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Cycling terminology that annoys you....

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    #32
    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,397 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Sportives starting with "tour de"

    My weather

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    #33
    martyc5674
    Registered Users Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭martyc5674


    Bib knickers...
    imagine telling one of your non cycling mates u wear knickers?!


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    #34
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    detones wrote: »

    "I was Sitting in" translation: Im a lazy b@ll@x

    Talking about Wednesday night, eh?


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    #35
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    ednwireland wrote: »
    Sportives starting with "tour de"
    ....or clubs with foreign titles:

    De Ronde van Cork - WTF?


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    #36
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,753 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    terrydel wrote: »
    Well for me its the term 'ride' which is so overused and to me seems the preserve of pretentious rapha-wearing gits.

    A 'ride' means something entirely different in our house. If I told herself I was heading out for a 'ride', there'd be little point in coming home afterwards :pac:


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    #37
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    smacl wrote: »
    A 'ride' means something entirely different in our house. If I told herself I was heading out for a 'ride', there'd be little point in coming home afterwards :pac:
    The girls in the office usually ask me if I did much riding over the weekend! :cool:


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    #38
    Doc07
    Registered Users Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Doc07


    Keep them coming, tough week, this is cheering me up.
    My peeve is calling anyone a ‘fred’ because IMO if you are not pro or A1/2 you’re all freds.


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    #39
    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,083 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Doc07 wrote: »
    Keep them coming, tough week, this is cheering me up.
    My peeve is calling anyone a ‘fred’ because IMO if you are not pro or A1/2 you’re all freds.

    There are other terms of abuse for higher-order freds.

    e.g. "burger and chips pro".

    Or maybe "influencer". :D


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    #40
    rushfan
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭rushfan


    Wishbone Ash wrote:
    De Ronde van Cork - WTF?


    How about De Ronde van langer, boy?


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    #41
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    ....or clubs with foreign titles:

    De Ronde van Cork - WTF?

    Yes and:
    The Well Oiled Wheelers.


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    #42
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Yes and:
    The Well Oiled Wheelers.

    Think I saw a club called The Wheely Wheelers or something like that.


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    #43
    jon1981
    Registered Users Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭jon1981


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Yes and:
    The Well Oiled Wheelers.

    Apparently they're great craic


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    #44
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users Posts: 8,248 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    "chapeau"... hate that one!


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    #45
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    "chapeau"... hate that one!

    It's "chateau"


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    #46
    terrydel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,881 ✭✭✭terrydel


    Here's another - Lucan cycling Road club.
    Was obi wan kenobi the person behind naming that club?!


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    #47
    bazermc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Riding Tempo. What the heck does mean? I never got it.


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    #48
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,591 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i always assumed tempo was another word for cadence.


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    #49
    Chartsengrafs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Chartsengrafs


    ‘Time trialling’ to the finish. No, it’s just some lad cycling by himself in an effort to win a race. A solo break even.


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    #50
    outfox
    Registered Users Posts: 942 ✭✭✭outfox


    Any club name ending in 'wheelers'.
    Talk about over used.


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    #51
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    From commentators... "resplendent", "diminutive", "run the rule" and anything from Carlton.


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    #52
    wirelessdude01
    Registered Users Posts: 8,424 ✭✭✭wirelessdude01


    Making the calculation. No they didn't, they just worked hard enough.


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    #53
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    wirelessdude01 wrote: »
    Making the calculation. No they didn't, they just worked hard enough.

    Anything Seán says is perfect, so you take that back right now!


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    #54
    Raam
    Registered Users Posts: 14,317 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Raam wrote: »
    Think I saw a club called The Wheely Wheelers or something like that.

    Southside Wheely Wheelers. I wonder what the other name proposals were.


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    #55
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,995 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    Yes and:
    The Well Oiled Wheelers.
    jon1981 wrote: »
    Apparently they're great craic
    In fairness to them, them always look like they're enjoying themselves. I suppose going into Bennett's for 6 pints of Guinness after training on a Wednesday night helps.


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    #56
    [Deleted User]
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    Raam wrote: »
    Southside Wheely Wheelers. I wonder what the other name proposals were.

    I thought you were jesting but no they are in fact a club /shakes head.

    If my daughter wasn't asleep in bed I'd ask her to come up with a snappy name for a cycling club and I guarantee it would be better than that :D


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    #57
    magicbastarder
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    wheely mcwheelface wheelieing wheelers?


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    #58
    Shaque attack
    Registered Users Posts: 921 ✭✭✭Shaque attack


    There has to be a better word than cadence. Drives me batty. All the contrived terms for a set of cogs is another. I dunno whether to go 54-32 or 256-75. Just don't eat the cake you spoofer


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    #59
    jon1981
    Registered Users Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭jon1981


    Keep it in zone 2 lads....


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    #60
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    And the best club name:
    Reservoir Cogs.


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    #61
    Trojan
    Registered Users Posts: 16,413 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    High gear. Low gear. Who the hell knows which is which.

    Also, if you think cycling is bad for terminology, try sailing.

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