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Video: Bicycle Anatomy 101

April 1st, 2008 by Tim Grahl

This is an amazing little video put together by Carlton Reid of Quickrelease.tv. It walks you through all of the parts of your bicycle and let’s you know what they are really called (as opposed to “that lever thingy”).

Let us know what you learned…


Bicycle Anatomy for Beginners from Quickrelease.tv on Vimeo.

 

7 Responses to “Video: Bicycle Anatomy 101”

  1. Mindy Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    My spokes have nipples.

    Mindy

  2. Carlton Reid Says:
    April 1st, 2008 at 2:44 pm

    Nipples is a godsend tag for this video. I expect this will get it lots of extra views…from confused blokes expecting something else entirely.

    I also tagged it with ‘bottom’ and then, further on, ‘bracket’.

    Thanks for the link, CbB. And, thanks to Tim - and others - for helping me to spot the English-isms. Most of the American names for the bike parts shown are listed underneath the ones I’m familiar with.

  3. Fritz Says:
    April 2nd, 2008 at 1:43 am

    *groan*

  4. Carlton Reid Says:
    April 2nd, 2008 at 5:18 am

    Hey, Mindy, you’ve hit the nipple on the head.

    Nipples is a godsend tag for this video. I expect this will get it lots of extra views…from confused blokes expecting something else entirely.

    I also tagged it with ‘bottom’ [bracket]

    Thanks for the link, CbB. And, thanks to Tim - and others - for helping me to spot the English-isms. Most of the American names for the bike parts shown are listed underneath the ones I’m familiar with.

  5. Jeremy Says:
    April 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 am

    great video, nice music to it too. I liked the way you detailed “seat post (not saddle post) and saddle (not seat)”

  6. Sean M Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    Nicely done!

    Is there a difference between braze-ons and bosses? Is a “boss” the metalpiece that fits into the braze-on?

  7. Fritz Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    “Braze-ons” are so called because they used to be attached by brazing them to steel frames, which is like soldering two metal pieces together with hot molten metal. Braze-ons are any gizmo attached to the frame, even if they’re not actually attached by brazing these days.

    Bosses are protuberances — in the case of the video, the bosses shown are screw holes for mounting bottle cages and racks.

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