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chainstay

American  
[chayn-stay] / ˈtʃeɪnˌsteɪ /

noun

chainstays plural
  1. the part of a bicycle frame running parallel to the chain that connects the bottom bracket and the rear axle.


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And those bikes don’t come with all of the baggage of having the Harley-Davidson name on the chainstay.

From The Verge • Dec. 17, 2020

A really nice detail is that the chainstay is 13.5 can also be used as 13.75.

From Time Magazine Archive

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