Cycling terminology that annoys you....

terrydel

Well for me its the term 'ride' which is so overused and to me seems the preserve of pretentious rapha-wearing gits.
Other one is using the word 'running' when describing the groupset/wheels/whatever you use. Its not fecking software!

This isnt claiming to be in anyway logical!
So feel free to rant away!
Im sure I can think of more.

1bryan

I blame the brits for all of the above

terrydel

1bryan wrote: »

I blame the brits for all of the above

Glad you said that, I held back on it, certainly with 'ride'. God I hate that f**king term.

1bryan

and while not strictly cycling-only, it's certainly used a lot in cycling - when people/brits say things like 'G is smashing it'

'smashing' what, exactly?

terrydel

1bryan wrote: »

and while not strictly cycling-only, it's certainly used a lot in cycling - when people/brits say things like 'G is smashing it'

'smashing' what, exactly?

'G' - unless you are his mate or related to him, using that should be punishable by death.

Wishbone Ash

Limit, semi-limit, scratch, semi-scratch, super scratch.....

Surely there's a simpler way of naming them?

terrydel

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Limit, semi-limit, scratch, semi-scratch, super scratch.....

Surely there's a simpler way of naming them?

Has the ring of the Irish sporting committee to it.

Raam

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Limit, semi-limit, scratch, semi-scratch, super scratch.....

Surely there's a simpler way of naming them?

We used to have them called 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on.

07Lapierre

Raam wrote: »

We used to have them called 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on.

Thats way too complicated...I can see why we changed now!

top tube, you can call the rest any tube you like but a top tube will always be called a crossbar in my house

Chips Lovell

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

RobFowl

Full gas

Every time I hear some gob****e saying this I want to smack them.....

detones

Most of the racing lingo lads go on about makes me instantly roll eyes.

"I lost contact" translation: I'm too slow.

" I bonked" translation: I'm not fit.

" I bridged across" Just say i caught the lads ahead.

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

This list could go on forever, also winds me up when lads french it up, domestique, soigneur, bidon etc. Just say what they are ffs.

detones

RobFowl wrote: »

Full gas

Every time I hear some gob****e saying this I want to smack them.....

Its full gas up Bellewstown tomorrow Rob.

T-Maxx

Inner tube

It's just a tube. Unless I haven't yet discovered outer tubes and have been missing out all these years.

Lusk_Doyle

"Marshals are not permitted to stop traffic."

Very annoying that.

dastardly00

detones wrote: »

This list could go on forever, also winds me up when lads french it up, domestique, soigneur, bidon etc. Just say what they are ffs.

Interested to hear what you would call a domestique instead of using the word domestique

Raam

RobFowl wrote: »

Full gas

Every time I hear some gob****e saying this I want to smack them.....

I like that one.

Raam

dastardly00 wrote: »

Interested to hear what you would call a domestique instead of using the word domestique

Can't use peloton now anymore either.

Chips Lovell

dastardly00 wrote: »

Interested to hear what you would call a domestique instead of using the word domestique

The correct brit English term is "helper bicyclist".

Chamois meanwhile should be referred to as "trouser upholstery".

Chips Lovell

Raam wrote: »

Can't use peloton now anymore either.

The correct term is "congregation".

detones

dastardly00 wrote: »

Interested to hear what you would call a domestique instead of using the word domestique

lackey

jon1981

The "touring" group. Cycling clubs referring to the slow/newbies/old farts group.

LollipopJimmy

T-Maxx wrote: »

Inner tube

It's just a tube. Unless I haven't yet discovered outer tubes and have been missing out all these years.

Top tube :pac:

Raam

Naming club spins after colours. Mauve spin? WTF

jon1981

Steel is real

Grassey

When people say 'cycling cap'.

It's casquette FFS!

andy69

Ha! Thought of this video when I saw this thread.... old but still makes me laugh ðŸ˜

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMCkuqL9IcM

Lusk_Doyle

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

The correct brit English term is "helper bicyclist".

Chamois meanwhile should be referred to as "trouser upholstery".

Wrong. It's a butt sponge.

TGD

‘Awesome’ (most of the time)

CrowdedHouse

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

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

and tire and disk

ednwireland

Sportives starting with "tour de"

martyc5674

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

Lusk_Doyle

detones wrote: »

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

Talking about Wednesday night, eh?

Wishbone Ash

ednwireland wrote: »

Sportives starting with "tour de"

....or clubs with foreign titles:

De Ronde van Cork - WTF?

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:

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:

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.

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".

rushfan

Wishbone Ash wrote:

De Ronde van Cork - WTF?

How about De Ronde van langer, boy?

Eamonnator

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

....or clubs with foreign titles:

De Ronde van Cork - WTF?

Yes and:
The Well Oiled Wheelers.

Raam

Eamonnator wrote: »

Yes and:
The Well Oiled Wheelers.

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

jon1981

Eamonnator wrote: »

Yes and:
The Well Oiled Wheelers.

Apparently they're great craic

07Lapierre

"chapeau"... hate that one!

Raam

07Lapierre wrote: »

"chapeau"... hate that one!

It's "chateau"

terrydel

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

bazermc

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

magicbastarder

i always assumed tempo was another word for cadence.

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.

outfox

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

Raam

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