The mayor of San José, just announced that a bike path or ciclovía will be built across San José along streets that are less traveled by automobiles, thus making it safer and easier to ride a bike through the capital. The bike lane will extend from the Law School at the University of Costa Rica in the eastern suburb of San Pedro to the Sabana Park in the west.

Biking terms

Alforjas – saddle bags or panniers
Aro or llanta – rim
Bicicleta a la medida – custom built bike
Bicicleta de montaña – mountain bike
Bielas – crank set
Blocaje rápido or Cierre Rápido – quick release
Bomba or inflador – pump
Cambio trasero – rear derailer
Cadena – chain
Cámara – tube of a tire
Candado – lock
Ciclovía – bike path
Corona – gears
Componentes – components
Desviador delantero – front derailer
Desviadores – derailers
Dientes – teeth on a chain ring or gear
Eje – axle
Eslabón – links on a chain
Espaciadores – spacers
Fibra de carbono – carbon fiber used to make some lightweight bike frames
Frenos – brakes
Guardabarros – fender
Horqueta – fork of a bike
Manubrios or guías – handle bars
Marco or cuadro – frame
Montar or andar en bicicleta – to ride a bike
Palanca de freno – brake arm
Parqueo de bicicletas – bike racks or place to park a bike
Pedales – pedals
Pedalear – to pedal
Piñones – sprocket
Plato – chain ring
Porta bicicleta – a bike rack for a car like Yakima
Portaequipaje – rack on the back of a bike
Poste de manubrio – handle bar stem
Puño – handlebar grip
Radios or rayos – spokes
Sillín – bike seat
Tija sillín – seatpost
Triciclo – tricycle
Tubo superior -crossbar
Tubo inferior o diagonal – down tube of frame
Tuerca – nut
Uniciclo – unicycle
Válvula – tire valve

Related Tico Expression:

Bici – term for bike
Cletear – to ride a bike
Cleta– also a bike
Policleto – police on bikes
Volar pedal – to ride or pedal a bike