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  • Cycling words which annoy you….
  • CaptainFlashheart
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    Sessioning
    Pinned
    Gnarly
    Huck
    etc.

    AARGH!

    rOcKeTdOg
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    Uphill

    Bregante
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    Shred,

    loddrik
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    Singlespeed

    Andyhilton
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    trailhead

    onceinalifetime
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    I think I may speak on behalf of most on here and say the fear word is ''downhill'' 😆

    mmb
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    gears

    mr_mills
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    'Rig' and 'Steed'

    donsimon
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    "Paso" it's what someone shouts when they are about to lap you!

    ctznsmith
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    "technical" 🙄

    Edric64
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    sweet ride

    PenrodPooch
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    I was running some fox forks, I swapped them out for some pikes. I was stoked

    jedi
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    cant ride

    loddrik
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    'all mountain'

    plecostomus
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    Shred

    thv3
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    my "stable" of bikes always annoys me.

    ctznsmith
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    Jedi is that as opposed to "won't ride"?

    loddrik
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    'she' 'her' as in describing a bike FFS!

    Goz
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    Darkside
    Thrashed

    littlegirlbunny
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    thv3 – Member

    my "stable" of bikes always annoys me.

    That's bad, but I think 'quiver' is even worse.

    CaptainFlashheart
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    Shred

    AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

    Bregante
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    Rip

    thv3
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    Bunny,

    You're right quiver is far worse.

    Also, "sic" or "sick,

    As in, "thats a sick ride man!"

    Gary_M
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    Darkside
    roadtrip (do you mean holiday?)
    steed
    stable
    he/she in reference to bikes

    U31
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    Uptight.

    JonBurns
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    Rad

    It mildly annoyed me but started using it when riding with friends just to take the piss. Somehow the word now gets used in everyday life naturally.

    stevestunts
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    Slammed

    As in "Whoa, you're running that seatpost totally slammed, dude".

    What, you mean, as low as it'll go?

    Slammed should only ever be used to refer to a crash, as in:

    "Good bike ride, darling?"
    "Yes, thanks, the only thing which spoiled it was when Pete slammed and had his anus smashed in by his very low seatpost".

    MrWoppit
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    How

    Much?

    jedi
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    you cant do anything about a wont. a cant can be changed 🙂

    CaptainFlashheart
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    Jedi, what about an apostrophe or two, eh? 😉

    pegasus
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    de-layering (taking off a jersey!!)
    running tubeless
    you could buy a car for that

    Edric64
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    how much? for a push bike with one gear !

    cheers_drive
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    darkside
    steed
    newbie (not actually cycling specific)

    MartinGT
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    Darkside
    Baggies
    Full-susser
    Gnarly

    cynic-al
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    "quiver" is an ironic work of genius.

    For me it would have to be armchair shite like "overdamped"

    Irish_AL
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    "training ride"

    Edric64
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    For me it would have to be armchair shite like "overdamped"

    What were you watching to overdamp an armchair?

    silverpigeon
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    Cockpit – It's a bike and not a f***ing harrier jump jet.

    Running – As in 'I'm running <insert generic brand here> forks.' Again, it's a bike and not a nuclear submarine

    jahwomble
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    Steed,rig,technical, base layer (it's a posh vest ffs),ffs.

    Skyline-GTR
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    The words have evolved with the sport.
    Would you still like to be "cruizing" on a rigid bike down some "sheep track" getting some "jolly hard" sections in and feeling "tikety boo"?

    Get wiv da timez bruv innit! You need to be shreddin trailz on yo sled hittin wickid linez teched out 2 da maxx and getting yo buzz on man! Stoked.
    Peace out.

    It's all nonsense of course, but it's part of the sport's identity now and all of us old duffers can't change it by posting it on a forum.
    Embrace the slanguage!

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