Menotomy Vintage Bicycles
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• ape-hanger handlebars Tall handlebars, as found on Muscle Bikes
• balloon tire Fat, wide tires (usually 2.125" width)
• ballooner Bicycles with balloon tires
• banana seat Long, curved seat found on Muscle Bikes
• bone shaker Very early bicycles (mid-1800s) with equal-sized wheels
• bottom bracket hanger Pedal and crank assembly are attached here
• boy's bike has a high top tube
• brake - caliper cable-operated brake which presses brake pads against the wheel rim
• brake - coaster foot-operated brake, engaged when pedaling backwards
• brake - disk cable-operated brake which squeezes a disk mounted on the front or rear wheel
• brake - drum cable-operated brake which pushes pads outward against the inside or a 'drum' on the front or rear wheel
• ball light headlight
• cantilever frame arched frame, commonly found on cruisers and Muscle Bikes
• chain guard Covers the chain
• chain stay lower rear horizonal frame section
• cruiser ballooner bicycles and middleweight bicycles with upright riding position
• cruiser handlebars handlebars found on cruiser and ballooner bicycles
• down tube frame tube which goes from the head tube to the bottom bracket
• flared fender fender which flares out at the trailing end
• Gents cycle - man's bike
• girl's bike bicycles with lowered top tubes
• gooseneck attaches handlebars to the front fork
• head badge manufacture's label on head tube
• head tube front vertical tube
• hi-rise handlebars Tall handlebars, as found on Muscle Bikes
• Hi Wheeler bicycles with a large front wheel and small rear wheel, built from about 1870 - 1900
• High gravity Trade bike - cycle truck with equal sized wheels.
• inch pitch Chain style where the links are spaced about one inch apart, and the wheel and chainring cogs' teeth are spaced accordingly.
• Ladies cycle - woman's bike
• lightweight
• Low gravity trade bike - cycle truck with very small (16" or 20") front wheel
• man's bike bicycles with high top tubes
• middleweight
• mixte frame bicycles with lowered top tubes
• monkey handlebars Tall handlebars, as found on Muscle Bikes
• Mudguards - fenders
• muscle bike Generally a bicycle built in the 1960's and 1970's with monkey handlebars, a banana seat and 20" wheels
• N.O.S - New Old Stock (meaning the part or bicycle is old, but was never sold, used or mounted)
• Pennyfarthing bicycles with a large front wheel and small rear wheel, built from about 1870 - 1900
• Presta (high pressure) Valve - Used on lightweight and racing cycle innertubes, requires special adaptor (not woods or schraeder).
• rack - rear book or package carrier that sits over rear wheel
• rear dropout Rear wheel bolts on to the frame at the rear dropouts
• rim
• safety bicycle
• Schraeder Valve - Car type valve common on car & truck innertubes also found on many bicycles since the 1970s.
• seat post adjustable post which attaches to seat and slides into seat tube
• seat stay upper rear frame section
• seat tube rear-most vertical frame tube which supports seat
• sissy bar tall rear seat brace, found on muscle bikes
• skip-tooth Chain style where the links are spaced about one inch apart, and the wheel and chainring cogs' teeth are spaced accordingly.
• skirt guard
• slick Fat, squared off rear tire found on Muscle Bikes
• slik Fat, squared off rear tire found on Muscle Bikes
• springer Front suspension
• step-through frame bicycles with lowered top tubes
• stick shift gear shifter mounted on the top tube
• tank - man's fake gas tank running along the head tube. Sometimes contains internal horn and lights.
• tank - woman's fake gas tank running along the head tube. Sometimes contains internal horn and lights.
• thumb shifter
• top tube top-most horizontal frame tube
• top tube shifter gear shifter mounted on the top tube
• torpedo light long headlight, usually mounted on front fender or handlebars
• Trade bike - cycle truck, a bicycle specially made for delivering goods with a built in carrier usually at the front.
• truss rods metal rods extending from the top of the head tube to the front wheel axle
• wheelset
• Woods Valve - the sort of innertube valve commonly fitted to roadster bicycles, smaller than a car type valve, needing a bicycle pump or adaptor to inflate.
• woman's bike bicycles with lowered top tubes

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