing on a piston is used to both release the parking/emergency brakes in order to move the vehicle, and also to apply pressure to the brake pads or brake shoes to slow and stop the vehicle.

6. Woman, 27, is diagnosed with breast cancer just 2 weeks ... - AOL

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   Woman, 27, is diagnosed with breast cancer just 2 weeks before her sister, 32, receives the same diagnosis

7. Reinforced carbon–carbon - Wikipedia

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   The Dunlop carbon brakes as used on the Concorde airliner. The brake disc of this Ferrari race car's braking system is made from carbon fibre-reinforced silicon carbide which is a CMC rather than a C/C. Carbon fibre-reinforced silicon carbide (C/SiC) is a development of pure carbon–carbon that uses silicon carbide with carbon fibre.