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