Italian for "silk". The finest tubular tires are made using silk fabric.

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 [..]

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 [..]

The stack bolts are the small bolts that hold the chainwheels to the spider of a crank.

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 [..]

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 [..]

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- [..]

A thin, usually straight, structural member: Seatstay, chainstay, fender stay, mixte stay.

A bicycle used for motor-paced racing, usually behind a motorcycle.

An alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, vanadium or other m [..]