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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 ...
Threaded headset. Traditional bicycle head tubes and headsets are sized for a 25.4 mm (1 in) diameter steerer tube (also known as the fork column). Many frame and fork manufacturers are now building their parts around a steerer tube with a diameter of 28.6 mm (1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in). The larger diameter of the head tube and headset gives added ...
A bicycle head tube with a partially installed bicycle headset; the locknut has yet to be fitted onto the fork steerer tube. The head tube is the part of a cycle's tubular frame within which the front fork steerer tube is mounted. [1] On a motorcycle, the "head tube" is normally called the steering head.
A rare type of microphone stand is the bottomless microphone stand—essentially a microphone stand with no base, so a singer must hold it throughout a live performance. It is useful as a mobile prop. Freddie Mercury (the lead singer of Queen), discovered the device by accident: he grabbed a standard microphone stand with such force that it ...
A typical example of a headset used for voice chats. A headset is a headphone combined with a microphone. Headsets provide the equivalent functionality of a telephone handset with hands-free operation. Among applications for headsets, besides telephone use, are aviation, theatre or television studio intercom systems, and console or PC gaming.
The stem is the component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the steerer tube of the bicycle fork. Sometimes called a goose neck , [ 1 ] a stem's design belongs to either a quill or threadless system, and each system is compatible with respective headset and fork designs:
The term referred to any small microphone that could be hooked into the buttonhole of the lapel of a coat. The lapel microphone offered freedom of movement. [2] An early use of the microphone supported by a strap around the neck: telephone operator. The term lavalier originally referred to jewelry in the form of a pendant worn around the neck ...
GHANA FREEDOM AND JUSTICE The shield from the coat of arms of Ghana (Lettering:) The value of the coin & The year of issue Copper-nickel: 3.2 g 19.5 mm 1967 5 pesewas 2.85 g 19 mm Reeded 1967–1975 10 pesewas 5.6 g 23.5 mm 1967–1979 20 pesewas 11.2 g 28 mm 50 pesewas 12.5 g 32 mm Milled 1979 1 cedi Cowry shell (Lettering:) GHANA FREEDOM AND ...