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  2. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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    Portage strap: a strap (usually made of leather) attached to the inside of the bike frame, designed to make carrying the bike over one's shoulder easier; Pulley wheel: see Jockey wheel; Power meter: a device on a bicycle that measures the power output of the rider; Quick release: a skewer with a lever on one end that loosens when the lever is ...

  3. Bicycle brake - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic front disc brake. The disc is held by a six-bolt mount. The caliper is held attached to an IS fork mount via PM adapter. A disc brake consists of a metal disc, or "rotor", attached to the wheel hub that rotates with the wheel. Calipers are attached to the frame or fork along with pads that squeeze the rotors for braking.

  4. Flip-flop hub - Wikipedia

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    DK Bicycles introduced the Dual Drive hub back in the early 2000s which is a BMX Left/Right drive flip flop hub with the smaller sized metric (30 mm x 1 mm) BMX threads for 13T-15T freewheels, but also includes two threaded adapters, one left and one right, threaded inside to match the smaller metric threads and threaded on the outside with ...

  5. Holdall - Wikipedia

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    A leather holdall Flight 93 gym bag, 2001. In American English, a gym bag or carryall and in British English a sports bag is a large bag made of cloth or leather typically with a rectangular base and a zippered opening at the top. Two handles enable the bag to be carried, and a (usually removable) strap lets the user support the bag on the ...

  6. Seat belt - Wikipedia

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    The shoulder belt is fixed to the aft upper corner of the vehicle door and is not motorized. The lap belt must be fastened manually. Automatic shoulder and lap belts: This system was mainly used in General Motors vehicles, though it was also used on some Honda Civic hatchbacks and Nissan Sentra coupes. When the door is opened, the belts go from ...

  7. MOLLE - Wikipedia

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    A US Army soldier wearing MOLLE gear Universal Camouflage Pattern. Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment, or MOLLE (pronounced / ˈ m ɒ l. l iː / MOL-lee), is the current generation of load-bearing equipment used by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United States Army since the late 1990s.

  8. Dislocated shoulder - Wikipedia

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    Anterior shoulder dislocation while carrying a frail elder. A dislocated shoulder is a condition in which the head of the humerus is detached from the glenoid fossa. [2] Symptoms include shoulder pain and instability. [2] Complications may include a Bankart lesion, Hill-Sachs lesion, rotator cuff tear, or injury to the axillary nerve. [1]

  9. Breeching (tack) - Wikipedia

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    Breeching (/ ˈ b r ɪ tʃ ɪ ŋ / "britching") is a strap around the haunches of a draft, pack or riding animal. Both under saddle and in harness , breeching engages when an animal slows down or travels downhill and is used to brake or stabilize a load.