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Bike Forum insider jokes and jargon
There are some things that get posted here now and then that people who just started posting in the BF C&V section probably have no clue what we're talking about. Here's a place for secret decoder ring lingo can be posted.
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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Grant Petersen references
Savings and Loan: Rivendell
George Bailey: Grant Petersen
Rivendell has asked it's customers at least twice to help bail them out when they've had a cash crunch, just as happened in It's a Wonderful Life
George Bailey: Grant Petersen
Rivendell has asked it's customers at least twice to help bail them out when they've had a cash crunch, just as happened in It's a Wonderful Life
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Local Portlandia stuff
The Neal Lerner Invitational route: Back in 2017 BF C&V regular @nlerner made a visit to Portland on some academia scam (not that there's anything wrong with that), so we put together a ride with many PNW members, some coming as far away as Seattle to meet up. @Andy_K and I have done this route so many times we just call it a "Lerner".
More insider info: if you invite Neal to a ride, you're almost guaranteed it won't rain. In the picture above it had rained on and off for 57 days in the Portland, Oregon area. That day was the first full day of sunshine for the year.
More insider info: if you invite Neal to a ride, you're almost guaranteed it won't rain. In the picture above it had rained on and off for 57 days in the Portland, Oregon area. That day was the first full day of sunshine for the year.
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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The Bent fork picture...
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Definitions, please! Links to original source if available.
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I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself) so the lingo may have evolved but I'll take a stab-- To 'drew' is to grind off unused frame features and braze-ons, e.g., shifter cable stops, derailleur hanger, etc... Used derogatorily and/or to infer diminished value of the frame for doing so. And the 'bent fork' refers to the unexplained visual phenomenon of perfectly aligned forks appearing bent rearward in photographs, as if having been in a crash, thus the critical comments of "bent fork" that inevitably ensue...
Did I nail it?
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"Fork's bent": The fork is fine. We're just trolling.
"The fork looks bent": The fork looks bent.
"The fork looks bent": The fork looks bent.
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Dial it up to 400 watts.
Massive guads.
https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...ike-lance.html
70-11
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-c...s-70t-pic.html
Massive guads.
https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycl...ike-lance.html
70-11
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-c...s-70t-pic.html
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I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself) so the lingo may have evolved but I'll take a stab-- To 'drew' is to grind off unused frame features and braze-ons, e.g., shifter cable stops, derailleur hanger, etc... Used derogatorily and/or to infer diminished value of the frame for doing so. And the 'bent fork' refers to the unexplained visual phenomenon of perfectly aligned forks appearing bent rearward in photographs, as if having been in a crash, thus the critical comments of "bent fork" that inevitably ensue...
Did I nail it?
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I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself) so the lingo may have evolved but I'll take a stab-- To 'drew' is to grind off unused frame features and braze-ons, e.g., shifter cable stops, derailleur hanger, etc... Used derogatorily and/or to infer diminished value of the frame for doing so.
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Drew
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i ain't touchin this one.
1 man's insider, might not be another's funny.
Pass.
edit: or for the JARGON part
maybe things like?
The difference between:
refurbish,
refinish
restoration
High end
mid-range
low end
BSO
Classic
Vintage
Junk
Holy Grail
cheapo copies
fat & flat is the new fast
thin and hard makes you tired faster
1 man's insider, might not be another's funny.
Pass.
edit: or for the JARGON part
maybe things like?
The difference between:
refurbish,
refinish
restoration
High end
mid-range
low end
BSO
Classic
Vintage
Junk
Holy Grail
cheapo copies
fat & flat is the new fast
thin and hard makes you tired faster
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Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
Vintage, modern, e-road. It is a big cycling universe.
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And I can't remember the term many use for screwing up something while repairing it...poop...age hurts.
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That's a good one.
Or The Full Gugie?
There's also UJB - Ubiquitous Japanese Bike, referring to the general broad abundance of high quality but otherwise unremarkable Japanese bikes from the 70s-80s.
Also gas pipe - cheap thick-steel tubing.
Or The Full Gugie?
There's also UJB - Ubiquitous Japanese Bike, referring to the general broad abundance of high quality but otherwise unremarkable Japanese bikes from the 70s-80s.
Also gas pipe - cheap thick-steel tubing.
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Full Gugie is a moving target. Every time I think I’ve seen him inflict everything he can on a bike, he comes up with some new, more cunning customization.
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Gugificazione on both counts
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I've been away from C&V for a while (as I've becomevmore C&V myself) so the lingo may have evolved but I'll take a stab-- To 'drew' is to grind off unused frame features and braze-ons, e.g., shifter cable stops, derailleur hanger, etc... Used derogatorily and/or to infer diminished value of the frame for doing so. And the 'bent fork' refers to the unexplained visual phenomenon of perfectly aligned forks appearing bent rearward in photographs, as if having been in a crash, thus the critical comments of "bent fork" that inevitably ensue...
Did I nail it?
Did I nail it?
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$3.50: the automatic value of any bike that makes its way out of the valuation sub forum.
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Excellent distinction.
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Good to see you posting here. Still need to meet up at the "next" FFD, whenever that will be.
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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