Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
arête (sur le haut du cadre)
English translation:
double crossbar
Added to glossary by
MoiraB
Apr 23, 2015 15:23
9 yrs ago
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French term
arête
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
part of bicycle
Can anyone think what to call this 'arête'? Ridge or edge don't seem right. It's the extra section running across the top of the frame in photos 1 and 2 here: http://www.arkostudio.com/gallery/newton-gravity-bike/ (click on > for other photos)
Gravity bike designed by three design students as a course assignment. Text is for a general audience, not necessarily bike techies:
Tant qu’à s’amuser, ils optent pour un gravity bike, un vélo de descente sans pédale inspiré des proportions des ‘cafe racers’ (motos des années 60-70 dont le guidon se trouve au niveau du phare). Et pour des profils en acier en losange, qu’ils utilisent avec une arête sur le haut du cadre.
Gravity bike designed by three design students as a course assignment. Text is for a general audience, not necessarily bike techies:
Tant qu’à s’amuser, ils optent pour un gravity bike, un vélo de descente sans pédale inspiré des proportions des ‘cafe racers’ (motos des années 60-70 dont le guidon se trouve au niveau du phare). Et pour des profils en acier en losange, qu’ils utilisent avec une arête sur le haut du cadre.
Proposed translations
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4 | double crossbar | kashew |
4 +1 | (additional) top tube | Gert Sass (M.A.) |
3 | bar | Mpoma |
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double crossbar
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Comment: "I see that crossbar is given as a synonym for top tube in Gert's link, so this works well as a concise translation of the whole phrase (une arête sur le haut du cadre) cf. photos here http://tinyurl.com/lertnws. Thanks, everyone."
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bar
boring, I concede... but does what it says on the tin
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(additional) top tube
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Chris Maddux
: From what I have found on bike diagrams that is what it is normally called a top tube.. http://ds-customs.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderp...
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