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Additions and corrections are most welcome.

If you don't find an entry that you think belongs here, tell me!

Opinions and value judgements are my own, unless otherwise noted.

This does not pretend to be an objective document.

Many of these terms have general meanings as well as special bicycle-related meanings. This glossary deals only with the bicycle-related applications of these terms.

All are welcome to create hyperlinks to this index page, or to individual definitions.

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105 ®
3rd hand
4 th hand
531 ®
600 ®
753 ®
853 ®
1030
4130
Acera-X ®
Acorn nut
Adaptor claw
Adjusting barrel
Ærial
Ærodynamic
Æro Bars
Æro brake levers
Aftermarket
Aheadset ®
Airless Tires
ALAN
Alignment
Alivio ®
Allegro
Allen ®Wrench
Alloy
Alpine gearing
Aluminum
Anatomic
Anchor bolt
Angles
Ankling
Anodized, Anodizing
Arch
A.S.S.
Atala
A.T.B.
Ashtabula ® Crank
Audax
Austro-Daimler
Autobike ®
Avocet ®
Axle
Axle set
B-Tension
Ball Bearing
Balloon Tire
Banana Seat
BAR
Bar Ends
Barcons ®
Bassworm ®
Bates
B.C.D.
Bead
Bearing
Bearing ball
Bell Crank
Benelux ®
'Bent
Benotto
Bianchi
Bidon
Bike
Bike Boom
Billet
Binder Bolt
Biopace ®
Black Wall Tire
Blade
Block
BMX
Bolt Circle Diameter
Boob tube
Boom tube
Booster
Boot
Bolt-on
Bone Shaker
Boss
Bottom bracket
Bottom Pull
Bottechia
Bowden Cable
Brake
Brake Bridge
Brass
Braze-on
Brazing
Breaker Bar
Brevet
Bridgestone ®
British
Brodie
Brooks
B.R.S.
B.S.A.
B.S.C.
Bull Horn Handlebar
Bull Moose Handlebar
Bungee, Bunji, Bungie, Bungy
Burley ®
Claud Butler
Geoffrey Butler
Butted

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Cable
Cable Carrier
Cable Guide
Cable Stop
Cadence
Cage
Caliper (brake)
Campagnolo ®
Cantilever Brake
Cantilever Frame
Capacity
Captain
Carbon fiber
Carcass
Cartridge Bearings
Casati
Cassette
Casting
Celo Europa
Center-pull Brake
Century
Chain
Chain Case
Chainguard
Chain Line
Chainring
Chainset
Chain stays
Chain suck
Chain Tensioner
Chain tool
Chainwheel
Chain Whip
Chamois
Changer
Chiorda
Chopper ©
Chrome, Chromium
Chrome-Moly
Cinelli
Ciöcc
Claw
Clearance
Cleat
Clincher Tire
Clipless Pedals
Cluster
C.L.W.B.
C.N.C.
Coaster Brake
Cog
Cold Set
Colnago
Command Shifter ®
Compact Drive
Composite
Compressionless
Condor
Cone
Cone Wrench
Confente
Ron Cooper
Cottered Cranks
Cotterless Cranks
Cow Horn Handlebar
C.P.S.C.
Crank
Crank Puller, Extractor
Crank set
Crescent
Crescent ® Wrench
Criterium
Cr-Mo
Croce d'Aune
Cross Bicycle
Cross Country
Cross Frame
Crossover Drive
Crossover Gearing
Crow's-Foot Spoking
Crown
Cruiser
Cuevas
Cup-and-Cone Bearing
Cyclecomputer
Cyclocross
Cyclometer
Dampening
Damping
Dawes
Death Cleats
Death Fork
Death Grips
Demultiplier
Deore ®
Department Store
Derailer
Derny
De Rosa
Detent
Development
Devil Take the Hindmost
Diamond Frame
Die
Direct-Pull Brake
Dish
Dish Stick
Disk Brake
Disc wheel
Domed and Slotted
Donkey Back
Double
Double Butted
Double Pivot
Double-sided Hub
Down tube
Downhill Racing
Downshift
Drag Brake
Draft
Drainpipe
Driver
Drive Train
Drop
Drops
Drop Handlebar
Drop Out
D.S.
DT ®
Drum Brake
Dual Pivot
Dual Suspension
Dura Ace ®
Dural ®
Duralumin ®
Dustcap
Dyna Drive ®
Dynamo

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Thanks to Jobst Brandt, Jeff Del Papa, Mark Irving and Drew Saundersfor their helpful suggestions.

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Other Online Bicycle Glossaries:

Sheldon Brown's French/English dictionary
Le vélo-dictionnaire de Sheldon Brown

Mountain Bike Slang Dictionary

Italian/English MTB Dictionary

Norwegian/English MTB Dictionary

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