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12-09-20, 01:30 PM
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What in the world is wrong with brifters? Brake + shifters. I loves em!
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Some are not acronyms but have bike specific usage.
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Some are not acronyms but have bike specific usage.
12-09-20, 02:33 PM
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It's a portmanteau word for a portmanteau device. Makes sense to me.
And does it really sound dumber than "seat stay"?
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It doesn't really help that the seat stay doesn't stay the seat, it stays the seat tube, and the chain stays don't stay the chain or anything with the word chain in it. Down tube is just stupid, bottom tube or lower tube would have been better. I guess they didn't want to confuse it with the bottom bracket?
Meantime, I'm still looking for the BABY BOLTS.
12-09-20, 02:53 PM
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12-09-20, 03:06 PM
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned that place where lots of us ride, and lots of us dismiss scornfully and make fun of: the MUP.
12-09-20, 03:15 PM
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12-09-20, 04:32 PM
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The chatter is fun, but would be great if the OP would volunteer, since they have the first post, to copy/paste all the acronym definitions into his first post. Alphabetical would be best but is probably pushing it.
Having all the terms Consolidated is more fun than searching since the SEARCH THIS THREAD option will not find two or three letters.
Thank you and now back to the cyclopathic madness.
Moderator, Can this thread be STICKYED? So it doesn’t fall into the abyss.
Having all the terms Consolidated is more fun than searching since the SEARCH THIS THREAD option will not find two or three letters.
Thank you and now back to the cyclopathic madness.
Moderator, Can this thread be STICKYED? So it doesn’t fall into the abyss.
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12-09-20, 04:58 PM
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The chatter is fun, but would be great if the OP would volunteer, since they have the first post, to copy/paste all the acronym definitions into his first post. Alphabetical would be best but is probably pushing it.
Having all the terms Consolidated is more fun than searching since the SEARCH THIS THREAD option will not find two or three letters.
Thank you and now back to the cyclopathic madness.
Moderator, Can this thread be STICKYED? So it doesn’t fall into the abyss.
Having all the terms Consolidated is more fun than searching since the SEARCH THIS THREAD option will not find two or three letters.
Thank you and now back to the cyclopathic madness.
Moderator, Can this thread be STICKYED? So it doesn’t fall into the abyss.
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12-09-20, 05:11 PM
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12-09-20, 05:26 PM
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12-09-20, 05:44 PM
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12-09-20, 05:48 PM
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Since we can’t have brifters, can we instead have “the shakes”? 
Some Porsche owners have a real problem with the word ‘funk’ too, but it’s a nice shorthand to differentiate the front trunk for the models which have fore and aft trunks. I guess elephants technically have frunks too.
Some Porsche owners have a real problem with the word ‘funk’ too, but it’s a nice shorthand to differentiate the front trunk for the models which have fore and aft trunks. I guess elephants technically have frunks too.
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12-10-20, 02:25 AM
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It doesn't really help that the seat stay doesn't stay the seat, it stays the seat tube, and the chain stays don't stay the chain or anything with the word chain in it. Down tube is just stupid, bottom tube or lower tube would have been better. I guess they didn't want to confuse it with the bottom bracket?
Meantime, I'm still looking for the BABY BOLTS.
Meantime, I'm still looking for the BABY BOLTS.
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12-10-20, 04:01 AM
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In cycling many things are a set; wheelset, brakeset, etc.
12-10-20, 09:47 AM
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12-10-20, 11:45 AM
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