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I want to learn about the diferent parts of a road/racing bike.? |
as i have just swapped my old guitar for one and would like to learn more about it Chris V, you have given no real information about what sort of bike you have to be of any assistance. It appears you are a complete novice to the point of imbicilic. BS has obviously spent a lot of time previously on Word and 'cut n pasted' and answer for you ,- albeit generalistic. Follow his ambiguous description, get a manual or sell it and buy another guitar. Good for you! Try Google and enter the brand, model, etc of your bike plus the word "manual" and that should give you everything you need to know about this bike. Ride on! What are some of the component names on your bike? We can give you more info if you tell us what are the name or names on the components on your road bike. If it's too much of a hassle for you, search the web for your brand and model bike. A road/racing bike has handlebars that have a more race prone stance and one can be in the drops, the part that curves down, or on the hoods, the brake levers. The move in handlebars recently is to make them aerodynamic and ergonomic. The fork is the two pronged protrusion from the front of the frame that holds the front wheel. Most recently people want them made out of carbon so that it absorbs more of road vibration and you don't take such a beating. The wheels are aluminum or carbon. Most people have aluminum. The move is towards even more aerodynamic which means a deep dish anywhere from 20 mm to 60+ or - mm. The dished design is stronger and holds up better to the stress of the road. The frame can be made of steel (old school), high-tensile steel (old school), chromolly (80s), aluminum, titanium, and carbon. Titanium and carbon being the most expesive. Aluminum and Titanium being the most rigid. The "geometry" of a racing bike is specific also and refers to the angles on the frame and normally is indicative of a short distance wheelbase. Easiest place to visually see a difference in the geometry is how close the rear wheel is to the seat tube. The top tube is parallel to the ground or slightly angled on some models. The seat tube proceeds from the seat to the crank and holds the bottom bracket. The bottom bracket is the axle that the crank turns. The down tube also connects to the bottom bracket and sometimes has an odd shape for added strength and or aerodynamics. The crank can be a regular two, a triple or a compact crank. The regular two has two speeds in the front where the pedals are. The triple has three. The compact crank has the ability of a triple, but with a double compact crank. The pedals are platform, with toe clips or clipless pedals. Platform pedals do not hold you to the pedal. Toe clips restrain the feet on to the pedal with a cage and a strap. Clipless pedals use ski-boot technology to hold your cleated shoes to the pedal for improved propulsion on the down stroke as well as the upstroke. Water bottles are held in place by cages. Fancy ones are made of carbon. Alminum ones tend to break after a couple of years of serious riding. Water bottles can be small or large. Some cyclists opt for a camel-bak water pack to replentish fluids lost during strennuous exercise. The gears in the back is the freewheel because you're able to pedal backwards and freewheel while the wheel continues its forward motion. The gears are changed by a derailleur and you have your front derailleur as well as your rear derailleur. The gears can go anywhere from 5 on an old-school cassette to 9 or 10 on the compact cassette. The gear changing apparatus can be alpine friction or indexed, electronic, or sti. Sti is the trigger and lever technology connected with the brakes. Alpine is on the downtube. Electronic, the bugs have never really gotten worked out. The head set is the apparatus that holds the handlebar, frame and fork all together at the head tube(?). Some headsets now are adjustable and some have a fixed angle. The brakes I spoke of briefly before are side-pull or center pull. Some mountain bikes are now equipped with disc-brakes in response to the downhiller craze. Experience That was a good move. Now, either go to your book shop and buy a book on bike maintenance, or go to a cycling club and try to get one of the members to help you service the bike, or visit your nearest bike shop and ask them to help you. And, above all, ride the bike - carefully! - and enjoy it. |
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