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2. Wheel sizing - Wikipedia

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   Wheels with Asanti 28 in (710 mm) rims on a police Hummer H2 car. The wheel size is the size designation of a wheel given by its diameter, width, and offset. The diameter of the wheel is the diameter of the cylindrical surface on which the tire bead rides. The width is the inside distance between the bead seat faces.

3. Bicycle brake - Wikipedia

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   This is possible with disc brakes, so long as the rotor sizes are consistent and the frame has enough clearance; with rim brakes, this would be impossible, as the different rim sizes would not allow the same rim brakes to work with a different sized wheel. Wheel size optionality with disc brakes allows the rider more options, including using a ...

4. List of bicycle parts - Wikipedia

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   Removable training wheels: used for assisting balance. Comes in pair. Useful for first time bicyclists; Rim: that part of a wheel to which the tire is attached and often forms part of the braking mechanism; Rotor: 1) the disc component of a disc brake.

5. Disc brake - Wikipedia

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   On automobiles, disc brakes are often located within the wheel A drilled motorcycle brake disc. The development of disc-type brakes began in England in the 1890s. In 1902, the Lanchester Motor Company designed brakes that looked and operated similarly to a modern disc-brake system even though the disc was thin and a cable activated the brake pad. [4]

6. GM 10.5-inch 14-bolt differential - Wikipedia

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   Full-size GM vans continued featuring drum brakes for several more years, transitioning entirely to disc brakes by 2003. [5] The original design of the braking system within the 14-bolt differentials accommodated diverse wheel sizes, initially fitting drums suitable for 15-inch wheels and later adapting to cater to the needs of 3/4-ton and 1 ...

7. Motorcycle wheel - Wikipedia

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   Aftermarket cast wheels for Japanese makes having drum rear and front disc brakes were available in UK from late 1974. [ 13 ] A patent for a cast alloy motorcycle wheel was filed in 1974 and assigned to Carroll Shelby 's Shelby-Dowd Industries; and in early 1975 Thomas J. Lester of then-named Lester Tire Company had applied for a patent on ...