Bikes

Jose Luis Briz (Spain)
Bike terms. Many of them not found in the Visual Thesaurus, but used lavishly:
- tube is the short for "inner tube"
- lube oil
- Chain set - crank set (pedals, shafts...)
- chainring
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  1. bag
    a flexible container with a single opening
  2. bearing
    characteristic way of holding one's body
  3. brakes
    a device that works to slow a motor vehicle
  4. caliper
    an instrument for measuring the distance between two points
  5. cassette
    a flat case holding magnetic tape for playing sound or video
  6. chain
    a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
  7. cog
    tooth on the rim of gear wheel
  8. crank
    rotate with a crank
  9. fork
    a pronged tool used for serving and eating food
  10. handlebar
    the shaped bar used to steer a bicycle
  11. headset
    receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
  12. hub
    central part of a car wheel through which the axle passes
  13. link
    connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
  14. pannier
    a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person
  15. pedal
    a lever that is operated with the foot
  16. pillar
    a vertical cylindrical structure supporting a structure
  17. rack
    a framework for holding objects
  18. reflector
    device that reflects radiation
  19. rim
    the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
  20. saddle
    a seat for the rider of a horse or camel
  21. seat
    any support where you can sit
  22. shaft
    a long rod or pole, especially the body of a weapon
  23. spindle
    a stick or pin used to twist the yarn when making thread
  24. spoke
    a rod joining the hub of a wheel to the rim
  25. sprocket
    tooth on the rim of gear wheel
  26. tyre
    hoop that covers a wheel
Created on Mon Oct 18 03:42:01 EDT 2010 (updated Mon Oct 18 03:51:23 EDT 2010)

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