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seta
Italian for "silk". The finest tubular tires are made using silk fabric.
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ankling
Some older cycling books and articles recommend the practice of "ankling." This refers to changing the angle of the foot fairly drastically during the course of the pedal stroke, so that the [..]
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bridgestone
Bridgestone is an enormous multinational company, one of the largest tire companies in the world...and a fairly small bicycle company, with its own factory in Japan. In the late 1980s and early'9 [..]
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stack bolt
The stack bolts are the small bolts that hold the chainwheels to the spider of a crank.
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stack height
The stack height is the vertical space taken up by the headset. With a conventional threaded fork, the steerer tube is longer than the head tube by some amount. If a headset is chosen with a stack hei [..]
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stainless steel
A family of steel alloys, usually containing 10-20% chromium, among other alloying elements. Stainless steel is rust-resistant, and very tough, but is generally not the best choice in applications whe [..]
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stamped
Cut from a flat sheet, usually of metal, by a powerful machine which works like a cookie cutter. Cheaper dropouts and many sprockets are stamped. A piece may be additionally formed after it is stamped [..]
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standover height
One of the prime dimensions of a bicycle, this refers to the height of the top tube above the ground. If the standover height is too tall for a given rider, mounting and dismounting are awkward and da [..]
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starley
Two members of the Starley family in England were great pioneers in the early days of cycling. James Starley was instrumental in the development of the high-wheeler bicycle. He produced the first all- [..]
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stay
A thin, usually straight, structural member: Seatstay, chainstay, fender stay, mixte stay.
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