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Seat lug: a frame lug on the top of the seat tube serving as a point of attachment for a clamp to secure the seat post; Seat tube: the roughly vertical tube in a bicycle frame running from the seat to the bottom bracket; Seat bag: a small storage accessory hung from the back of a seat; Seatpost: a post that the seat is mounted to. It slides ...
Lugged steel frame construction is a method of building bicycle frames using steel tubing mated with socket-like sleeves, called lugs. For most of the bicycle's history, steel has been the primary material for bicycle frames, with lugged construction the primary assembling method. Steel continues in use by builders of high-quality steel frames ...
Murray Bicycles headbadge. Murray was an American company whose assets are now owned by Briggs & Stratton and Pon Holdings. The corporate brand is a descendant of the Murray Ohio Manufacturing Company, which manufactured bicycles and lawn and garden equipment. The company went bankrupt in 2005 selling most of its assets to Briggs & Stratton and ...
The 'diamond' frame's central, horizontal top bar forces the rider to swing a leg over the bicycle's seat. A Triumph step-through, ladies', or open frame Dursley Pedersen bicycle circa 1910 A penny-farthing photographed in the Škoda Auto Museum in the Czech Republic A Brompton folding bicycle Bicycle in Victorian Plymouth, England, with a predecessor of the Starley diamond-frame A cantilever ...
Three-speed bicycle. The three-speed bicycle is a bicycle that uses internal hub gears at the rear wheel hub to provide three gear ratios. Three-speed hubs have been in use since the early 1900s. Though they are heavier than comparable derailleur systems, internal-gear hub systems generally last longer and require less maintenance.
Seatpost. A "plain" seatpost (silver) connects the saddle to the frame (red). A microadjust seatpost (black) of a Trek Fuel 80 mountain bike. A seatpost with a significant setback on a BMX bike. A bicycle seatpost, [ 1] seatpin, [ 2] saddlepole, [ 3] saddle pillar, [ 4] or saddle pin[ 5] is a tube that extends upwards from the bicycle frame to ...
A lugged steel bicycle has a frame made of steel. A plastic bicycle was an attempt in the early 1980s to introduce a bicycle made entirely out of plastic materials instead of metal. A wooden bicycle has a frame made out of wood. One example is the Chukudu used in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
A step-through frame (also known as open frame, [ 1] drop frame, [ 2] or low-step frame) is a type of bicycle frame, often used for utility bicycles, with a low or absent top tube or cross-bar. [ 3][ 4] Since mounting or dismounting a step-through does not require swinging one leg to hip-height, they are widely used as delivery bicycles, and ...