Originally Posted by Louis
Most 50+'ers will remember the days when the device used to secure the front wheel on a bicycle was called a
fork. Nowadays as I prowl the internet it seems the word has become pluralized. Example: "I love the ride of my bike since I upgraded the forks." or "does that bike come with carbon forks?"
Rant warning!
A fork is a fork, period. It is not a forks. There is only one fork on a bicycle.
I have seven forks because I have seven #*&*$# bicycles and each one has only one #@&*$# fork.
Aw, fork it. I'm going out for a ride.
Rant over.
Carry on.
Now that I consider the subject, the
FORK, which holds the wheel, actually has
TWO FORKS, which is where the skewer/axle goes. So....I think it is correct in either singular or plural.
"...............and then the wheels came off"