Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a bicycle, the truss made of hollow steel tubing, brazed at the joints, by which the weight of the rider is transferred to the axles of the wheels. Its shape is approximately that of the lozenge on a playing-card called the diamond. See
bicycle .
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Not technically a Seattle event, but this bike swap and show will include hundreds of classic balloon-tire cruisers, banana-seat Schwinn Stingrays, plenty of more “modern” diamond-frame antique bicycles, and probably some penny-farthings as well.
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I was surprised to see this touted as a feature, since pretty much all traditional diamond-frame bicycles place the rear triangle behind the front one.
Hitting the Road: Unhooking the BRA BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Available pictures of Burton in action suggest she typically palped an unfaired diamond-frame bike.
BSNYC Freitag Spaß-Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009
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