bicycle frame

collocation in English

meaningsofbicycleandframe

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bicycle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaɪ.sɪ.kəl/us
/ˈbaɪ.sə.kəl/
a two-wheeled vehicle that you sit on and move by turning the two pedals (= flat parts you press with ...
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frame
noun[C]
uk
/freɪm/us
/freɪm/
a border that surrounds and supports a picture, door, ...
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(Definition ofbicycleandframefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I do not believe a bicycle without wheels is actually a bicycle; it is abicycleframe.
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A law that allows anyone to enter a shop and buy a bicycle wheel, abicycleframe, brakes, handlebars and gears, but not a bicycle has to be pretty bad.
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These were ahead of their time as the engines were not just fixed on to abicycleframe.
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Often so was thebicycleframewith the bottom bracket pointing toward the racer's chest to lower the profile of the bike for greater stability.
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Before becoming a notedbicycleframebuilder, he was also an amateur racer.
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Most motorized bicycles are based or derived from standard general-purposebicycleframedesigns and technologies, although exceptions abound.
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Painting the bicycles helps to advertise the programme, as well as deter theft (a painted-overbicycleframeis normally less desirable to a buyer).
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Heavy loads can throw off the handling of the bicycle as the load is attached to the handlebars and high up on thebicycleframe.
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He built his own motorcycle by attaching his father's lawn mower engine to abicycleframe.
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Early systems were rotated using abicycleframewhose chain was connected to a gear set.
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Often, they would also feature a sign advertising the business concerned, which would be attached within the main triangle of thebicycleframe.
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Instead, the image of thebicycleframefades out to leave only the wheels.
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The 4 bolt mount is not commonly seen on anybicycleframeother than trials bikes.
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The most popular form of the safetybicycleframe, consisting of two triangles, is known as a "diamond frame".
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In 1920 the company built its first complete engine in-house, a single-cylinder two-stroke 75 cc model, immediately adapted to abicycleframe.
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The traditional diamond-shapebicycleframe, which utilizes two conjoined triangles, is an example of a simple truss.
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However, a recent trend in road racingbicycleframedesign is tubing claimed to reduce aerodynamic drag, adopting many design features from time trial bicycles.
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All available models of the folding bicycle are based on the same hingedbicycleframeand 16 inch (37349 mm) bicycle wheel tyre size.
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The bottom bracket fits inside the bottom bracket shell, which connects the seat tube, down tube and chain stays as part of thebicycleframe.
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This led him to acquire 2 wooden cart wheels and build an ironbicycleframe.
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