Originally Posted by
Vireo
If you don't know what these terms mean then my guess is they don't pertain to you, your skill level, or your current equipment. And learning them prematurely will just make you a talking-head with no real road experience to back it up.
Man, the out-and-out rudeness of some of the people on this list just floors me. Here's a guy who pleasantly introduces himself, and presumably is trying to read and learn about different aspects of the sport. Maybe he will never want to measure his WATTS much less talk about it like he's some sort of expert. Maybe he's just curious about what those terms are in the context of a sport he likes.
"Sorry Bud. If you don't know what it all means, you don't deserve to know. Plus, by not telling you, I'm saving everyone else who you might meet from the remote possibility that you might embarrass yourself in front of them."
Sheesh!