Foreign Bicycle Terms for Race Mechanics

Just in case you get the chance to travel, or if you just wanted to learn some foreign terms, here are some bike parts in English, French, Spanish and German. Are you fluent in another language and willing to help update our chart? Please use the form at the bottom of the page to contact us.

English	French	Spanish	German
axle	axe, essieu (auto)	eje	Achse
bicycle chain	chaîne	cadena	kette
bicycle stand	capot	banco de trabajo	Fahrradständer
bottom bracket	boite de pédalier	caja de pedalier	Tretlager
brakes	de frein	freno	Bremen
chainwheel, chainring	plateau	plato	Kettenblatt
crank set	pédalier	biela	Kettenblattgarnitur
derailleur, front	dérailleur avant	desviador central	Kettenwerfer
derailleur, rear	dérailleur arrière	cambio de marchas	Schaltwerk
disc brake	disque de frein,frein à disque	freno de disco	Bremsscheibe
Freewheel	roue libre	rueda libre	Freewheel
front fork	fourche	horquilla	Gabel
grease, oil, lubricate	lubrifier, graisser	grasa, aceite, lubricar	schmieren
grip	grip, poignée	puño	Griff
handlebars	cintre, guidon	manillar	Lenker
hub	moyeu	buje	Nabe
hub cassette	moyeu, cassette	carrete de cassette	Kassettennabe
hub front	Moyeu Avant	carrete delanerto	Vorderradnabe
hub rear	moyeu arrière	carrete tresaro	Hinterradnabe
left	gauche	izquierda	links
pedal	pédale	pedal	Trethebel, Pedal
right	droit	derecha	rechts
rim	jante	llanta	Felge
saddle	selle	sillin	Sattel
shifting unit, shifter	manette	maneta del cambio	Schalter
skewer, quick release	Blocage Rapides	cierre rapido	Schnellspanner
spoke	rayon	radio	Speiche
sprocket, cog	pignon	piñón, corona	Zahnkranz
stem, handlebar stem	potence	potencia	Vorbau
suspension fork	fourche à suspension	horquilla de suspensión	Federgabel
tires	pneus, pneumatiques	tubolar, cubierta	Bereifung
wheel	roue	rueda	Laufrad