Definitions
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- noun bicycling a threaded
washer used to prevent components from become loose during rotation. They are found on a bottom bracket and a track hub.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun washer that prevents a nut from loosening
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Examples
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While the tool itself is simple basically, it's a cog that acts as a lockring remover the degree of embellishment surrounding it is extraordinary.
Flights of Fancy: The Art of Unsimplification BikeSnobNYC 2010
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"Cassette Crackers", which work in a similar fashion to remove the cassette lockring in an emergency, have been around for a while.
Flights of Fancy: The Art of Unsimplification BikeSnobNYC 2010
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And easy as you please almost but not quite as easy as using a regular lockring tool, the lockring is removed, allowing him to fish around in his pants for a different cog:
Flights of Fancy: The Art of Unsimplification BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Sure, you can core and slice the apple with a knife, just like you can remove a lockring with a lockring wrench, but who cares?
Flights of Fancy: The Art of Unsimplification BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Fortunately, I realized that taking my new Empire State Courier to the trendiest track bike boutique in town to purchase a cog and lockring would be an excellent opportunity to test its fixter appeal.
BSNYC Product Review: Scattante Empire State Courier BikeSnobNYC 2009
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I wanted a Dura Ace lockring so something on my bike would be NJS.
BSNYC Product Review: Scattante Empire State Courier BikeSnobNYC 2009
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If all of the energy generated by stopping your bicycle dozens to hundreds of times daily is focused through the cranks, chainring, chainwheel screwpegs, chain, cog & lockring, 7 to 10 aluminum threads on the hub and spokes and tires, instead of being diffused through two rims and tires;still with me? then the weakest link is in those under-engineered thin threads on the hub.
You Must Be Crazy: Strength of Conviction BikeSnobNYC 2009
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And since I had resolved to spend absolutely no money on the Empire State Courier besides the money I had paid for the cog and lockring at Chari & Co.
BSNYC Product Review: Scattante Empire State Courier BikeSnobNYC 2009
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I leaned my bike against the wall and sought an employee to help me purchase a cog and lockring.
BSNYC Product Review: Scattante Empire State Courier BikeSnobNYC 2009
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To be perfectly fair, the staff exhibited none of the attitude displayed by their clientele, and they supplied me with both a 16 tooth cog and a Dura Ace lockring.
BSNYC Product Review: Scattante Empire State Courier BikeSnobNYC 2009
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