Link to racing terminology dictionary?
bo...@tripnet.se
I'm looking for a link that will explain cycle racing terms such as
jump, jam, shoot, kick, etc. Road terms are first prio, but I won't say
no if someone has a link to track as well.
Have any of you seen such a page on the web, if so I'd be grateful if
you could
pls post the link toit.
/Robert
Jet
Sorry, those are hunting terms.
HTH,
jj
bo...@tripnet.se
Hunting, in a metaphorical sense!
Shooting, as in a series of short attacks designed to put 2-3 bike
lengths between yourself and the rest of the peloton.
Looking also for definitions that show the difference between jumping
and kicking (I think kicking is more applicable for the last km), we'll
see if someone comes up with a good glossary ... /R
Mark & Steven Bornfeld
I think this sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure a comprehensive
glossary of racing slang is out there.
For someone with a science background, I think the cycling usage of the
words "strength" and "speed" can be confusing, but you will get the idea
in context.
A lot of this may be regional as well, and some may become archaic.
For example, does anyone other than Phil Liggett use "on the rivet"?
I don't here the expression "I didn't have the 'suds'" nearly often enough!
Steve
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> For example, does anyone other than Phil Liggett use "on the rivet"?
Yes. Old guys (like me) who started racing when some saddles still had
rivets on the nose to hold the leather in place. It's a great, but
perhaps archaic, term. Like "steel," "banana," and "toe strap."
Jim
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Robert Chung
Very nice, but I see that several term are missing. In no particular
order:
candyassing
fred
strijkijzer
tapping
pot belge
hematocrit
homologous
Tim Lines
dumbass
Mark & Steven Bornfeld
close the door
asshatchet
geek bars
hamburger
chamois shredder
John Forrest Tomlinson
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>Very nice, but I see that several term are missing. In no particular
>order:
>
>candyassing
>fred
>strijkijzer
>tapping
>pot belge
>hematocrit
>homologous
virtual
"super super motivated"
training in Argentina
JT
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> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:31:43 +0200, "Robert Chung" <m...@address.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>Very nice, but I see that several term are missing. In no particular
>>order:
>>
>>candyassing
>>fred
>>strijkijzer
>>tapping
>>pot belge
>>hematocrit
>>homologous
>
> virtual
> "super super motivated"
> training in Argentina
LANCE!!!
David Ferguson
Bike Racing 101 by Wenzel has a glossary of about 100 terms that is
pretty good.
D
On 6 Jun 2005 07:26:23 -0700, bo...@tripnet.se wrote:
b...@mambo.ucolick.org
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:31:43 +0200, "Robert Chung" <m...@address.invalid>
> >Very nice, but I see that several term are missing. In no particular
> >order:
> >
> >candyassing
> >fred
> >strijkijzer
> >tapping
> >pot belge
> >hematocrit
> >homologous
>
> virtual
> "super super motivated"
> training in Argentina
training cycle
doping cycle
power meter
geek bars
finger cancer
Masters Fattie
-Ben
hitting the bars 'cause JFT beat me to "super motivated"
Howard Kveck
jfe...@gmail.com wrote:
"Freewheel". (As in, the one on a bike wheel. You know...)
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Bob Schwartz
Jim Flom
Robert Chung
non-negative
Robert Chung
>> "super super motivated"
>> training in Argentina
>
> training cycle
> doping cycle
> power meter
> geek bars
> finger cancer
> Masters Fattie
>
> -Ben
> hitting the bars 'cause JFT beat me to "super motivated"
I hit a couple of bars over the weekend.
Stewart Fleming
evil twin hypothesis
donut
teaspoon
"throwing hands up too early"
taking a pull...(taking a HUGE pull, taking a MASSIVE pull)
...getting dropped...(see also: someone else opened a gap)
headwind
tongue rubbing on the bars
brake rubbing on the rim
w*nker
w****r
bunnyhop
bunny hop
bum knee hop
superhuman effort
incredible effort
suitcase of courage
Liggetism
Sherwinism
Halvorism
opening/closing the door
leaving the door open
Distances
width of a tyre - shortest unit of distance in bike racing
millisecond - shortest unit of time
lifetime - longest time period
country mile - largest unit of distance
Group sizes
individual, duo, select group, huge group, pelOton, gruppetto, autobus
Riding styles
cautious, aggressive, calculating, dangerous, balls-out (particularly
descending)
getting in one's face
getting up one's nose
wheelsucking
throwing caution to the winds
Donald Munro
b...@mambo.ucolick.org wrote:
> training cycle
> doping cycle
> power meter
> geek bars
> finger cancer
> Masters Fattie
Adrenaline theory
de wesp in de binnenband steekt
Swearing on your dogs grave aka Tugboat tears
mike
mike
Curtis L. Russell
What, no
Dancing on the pedals
Winning with panache
(These terms may be related).
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...
Jeff Jones
>
> What, no
>
> Dancing on the pedals
> Winning with panache
>
Alti-trainer
Stomach problems
Jeff
Donald Munro
>> What, no
>>
>> Dancing on the pedals
>> Winning with panache
Jeff Jones wrote:
> Stomach problems
Thats not what Lafferty calls it ie what is the laffertiesm for stomach
problem.
Robert Chung
> Boogerd (as in "I Boogerd the sprint")
> Alti-trainer
> Stomach problems
Professeur d'éducation physique et sportive
b...@mambo.ucolick.org
Orange juice.
Van Hoorebeeck Bart
pedalling in the butter (Flemish for Hincapie's "no chain")
riding with you butt open
rouleur
wesp in den binnenband
derailed train
Peruvian candy
"talking"
mother in law
capitalised names
b...@mambo.ucolick.org
"ass between two chairs"
I like that one, it's very expressive.
gym.gravity
"preparation"
colnalu
Thanks Szurly, these links were useful. /Robert