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2. Bicycle chain - Wikipedia

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   Bicycle chains Roller chain and sprocket. A bicycle chain is a roller chain that transfers power from the pedals to the drive-wheel of a bicycle, thus propelling it.Most bicycle chains are made from plain carbon or alloy steel, but some are nickel-plated to prevent rust, or simply for aesthetics.

3. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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   Cable guide: a fitting below the bottom bracket which guides a piece of bare inner bowden cable around a corner Cable : a metal cable enclosed in part by a metal and plastic housing that is used to connect a control, such as a brake or shifting lever, to the device it activates

4. Retro-direct - Wikipedia

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   In the single-chain system, the chain runs from the top of a chainring attached to the cranks to the top of a sprocket attached to the rear wheel hub with a freewheel, as with most bicycle chain drives. The chain then, usually, wraps around the rear sprocket to an idler sprocket between the rear wheel and the cranks, then runs back to a second ...

5. Derailleur - Wikipedia

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   Campagnolo Super Record rear derailleur (1983) Shimano XT rear derailleur on a mountain bike Pulley wheels for a rear derailleur The rear derailleur has two functions: it moves the chain between rear sprockets while taking up chain slack caused by moving to a smaller sprocket at the rear or a smaller chainring by the front derailleur.

6. List of bicycle types - Wikipedia

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   Flat bar road bikes are road bikes fitted with mountain bike-style shifters, brake levers, and a flat handlebar. They fit into the continuum between hybrids and road bikes. Gravel bicycle is a road bicycle designed for riding on gravel and other rough terrain. It has a more slack geometry and fatter tires than a road bike.

7. Skip-link chain - Wikipedia

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   Skip-link chain is an obsolete roller chain for bicycles in which side plates are alternately short and long, and so rollers are alternately close together and far apart. A skip-link chain running over the rear sprocket on a bicycle. In bicycle chains, skip-link chain has the same one-inch spacing as the earlier block chain. Due to the ...