Sentence examples for diamond frame from inspiring English sources
noun
A modern, upright bicycle shape or design, as distinguished from a penny-farthing bicycle, a recumbent, etc.
The most common design is the traditional diamond frame, which is formed by two triangles of tubing.
It's rare, and it has a cross frame, not a normal diamond frame, which was the first of its kind in the world.
More than a century after its invention, J. K. Starley's "diamond" frame (developed in Coventry by Rover, before they shifted to automobile production) still holds sway.
But this hasn't put off generations of innovators who have adorned that familiar diamond frame with gadgetry – or tried, in some cases, to re-invent the (bike) wheel.
As Penn writes, "You can spend $15 on a rusting roadster at a yard sale, or $120,000 on a 24-karat-gold-plated bicycle encrusted with Swarovski crystals, and you'll still get a diamond frame".
Control of this older form of the game was assumed by the Amateur Skittle Association, which specified the dimensions of the alley and the distance between each of the nine pins in the diamond frame.
Extremely French in its neo-classical design, the tiara consists of 19 openwork diamond frames each with a large oriental pearl drop.
Miraculously all four bottles had shattered either against the walls or the metal diamonds framing the small windows.
Once you have completed the frame, get your chosen fabric to lie behind your kite frame.then draw a diamond shape that goes around the tips of the sticks.Take the frame away.Draw another diamond that goes 1 centimeter (0.4 in) around the original line.Cut around the outside of the outside line.
This is the prototype for all modern bicycles with its diamond shaped frame, two wheels of equal size and chain driven back wheel.
