About the word "race" when talking about bike headset [closed]
I can't find any definition of "race" in its use for example on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headset_(bicycle_part)
on Cambridge or Oxford dictionaries...
Someone can tell me where this word comes from ?
Solution 1:
It's the third sense listed on Merriam Webster:
3 : a track or channel in which something rolls or slides
specifically : a groove for the balls in a ball bearing or rollers in a roller bearing
The analogy with a mill race seems plausible, but I haven't made any effort to check it (and it's an independent meaning now, anyway).