Cycling terminology that annoys you....

07Lapierre

"On the rivet!" ... the old ones are the best!

rushfan

Eamonnator wrote:

And the best club name: Reservoir Cogs.

And on a slightly similar note, there was a football team in Navan in the '80s called OMP, as in Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Park.

martyc5674

Trojan wrote: »

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

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

I’ve heard a coach repeatedly telling people to go down gears when they mean go down the block which is quite the opposite, higher gears are the harder ones to push simple as that.

Now stop passing me on my leeward side, you should know I’ve priority on starboard tack.

gmacww

Glass Crank it lads!

Cona

Is it just me or is there a ridiculous amount of shouting and roaring on sportives?

Hole, Left, Center.....Jesus Christ I swear people shout for a loose pebble these days. I think we all know and assume that Irish roads are bad, we don't need to know where ever loose stone is on the course

Beasty

When people shout "Up!, up!! up!!!" at me when I've not even fallen off (not yet anyway:()

07Lapierre

Cona wrote: »

Is it just me or is there a ridiculous amount of shouting and roaring on sportives?

Hole, Left, Center.....Jesus Christ I swear people shout for a loose pebble these days. I think we all know and assume that Irish roads are bad, we don't need to know where ever loose stone is on the course

Absolutely! When it comes to warning riders behind you of potholes, just "point and track" the pothole as you pass by. No need for all this shouting.

OleRodrigo

' Rolling Hills ' .

Whats this - Mills and Boon for bikes??

Grassey

Cona wrote:

Is it just me or is there a ridiculous amount of shouting and roaring on sportives?

Where people in the same group shout "car up", "car down", meaning the exact same thing.

Lusk_Doyle

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

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.

The 6 pints IS the training. The bike riding is the commute.

c.p.w.g.w

Grassey wrote: »

Where people in the same group shout "car up", "car down", meaning the exact same thing.

Up is coming from on front
Down is coming from behind

If memory serves

Wishbone Ash

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Up is coming from on front
Down is coming from behind

If memory serves

No, No, No

Car Up (your arse) i.e. coming from behind
Car Down (your throat) i.e. coming towards you

magicbastarder

i propose a new system - 'car north' means car approaching from in front.
'car south', the converse.

tbf, it used to bug me as a kid that a southwesterly wind was one blowing in a northeasterly direction.

wirelessdude01

c.p.w.g.w wrote:

Up is coming from on front Down is coming from behind

The opposite in our club.

mamax

Grassey wrote: »

Where people in the same group shout "car up", "car down", meaning the exact same thing.

There's many variations depending where you live, ours as below

Car up - from the front
Car back - from the rear

And the one the frightens the ****e outta us is "car on" - meaning there's a car oncoming on our side of the road :eek:


Edit: back to topic, it's not a rear or front mech it's a fcuking derailleur! !!!

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

Post-ride is even worse

Macy0161

Car up from behind - coming up the group.

Car down coming in the opposite direction - down the group.

I've no problem with the calling of holes, ramps etc, but lower the volume a bit...

re.mark.able

'Derailleur', especially when pronounced as 'derailer' – just use the english term the whole time! –, and 'mech' when I'm in a bad mood.

Eamonnator

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

No, No, No

Car Up (your arse) i.e. coming from behind
Car Down (your throat) i.e. coming towards you

I used cycle with a group, who called "car 6", when a car approached from behind and "car 12" when a car approached from the front.

Lumen

re.mark.able wrote: »

'Derailleur', especially when pronounced as 'derailer' – just use the english term the whole time! –, and 'mech' when I'm in a bad mood.

Derailer is the correct English term. Don't make me go to Sheldon on this.

magicbastarder

makes you wonder who they named sheldon in the big bang theory after.

khaldrogo

Baron de Charlus wrote:

"Peddle", "break", "front forks".

Brake

Wishbone Ash

khaldrogo wrote: »

Brake

I think the Baron's post has been lost on you!

ED E

Pair passed today "...11 1, totally slammed on the front and..." didnt need to hear any more to know the kinda cyclists they were :pac:

magicbastarder

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I think the Baron's post has been lost on you!

what worried me was that he didn't see anything else in that post to correct.

mamax

magicbastarder wrote: »

what worried me was that he didn't see anything else in that post to correct.

Yea he forgot about the rear forks

c.p.w.g.w

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

No, No, No

Car Up (your arse) i.e. coming from behind
Car Down (your throat) i.e. coming towards you

Apologies not done a group spin in nearly 5 years

Rechuchote

mamax wrote: »

There's many variations depending where you live, ours as below

Car up - from the front
Car back - from the rear

And the one the frightens the ****e outta us is "car on" - meaning there's a car oncoming on our side of the road :eek:


Edit: back to topic, it's not a rear or front mech it's a fcuking derailleur! !!!

But… but… I've only ever heard "car up!" - if the car's coming from in front, everyone can see it anyway, and if the person in front shouts, the people behind can't hear anyway because the words are blown away in the wind.

martyc5674 wrote: »

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

Twould be worse to tell them u don't wear knickers…

tomasrojo

It barely ever happens to me, but for some reason kept happening to me over the space of a week last year:
People shouting in commuter traffic "on your right!" as they pass. I know the phrase form hanging around here, but, really, I doubt most people grasp the intent in the second where it's relevant, and why don't you just pass with a decent distance instead?

(Its use in club cycling and racing or whatever seems absolutely fine.)

De Bhál

"I'm on a recovery ride"