Bike Related Pronunciations
11-14-07, 08:06 PM
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Bike Related Pronunciations
So I was looking for some shorts and wanted to throw in the word chamois to sound like I knew what I was talking about, but realized that I had no idea how to pronounce this word.
in car washing I usually pronounce Chamois as Shammy for some crazy reason... so how do you say it..
feel free to thow in other crazy bike words eg. SRAM (sssram not es-ram), deore(dee-or)i think, truvativ, etc.
in car washing I usually pronounce Chamois as Shammy for some crazy reason... so how do you say it..
feel free to thow in other crazy bike words eg. SRAM (sssram not es-ram), deore(dee-or)i think, truvativ, etc.
11-14-07, 08:18 PM
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Yes, you are pronouncing 'shammie' correctly. 8o)
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A guy came into my shop asking about the new 'fessah' cranks.
HUH? oh, you mean FSA!
HUH? oh, you mean FSA!
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who in the world says to-mah-to?
11-14-07, 10:23 PM
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It ticks me when people say dérailleur wrong, or cant say it at all.
"Derellya"
Hot dang.
Haha i met a guy trailside and he spent 5 minutes trying to pronounce Deore XT. In the end he just pointed to my "derellya" and said "That one".
"Derellya"
Hot dang.
Haha i met a guy trailside and he spent 5 minutes trying to pronounce Deore XT. In the end he just pointed to my "derellya" and said "That one".
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you mean the rear gear railer?
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Oh, say no more 
Im in australia, and as much as i hate to snowball the stereotype, its a heck of a lot more funny with our accent.
Im in australia, and as much as i hate to snowball the stereotype, its a heck of a lot more funny with our accent.
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Cannondale is pronounced "can-ON-dah-lay" if you're looking to mess around with people.
Or "Crack 'n' Fail" if you're talking to somebody who owns one.
Or "Crack 'n' Fail" if you're talking to somebody who owns one.
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For sticker/decal manipulators it sometimes becomes 'CAN O ALE'. Helmets can be 'SPECIAL ED' and 'YO'.
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So, how do you pronounce SRAM?
11-15-07, 12:27 AM
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so i was always under the impression you kind of say it like it was a word....like schram or something. sorry, i am not good at writing the pronunciation out.
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hmmm
yep, shammy
sram= sssram
deore is like Eeyore with a D
Some others I can think of:
Bianchi is bee an kee
Merckx is merks
Campagnolo is "unless you have a good Italian accent, call it Campy"
Cinelli is Chin el ee
yep, shammy
sram= sssram
deore is like Eeyore with a D
Some others I can think of:
Bianchi is bee an kee
Merckx is merks
Campagnolo is "unless you have a good Italian accent, call it Campy"
Cinelli is Chin el ee
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i called their US headquarters directly to see how their phone directory message pronounced it. then i hung up the phone before i had to choose an option
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