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Handlebar: a lever attached, usually using an intermediary stem, to the steerer tube of the fork. Allows steering and provides a point of attachment for controls and accessories; Handlebar plug: see Bar plugs; Handlebar tape: a tape wound around dropped handlebars so as to provide padding and grip, usually cork or cloth, sometimes foam rubber
Unlike cyclocross bikes, which are designed exclusively for 700c wheels and a maximum tyre width of around 33 mm (still wider than a typical racing bike tyre of 28 mm), gravel bikes are designed to fit much wider 700c tyres, often around 40 mm but sometimes up to 45–50 mm. [6] [7] Mountain bikes run wider tyres still. Some gravel bikes are ...
Gravel tires come in a variety of sizes and widths. The most common are 650b (27.5 inches) and 700c (29 inches). Tire width can vary from 30 to 50 millimeters (mm). The lower end of that range is closer to road bike tires, making them better suited for light off-road situations.
A bicycle with front suspension but no rear suspension. [7] Headset The bearing system in the head tube within which the handlebars rotate. [7] [22] Highracer A short wheel base recumbent bicycle with two large wheels, usually between 559 and 622 mm in size. The kind of recumbent most similar to normal road bikes in characteristics.
A bicycle handlebar [1] is the steering control for bicycles. It is the equivalent of a tiller for vehicles and vessels, as it is most often directly mechanically linked to a pivoting front wheel via a stem which in turn attaches it to the fork .