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List of bicycle parts

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Bicycle parts include:

Axle 
Ball bearing 
Bar ends 
extensions at the end of straight handlebars, usually fitted onto mountain bikes
Bottle cage 
used to affix a water bottle to the bike
Bottom bracket 
contains a spindle to which the crankset is attached and the bearings that allow the shaft and cranks to rotate. (The chainrings and pedals are attached to the cranks.) The bottom bracket fits inside the bottom bracket shell, which is part of the bicycle frame.
Brake 
Bicycle brakes are used to stop the bicycle. Rim brakes and disc brakes are operated by brake levers, which are mounted on the handlebars. Coaster brakes are operated by pedaling backward.
Braze-on 
Cable carrier 
Cable guide 
Cable 
Cassette 
on a bicycle with a rear derailleur, the rear set of cogs
Chain 
Chainring 
gear attached to a crank arm
Chainstay 
pair of tubes on a bicycle frame that runs from the bottom bracket to the rear dropouts
Cone 
Crankset 
composed of crankarms and chainrings
Cyclocomputer 
Derailleur hanger 
Derailleur 
Down tube 
tube on a bicycle frame that runs from the head tube to the bottom bracket.
Dropout (bicycle part) 
paired slots on a fork or frame at which the axle of the wheel is attached
Dustcap 
Dynamo 
a bicycle lighting component - see Bicycle_lighting#Dynamo_Systems
Eyelet 
Fender 
Ferrule 
Fork 
Frame 
Freehub 
Freewheel 
Handlebar plug 
Handlebar tape 
Usually cork or cloth, sometimes foam rubber.
Handlebar 
Head tube 
the tube of a bicycle frame that contains the headset
Hood 
The rubber brake lever covering on bikes with drop style handle bars
Headset 
the bearings that form the interface between the frame and fork steerer tube
Hub 
Hub dynamo 
a generator inside one of the hubs for powering lights or other accessories
Inner tube 
Jockey wheel 
one of two small sprockets of the rear derailleur that guide the chain
Kickstand 
"Lawyer tab
also called "lawyer lips," a retention device on the dropouts of the front fork
Locknut 
Lockring 
Lug 
Nipple 
Pannier 
Pedal 
Quick release 
Rack 
Reflector 
Rim 
Saddle 
Seat 
Safety levers 
Seat lug 
Seat tube 
Seat bag 
Seatpost 
Seatstay 
Shifter 
See also Ergo Shifting and Shimano Total Integration, two competing methods of combined shifter and brake lever controls
Shock absorber 
Spindle 
Spoke 
Steering tube 
Stem 
Tire 
Toe clips 
Top tube 
Valve stem cover 
Valve stem 
Valve 
Two types are commonly used: Presta valves and Schrader valves. A third type, the Woods or Dunlop valve, can still be found in Europe and Asia.
Wheel 

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