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- noun Plural form of
freewheel .
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Examples
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If the auger freewheels, you have broken shear pins, which slide in and tighten down with a nut.
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Thirty spoked wheels hanging from hooks; freewheels and hubs; chain stays and cranks; the concentric spirals of painted chain guards.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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Thirty spoked wheels hanging from hooks; freewheels and hubs; chain stays and cranks; the concentric spirals of painted chain guards.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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First set: Murray* 5-4 Querrey After coasting through the first set, Andy Murray inexplicably freewheels off the road and into the rough.
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I was also fascinated by the claim that riding a fixed-gear is a "continual conversation with the road," as though bicycles with freewheels or multiple gear ratios somehow hover above the pavement.
Parroting: Continual Conversations with the Road BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Those Long Yih freewheels were being sold for 5 bucks apiece.
BSNYC Product Review: Walmart's Mongoose Cachet "Fixed-Speed" Bicycle BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Incidentally, fixed-gear riders really should stop congratulating themselves for riding their bicycles more than a few miles at a time, especially since they stop pedaling just as much as riders with freewheels.
Cheap and Easy: The Fundamental Problem of Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Back to the interview, the last straw for this guy is being the umpteenth person calling ACS freewheels 'bombproof.'
BSNYC Interview: Dave Koesel of Felt Bicycles BikeSnobNYC 2009
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It's got a real bottle opener on it, spoke wrenches and a bit to remove one of the crappiest freewheels ever made.
Contingency Plans: Fresh Rolls, Pit Dogs, Wet Feet, and Spare Wheels BikeSnobNYC 2009
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GMART -- I ain't defending the guy, but "single speed fixie track bike" does not contain any redundancies -- fixed gears can have multiple speeds, single speeds can have freewheels, and track frames are completely optional on either.
Curation Myths: Some Assembly Required BikeSnobNYC 2009
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