CYCLOMETER (Gr. KUK)toc , circle, and Or pop, measure)  , an instrument used especially by cyclists to determine the distance they have traversed . In a common form a stud attached to one spoke of the wheel engages with a toothed pinion and moves it on one tooth at each revolution . The pinion is connected with a train of clockwork, the gearing of which bears such a ratio to the circumference of the wheel that the distance corresponding to the number of times it has revolved is shown on a dial in miles or other units .