Thread: Why "Groupset"?
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Old 07-11-24 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by john m flores
It's from the same people that brought you "chai tea latte" or "tea with milk tea milk"

But I'm actually ok with groupset. Sounds vaguely British.

EDIT: As a bit of a word nerd, I delved further. While Newspapers.com is by no means definitive, looks like "groupset" first started being used in the 1980s in, as I had guessed, the UK.

Here's an ad from the South Wales Evening Post, Fri, Oct 10, 1986


Macclesfield Express Thu, Mar 31, 1988




Birmingham Metronews Fri, Nov 24, 1989



Someone in Atlanta started using "groupset" in late 1987 - see the Bataglin
The Atlanta Journal Thu, Nov 12, 1987





Within Newspaper.com's print dataset, "groupset" as a term died at the turn of the century.

"Chai" is English for tea in Mandarin. "Latte" is short for caffè latte, espresso with steamed milk. So "chai tea latte" is tea tea with steamed milk. I cringe every time I hear "chai tea."

I remember using the term "groupset" in the mid-80s around the SF Bay Area when I started riding and while in school in Davis. Also, "grouppo" was reserved for Campagnolo (for the purist and no mixing).
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