Sherwin Translation: 'On the rivet'
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Sherwin Translation: 'On the rivet'
Had never heard that one before...
Sherwin used the expression to describe one of the guys struggling mightily in the Pyrennees today...
Here's the origin according to the Powerful, All-Mighty Internet:
'If you're going as hard as you can, you're "on the rivet," an ancient phrase meaning sitting on the rivet at the front of your Brooks saddle.'
Sherwin used the expression to describe one of the guys struggling mightily in the Pyrennees today...
Here's the origin according to the Powerful, All-Mighty Internet:
'If you're going as hard as you can, you're "on the rivet," an ancient phrase meaning sitting on the rivet at the front of your Brooks saddle.'
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Strangely, english-style horse saddles--please note the word 'saddle'--also have a 'rivet' (although it's actually a special type of screw, since it can be undone and redone) at the front of the saddle on each side. There's a strong possibility that 'on the rivet' can be ultimately traced to horseracing.
Note to self: research *after* the Tour de France
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Had never heard that one before...
Sherwin used the expression to describe one of the guys struggling mightily in the Pyrennees today...
Here's the origin according to the Powerful, All-Mighty Internet:
'If you're going as hard as you can, you're "on the rivet," an ancient phrase meaning sitting on the rivet at the front of your Brooks saddle.'
Sherwin used the expression to describe one of the guys struggling mightily in the Pyrennees today...
Here's the origin according to the Powerful, All-Mighty Internet:
'If you're going as hard as you can, you're "on the rivet," an ancient phrase meaning sitting on the rivet at the front of your Brooks saddle.'
Sorry for the trip down memory lane......
They had a rivet right at the tip of the saddle, and if you notice people tend to slide forward on the saddle when struggling or going really hard. So that's when you end up "on the rivet".
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All saddles made back then used copper rivets, not just Brooks.
Boonen and Bettini still use copper rivet saddles from Selle San Marco.
Phil and Paul are kinda out of it when it comes to technology -they once commented that modern tires run at 110psi and were amazed.
Boonen and Bettini still use copper rivet saddles from Selle San Marco.
Phil and Paul are kinda out of it when it comes to technology -they once commented that modern tires run at 110psi and were amazed.
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Really? Doesn't look like Boonen was running it for the Dauphine......
https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...rks_Tarmac_SL2
https://www.cyclingnews.com/tech.php?...rks_Tarmac_SL2
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Look closer, that's a Selle San Marco Regal...which has rivets along the back. They might not be brass, but their there.
Also, this is what a Brooks Swallow looks like:
Also, this is what a Brooks Swallow looks like:
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I think Dagna is right - I used to work with a Brit who said "on the rivet" a lot to mean working hard or working fast. "They must've been on the rivet all morning to get this done." He knew almost nothing about bike racing, but rode horses and talked about horse racing all the time.