Help me name those obscure bike parts?

[mrandmrspoves]

Brian and Bob?

 

[mrandmrspoves]

......or if they're really obscure how about Herminius and Zachariah?

.....Always happy to help!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Yep, that's so obscure that I didn't even understand your last 2 posts! Must be some British thing I don't know about.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Yep, that's so obscure that I didn't even understand your last 2 posts! Must be some British thing I don't know about.

It's a fairly standard response to such threads.

Q: What's this part/thing/wotsit/thingamig called?

A: Brian?

 

[Peteaud]

Ive always called anything i dont know as the "Anti sprongle valve" and i have no idea why

Or as firkin dooberrys, as in, pass me the firkin dooberry.

 

[Crackle]

Ive always called anything i dont know as the "Anti sprongle valve" and i have no idea why

Or as firkin dooberrys, as in, pass me the firkin dooberry.

Seems like a lot of effort to describe a wotsit.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Seems like a lot of effort to describe a wotsit.

More like a thingmy, me thinks.

 

[Garz]

Seems like a lot of effort to describe a wotsit.

Samoflange

 

[Shut Up Legs]

A few more:

• What's the tube joining the 2 seat stays called? i.e. the bit onto which some types of rear brake are bolted?
• What's the usual name for the sheaths around the brake or gear cables? Is it "cable outer", or just "cable sheath"?

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Frame part is the bridge,second is cable outer,or outer cable.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Ah, thanks for that . It's a weird hobby I have, but it helps me sound like I know what the hell I'm talking about when I talk to bike mechanics, and aids in online shopping searches, too.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

The more we learn,the easier it becomes.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

My rear mech' cable goes down the seat stay. Just before the exposed cable reaches the last stop there is a tiny little ruber sheath about 1.5" long with an even tinier sheath sticking slightly out of it. The cable passes through this.

What's it called and what's it for?

 

[Cubist]

It's a tongued ferrule. Basically the thin rubber tubing forms a seal against water ingress. The thicker part simply allows the ferrule to be mated with the outer cable.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

It's a tongued ferrule. Basically the thin rubber tubing forms a seal against water ingress. The thicker part simply allows the ferrule to be mated with the outer cable.

Thank you!