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When cycling, criticise noiseless wheels (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tesla

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'wheels' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for tesla that I've seen before include "SI unit; steal (anag.)" , "Physicist" , "Unit of magnetic flux density" , "Inventor" , "Californian company specialising in electric cars" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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