Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Parts of the mountain bike (MTB)



Handle Bar Better known by the steering handlebar, the MTB is some kind of Monkey Bar, Rise bar and standard bar. Handle bar is the cockpit of our bikes, gear control transmission, front-rear brake Handlebar contained in this. Choose the handle bars to suit your needs.

Top Tube Is part of the bicycle frame top,
Tips: Adjust the size of the frame with your body

Down Tube Is part of the bicycle frame, melitang from the headset to connect directly with top Tube Seat, Stay and Home BB (buttom Bracket)

Shifter Grupsets (component) shift transmission, serves to drive the FD (front derailleur) and RD (rear derailleur), Shifter in the market to drive RD achieve 90-10 speed, for Shifter FD usually consists only 2-3 speed.

Handgrip Is wrapping Handlebar (handlebar steering) made from rubber / tape depending on needs. Try Handgrip not spinning on the handlebar when we drive, handgrip that is too thick or too thin reduce our comfort in cycling.

Brake Lever ,Brake levers (front-back) position the brake is properly adjusted with Laver kenyamaan you when cycling, keep your fingers can easily reach the lever (lever).

Headset ,headset The front frame in which there are bearings and other components that serves to connect the Fork (suspension) front with a stem and handlebar.

Stem Is part of our bicycle cockpit, serves to connect the handle bars - Headset and Fork (suspension) front. Stem is available in several sizes for the front suspension a long (long travel) stem form is different from standard stem, Tip: if you feel your stem is too long and we seem bent biking you can replace it with a short stem size.

Saddle - the driver's seat, to bicycle-sized MTB usually thicker than the roadbike. Set Saddle position so completely straight (horizontal), set forward and pullback Sandel try not too far or too close to hadle bar. Tips: Position will lead to improper kitika uncomfortable cycling in serious cases result in injury waist.

SeatPost, Saddle Stand (sadle) link between bicycle saddles with a frame, adjust the vertical position of comfort you. Tip: Try riding a bike at the stop position, straighten your legs until realy reach the pedals. If the position of the feet are still visible and it is still not straight when the pedal position is below this is a sign that your seatpost is not high enough. Arrange seatpost completely fit your needs.

Seat Stay Is the back of the frame. For dual-suspension MTB Seat Stay usually a swingarms (swing arm) is connected with the frame using the rear suspension.

Pedals Strokes. Is a component of play buttom Bracket and Crankset so that bikes can move (movable when we ride my bike).

Crank Set Component that connects the pedals with arm chainrings.

Chain Ring Is the transmission component of the front teeth (usually consisting of 2 -3 Chain Rings).Serves to connect the chain with Crankset.

Chain  Is a vital component because this function in order to connect Crankset Chain Ring with rear wheel components, so the bike can go.

Pulley idler Is part of the Rear Derailleur (RD), a gear (teeth) with small tension (usually a per-springs) that serve for chain (chain) tetep straight and not loose.

Front Derailleur Is a vital component in MTB bike, front shifting function set (chain rings). Better known as FD, connect directly with Shifter.

Rear Derailleur Is a vital component on a bicycle MTB, functions to manage the transfer of the back teeth. Better known by the term RD, connect directly with Shifter.

Rims Wheelset components (wheels) is more in the know with doubt (rim) bike.

Tire Made of rubber, Tips: adjust the type and size tire your needs. Tire size for the type of asphalt (road) is usually a small footprint and standard motif. For any who enjoyed downhill offroad or even choose the type of tire with a tread width and specific motives full offroad.

Front Fork Front suspension, is the bike that serves to connect the wheels (whellset) front with a steering wheel (handlebar). Fork on the market available various types, brands and sizes. Tip: adjust the type and size of the fork to your needs, to use the asphalt field with long travel forks are standard, while for fans of downhill typically uses a long travel.

Master Dishbrake Brake components (brakes), is home to brake. This component serves to clamp dishbrake when we do the braking. For conventional Brake type (V-brake) there is no function of this component is replaced by brakepad.

DishBrake The disc, a disc connected directly with either front or rear wheelset. For this type of V-brake components do not exist.

Spokes The radius of the wheel, connect the hub with Rims (obviously).

Hub Situated amid the wheel is where the fingers and Rims (obviously) connected. The components contained therein bearing (pellet).
With this info we hoped to know more deeply the important parts of our bikes with the goal if there is a problem in one of the components we can know with detail the cause and maybe even fix it.

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