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(automotive) A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a four-speed transmission.
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(automotive) an eight-wheeled vehicle with eight-wheel drive, each wheel has powered drive. (Abbreviation of 8 drive wheels on 8 wheels.)
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A transport system that moves cabins, cars, gondolas or open chairs above the ground by means of one or more cables strung between supporting towers.
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A small hovercraft used to move heavy loads, typically in a warehouse
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Synonym of coaster brake
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A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
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(motorsports, euphemistic) Synonym of gravel trap
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A handheld pump used to inflate the tyres of bicycles.
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A device to which bicycles may be securely attached while not in use.
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tire that fits on the wheel of a bicycle or similar vehicle
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Alternative form of bike lock [A device, fitted with a lock, that is used to immobilise a bicycle when not in use]
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Synonym of platter lift (“kind of ski lift”)
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A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
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(cycling) One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.
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Alternative form of chairlift. [A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.]
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Alternative form of chairlift [A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.]
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A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.
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A special rear hub for a bicycle that functions as a brake when the user pedals backwards, and which allows the bicycle to roll without forcing the pedals to turn.
v
To use such a wheel and puncture device to make copies.
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(cycling) A device used with a freestyle BMX bicycle to allow the handlebars to turn 360° without tangling of the brake cables.
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Alternative form of down tube [(cycling) A tube in the bicycle frame that connects the bottom bracket shell to the head tube.]
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A type of ski lift that pulls skiers up the slope.
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One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
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(rowing, slang) An ergometer.
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(automotive, motor racing) A car with a fan to create a vacuum underneath the car, increasing downforce and better sticking the car to the driving surface, increasing traction.
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Alternative form of fat bike [(cycling, winter sports) A bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.]
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A system of theatrical rigging, using ropes, blocks, etc., allowing the stage crew to fly (hoist) components such as curtains, lights and scenery.
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Any vehicle with four wheels.
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off-roading in a vehicle with four-wheel drive
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(of a motorist) To operate a motor vehicle which is coasting without power, e.g. downhill.
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An enclosed car attached to a cable mechanically lifted up the side of a mountain; an enclosed ski lift; a cable car.
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(cycling) On a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame.
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The loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.
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A metal bar on a motorcycle used to start its engine.
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A ticket that can be used on a ski lift, or all the ski lifts in a certain area.
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To pull sledges, trucks, etc. by human power, unaided by animals or machines.
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A vehicle driven and controlled by an engine and steering mechanism mounted on a single large wheel, with the load-carrying body trailing behind on two smaller wheels.
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Obsolete spelling of motor [A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.]
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A kind of mechanized ski lift having a segment that the skier/snowboarder straddles in order to ride up the slope.
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Synonym of platter lift (“kind of ski lift”)
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Synonym of platter lift (“kind of ski lift”)
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(colloquial) A ride on a bicycle given to a passenger, usually on the handlebars or fender.
adj
Having wheels to allow for storage.
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Alternative spelling of seat stay. [One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward from the top of the seat tube to the rear dropouts.]
v
Alternative letter-case form of Segway; to travel by Segway. [To travel by Segway.]
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A device that transports skiers up a mountain.
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A board sliding in grooves.
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Shimano Pedaling Dynamics
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To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.
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(cycling, UK) Synonym of tubulars
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An off-road vehicle moving on tracks, which is used in amphibious and polar travel.
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A square plank, made from plastic or wood, which is attached to four swivel casters at the corners.
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An additional wheel on a bicycle to keep it upright to assist a learner.
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Alternative form of stationary bicycle [A device with saddle, pedals, and some form of handlebars arranged as on a bicycle, but used as exercise equipment rather than transportation.]
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(cycling) The part of the fork that is inserted into the head tube of the frame, and is used to attach the fork to the frame using a headset.
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A motorcycle's equivalent of a bicycle's head tube.
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(cycling) A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
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A phenomenon resulting from inadequate dampening of the steering of a motorcycle at high speed. This results in the violent oscillation of the handlebars from left to right, so that they make contact with the gas tank, which is situated on the chassis between them. Is also used frequently to describe a vehicle that loses and regains traction at the rear of the car, whilst the front retains traction.
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A type of cable car used as a ski lift.
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(running, cycling, motor racing, etc.) To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.
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(chiefly Canada, US and in the plural, cycling) One of a pair of small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle's rear wheel to provide support for new riders.
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(cycling) Bicycle tires with the inner tube permanently stitched inside the casing.
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(motor racing, in the plural) A tyre for use in wet weather.
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(archaic, informal) A bicycle or tricycle.
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Alternative form of wheelslide [(rail transport) A condition caused when railway vehicle wheels lose adhesion when the brakes are applied, due to slippery rails, and the train slides along the track instead of slowing down.]
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