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Unless you have a "fixie" there's a small one-way clutch hidden in the rear hub. This clutch engages when the pedals are being pushed in the right direction, but will allow the bike to "freewheel", or "coast" when the power is coming from the other direction.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause all but a few special bikes have a kind of one-way clutch, a ratchet in the rear wheel. The clutch engages when you're pedalling forward but release when you pedal backwards.
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How do bicycle wheels work?
when you pedal, they go round?!?
What words mean that the harder you pedal a bicycle the faster it will go?
Newton's second law
Where can one go to find a foot pedal to a Trek Bicycle?
One can find a foot pedal for Trek bicycle at Trek Bicycle Superstore. Trek Bicycle Superstore has five locations in California and one location in New Mexico. There is nothing that special about a Trek. You can buy replacement pedals just about anywhere. They'll have to have the right thread though, which for a TREK is most likely to be 9/16".
How would you go about changing your speed on a bicycle?
pedal harder and fasterkeep pedalling at the same pace, but change to a higher gear
How bikes go forward when you are pushing the paddles backward?
A. only when you sit on the haldlebars and pedal ;-D A Unless it's a custom bike, or a bike with a real improbable fault, they don't.
How do you increase the momentum of a bicycle?
Asssuming it's not locked, broken or anything it'll move forward when you put pressure on a pedal that is pointing forward.
Sentence with the word bicycle?
The bicycle squeaked. I've had a brand new bicycle for my birthday. I go to school on my bicycle.
What pedal in the car is pushed to make the car go faster?
The pedal in the car you push to go faster is the accelerator pedal.
What part of a bicycle makes the bicycle go?
The pedals, crank, chain, sprockets, and wheels. Along with the rider, they all work together to make the bicycle go.
Can you go to the moon by the bicycle?
no
Where can a person go to get a custom pedal board?
There are a few online retailers one can go to in order to get a custom pedal board. One can purchase them from 'Trailer Trash Pedal Boards', 'Blackbird Pedal Boards' and 'Helweg Pedal Boards'.
How is a bicycle crankarm repaired?
There's not much that can go wrong with a crankarm, and not much that can be repaired either. About the only repairs that are done on crank arms is that damaged pedal threads can be repaired using a technique known as Heli-Coil.
