| sturmeyarcher | | sets the shift patern in a gearbox |
| first | | you get a red ribbon |
| pin | | large sprocket with linings in a pre unit |
| second | | number one |
| lining | | not the barking kind |
| bonded | | Allows shaft to turn |
| selectorfork | | gearbox manufacture in early british bikes |
| insert | | locking method as we shift up or down |
| teeth | | opposite to up |
| dogs | | locks collors on a shaft |
| hardcasing | | Secondary shaft with more gears |
| Thrustwasher | | Used to carry beer |
| forth | | missing a few you get a jerky ride |
| sleevegear | | fibre that may fall out when clutch is dismantled |
| bearing | | Sliding gear but has no cuffs |
| case | | Keeps side load on a bearing |
| bush | | every cloud has a silver |
| housing | | home for a bearing |
| clip | | modern method of ahereing |
| circlip | | In both gearbox and sowing kit |
| chainwheel | | gear construction method often noisy |
| ratchet | | Slips in agrove on a shaft |
| shim | | takes up some slake |
| layshaft | | Used to pick the next speed |
| down | | holds in place |
| mainshaft | | not second or forth |
| camplate | | Often reamed to fit |
| straightcut | | often warn off on old gears |
| grubscrew | | with peter and mary but spelt differently |
| third | | top gear in many an old bike |
| pawl | | Transmits motion from input to drive |