Parts of a bicycle

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Parts of a bicycle


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a bell eine Glocke ‘I’ve fitted a bell to my bicycle so that I can warn others of my approach.’

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a brake eine Bremse ‘My bicycle has front and rear brakes’

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a crossbar eine Querlatte ‘I’ve attached a water bottle to the crossbar of my bicycle.’

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a gear ein Gang ‘How many gears does your bicycle have?’

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handlebars Lenkstangen ‘My bike isn’t very comfortable to ride. I think I need to adjust the height of the handlebars.’

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a saddle ein Sattel ‘My saddle was stolen when I left my bicycle outside the railway station.’

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a spoke eine Speiche ‘One of the spokes on my back wheel is broken.’

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a tyre ein Reifen ‘I’ve fitted new tyres to my bike to improve grip in wet weather.’

American English = ‘a tire’

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a wheel ein Rad ‘My wheel buckled when I rode over a pothole.’

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a bell
eine Glocke
‘I’ve fitted a bell to my bicycle so that I can warn others of my approach.’

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a brake
eine Bremse
‘My bicycle has front and rear brakes’

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a crossbar
eine Querlatte
‘I’ve attached a water bottle to the crossbar of my bicycle.’

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a gear
ein Gang
‘How many gears does your bicycle have?’

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handlebars
Lenkstangen
‘My bike isn’t very comfortable to ride. I think I need to adjust the height of the handlebars.’

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a saddle
ein Sattel
‘My saddle was stolen when I left my bicycle outside the railway station.’

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a spoke
eine Speiche
‘One of the spokes on my back wheel is broken.’

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a tyre
ein Reifen
‘I’ve fitted new tyres to my bike to improve grip in wet weather.’

American English = ‘a tire’

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a wheel
ein Rad
‘My wheel buckled when I rode over a pothole.’

Other


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a cycle helmet ein Radhelm ‘It's important to wear a cycle helmet when cycling.’

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a water bottle eine Wasserflasche ‘I’ve lost my water bottle. I’ll see if I can buy another this evening.’

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a spare tyre ein Ersatzreifen ‘I’m cycling across Dartmoor next week. I’ll take a spare tyre with me in case I get a flat tyre on the trip.’

Your score Vocabulary, Audio, Translation, Example sentence / notes

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a cycle helmet
ein Radhelm
‘It's important to wear a cycle helmet when cycling.’

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a water bottle
eine Wasserflasche
‘I’ve lost my water bottle. I’ll see if I can buy another this evening.’

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a spare tyre
ein Ersatzreifen
‘I’m cycling across Dartmoor next week. I’ll take a spare tyre with me in case I get a flat tyre on the trip.’