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Automotive

Dealing with vehicles or machines used for travel or motion, especially cars.

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cotterless crankset

Automotive; Automobile

A bicycle crankset in which the crankarms are fastened to the axle by means of nuts or bolts instead of cotter pins.

cottered crank

Automotive; Automobile

A bicycle crankset in which the crankarms are fastened to the axle by means of threaded cotter pins and nuts.

crossover gearing

Automotive; Automobile

A bicycle gearing system whose shift sequence involves moving from the lowest to the midrange of gears on the smaller chainring, then crossing over to the larger chainring for the ...

corncob

Automotive; Automobile

A bicycle term used to describe a cluster of cogs on a racing freewheel because of the small variation in number of teeth on adjacent cogs.

countersunk bolt

Automotive; Automobile

A bolt with a special head. The underside of the head is tapered to fit into a hole that has tapered sides (countersunk hole) so that when the bolt is screwed in all the way, the ...

cross member

Automotive; Automobile

A brace or strut which provides structural stability for the sides of a frame -- often in the shape of an "X".

dual brakes

Automotive; Automobile

A brake system that uses a tandem or dual master cylinder to provide separate brake system for both front and rear of vehicle. In the event of a loss of hydraulic fluid, one ...