Cycling Terminology Defined
01-13-04 | 09:42 PM
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Cycling Terminology Defined
Cycling Terminology Defined
I thought it would be interesting to hear cycling specific terms and their meanings. I know the easy ones like “On your Left” “Drafting” and the ever popular “…Got Dropped.” But I was thinking there has to be some really great terms out there that you could share.
I thought it would be interesting to hear cycling specific terms and their meanings. I know the easy ones like “On your Left” “Drafting” and the ever popular “…Got Dropped.” But I was thinking there has to be some really great terms out there that you could share.
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01-13-04 | 09:47 PM
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Would you believe that I still haven't worked out a proper definition for "spanky" yet?
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01-13-04 | 10:13 PM
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Oh yes those
"Car Back"
"Car Right"
"Car UP BOB!"
-Now Bob tends to ride in to oncoming traffic and needs the special additional "BOB" added to his warning calls; even then he usually requires it be called out at least twice "Car Up Bob" "Car Up Bob!!!" In fact now even when Bob is not with us on a ride it is still "Car Up Bob."
"Car Back"
"Car Right"
"Car UP BOB!"
-Now Bob tends to ride in to oncoming traffic and needs the special additional "BOB" added to his warning calls; even then he usually requires it be called out at least twice "Car Up Bob" "Car Up Bob!!!" In fact now even when Bob is not with us on a ride it is still "Car Up Bob."
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01-14-04 | 09:10 AM
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I do a 3 day charity ride every September. The team that I ride with started calling out "POLE!" while riding on the Cape Cod Rail Trail. They use these cement filled yellow posts at road intersections to keep motor vehicles from turning onto the rail trail. We now have a teammate with the nickname "Ping", because despite our warning calls, he smacked right into one. Granted, we had consumed A LOT of tequila the night before, but the rest of us managed to avoid conducting any physics experiments that day. He was okay, and so was the bike. We didn't want to laugh, but we had to.
01-14-04 | 12:16 PM
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George Hincapie's favourite: NO CHAIN.
Bobkeism: Die like an animal as in
"the domestiques are gonna die like an animal on the
side of the road today. . . "
Marty
Bobkeism: Die like an animal as in
"the domestiques are gonna die like an animal on the
side of the road today. . . "
Marty
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01-14-04 | 05:16 PM
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...as in look at that "Fred" with the black socks, blaze orange jersy and pink shorts?
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01-14-04 | 06:48 PM
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This might help....
https://members.tripod.com/geert_pc/slang.htm
https://members.tripod.com/geert_pc/slang.htm
01-14-04 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Grampy™
This might help....
https://members.tripod.com/geert_pc/slang.htm
https://members.tripod.com/geert_pc/slang.htm
---But oh the spelling errors....
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01-14-04 | 07:12 PM
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My buddy refers to an anti-Fred (a rider turned out in immaculate matching kit and pristine bike) as a "Fabio."
01-14-04 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by caloso
My buddy refers to an anti-Fred (a rider turned out in immaculate matching kit and pristine bike) as a "Fabio."
