Italian Cycling Glossary
aluminum
arm warmers
axle
bearings
bolt
brake(s)
brake lever
bottom bracket
cable / housing
carbon fiber
cassette
chain
chainring
chainstays
cleat
computer
CO2 cartridge
crank
crankset
derailleur, front
derailleur, rear
down tube
dropout(s)
fork
frame
gloves
handlebar
handlebar tape
head tube
headset
helmet
hub
jacket
aluminio
manicotti
perno
cuscinetti
bullone
freno(i)
leve(i) freno(i)
movimento centrale
cavo / guaina
(fibra di) carbonio
casetta, pacco pignoni
catena
corona
foderi bassi
tacchetta
computerino
bomboletta
pedivella
guarnitura
deragliatore
cambio
tubo obliquo
forcellino(i)
forcella
telaio
guanti
manubrio, curva
nastro da manubrio
tubo sterzo
serie sterzo
casco
mozzo
giacca
English Italian
alè
alla ruota
ammiraglia
battistrada(e)
cotto
dai!
crisi di fame
discesa
falsopiano
forza
(in)fuga
GPM
gregario
gruppetto
gruppo
nella scia
occhio!
partenza
ristoro
salita
scatto
sotto!
squadra
strada
sterrato
su!
tifoso
tirare, tira!
tornante
traguardo
TV
Italian English
Italian Cycling Terms
jersey
leg warmers
nipples
pedal(s)
pump
quick release
rim
rim strip
saddle
shoe(s)
seat bag
seat post
seat tube
seat stays
shift lever
shorts
skewer
spoke(s)
sprocket
steel
stem
sunglasses
tights
tire (clincher)
tire (tubular)
titanium
top tube
tread (of a tire)
tube (of a ture)
vest
water bottle
water bottle cage
wheel
English Italian
maglia (pronounced mahl yah)
gambali
nippli
pedal(i)
pompa, pompetta
bloccaggio rapido
cerchio
flap (pronounced flop)
sella
scarpa(e)
borsetta
reggisella
tubo sella
fodere
leve cambio
pantoloncini
bloccaggio
raggio(i)
cassetta, pacco pignoni
acciaio
attacco, pipa
occhiali da sole
calzamaglia
copertone
tubulare
titanio
tubo superiore
battistrada
camera d'aria
giubotto, gilet
borraccia
porta borraccia
ruota
allez! go!
on the wheel
team car (lit. flagship, i.e., the admiral's ship)
breakaway riders
cooked
give (it all you've got)
hunger crisis, bonk
descent, discesa pericolosa means dangerous descent
false flat
lit. force, strength
lit. in flight, on a breakaway
gran premio montagna, where mountain points are awarded
team rider
the "laughing group," i.e., those just trying to make the time cut
the main pack, also a component group
in the slipstream
lit. "eye," as in look out! In the Veneto language it is ocio, pron. ocho
start
feed zone
climb
jump, as in a sudden hard effort to escape from the group
under, as in, get on that wheel!
team
road
unpaved
up! get up there!
a fan...the word fan is also used, as in "fans club" (sic)
to pull, pull!
switchback
finish line
traguardo volante, prime line on a race course
Viva (often seen written on roads, walls, banners. etc)
