Coastie (other)
Coastie is a term used in Midwestern U.S. universities to denote students who come from outside of the region. Coastie may also refer to: * Coastie (bicycle), a type of fixed-gear, single-speed bicycle utilizing a Coaster Brake rear hub * Coastal defence ship * Coasties, an informal term for a member of the United States Coast Guard * A member of a coastguard * A resident of a coastline See also * * Coaster (other) * Coast (other) The coast is where the land meets the sea or ocean. Coast, Coastal, or Coastline may also refer to: Places * Coast (PAT station), a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network * Coast at Lakeshore East, a Chicago reside ...

Coastie
The term coastie or coasty (more often heard and seen as the plural coasties) is a pejorative term used in Midwestern U.S. universities (especially the University of Wisconsin-Madison) to denote students who come from outside the region, mainly from the East or West Coast. The term is thought to have been coined in the early to mid 1990s. Coasties are often confused with FIBs (Fucking Illinois Bastards), a term used to describe students from the north shore suburbs of Chicago. Zooniversity Music brought the term into the national spotlight in 2009 with their release of "Coastie Song (What's A Coastie)." Although the most general use of the term denotes only the origin of these students, there are often implicit or explicit associations that use of the term can evoke. One is that coasties do not pay their own tuition because they come from socioeconomically privileged, and often Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originat ...
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Coastie (bicycle)
A bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less common on bicycles. Most bicycle brake systems consist of three main components: a mechanism for the rider to apply the brakes, such as brake levers or pedals; a mechanism for transmitting that signal, such as Bowden cables, hydraulic hoses, rods, or the bicycle chain; and the brake mechanism itself, a caliper or drum, to press two or more surfaces together in order to convert, via friction, kinetic energy of the bike and rider into thermal energy to be dissipated. History Karl Drais included a pivoting brake shoe that could be pressed against the rear iron tyre of his 1817 . This was continued on the earliest bicycles with pedals, such as the boneshaker, which were fitted with a spoon brake to press onto the rear wheel. The brake was operated by a lever or by a cord connecting to the handlebars. The rider could also slow ...
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