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Old 01-25-21, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by squirtdad
I had service done at Shaw's before I go into doing it my self and shopped there in '89 before I got by beloved and gone to cracsk miyata 1400
He had such a small inventory, tho many used, that i never bought a bike.
He encouraged my young son at the Velodrome and even loaned him a 650fixie for some training sessions there.


Another Jargon.

cockpit = not a rooster fight.
But, does it include the saddle? the shifters?
or just the perfect combo of stem/bar/hoods&levers/tape?




and don't forget those plugs...

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Originally Posted by iab
Cat 5 is the entry level to organized (UCI) racing. Hence Cat 6 is for pretend racing.
You've chipped away ever so slightly at the batholith of my ignorance. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by jonwvara
That's good--I had never heard of that one.

Is there also a Category 5? I ask in all innocence. Maybe there really is one.
Originally Posted by iab
Cat 5 is the entry level to organized (UCI) racing. Hence Cat 6 is for pretend racing.
As iab says, Cat 5 is the entry level/gateway drug to organized, officially sanctioned racing. If you have never experienced road rash before, Cat 5 is where you learn all about it. Think of a Cat 5 criterium as the bastard child of roller derby and cat-herding.
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Old 01-25-21, 06:49 PM
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Red ribby.......Bridgestone RB1

Gruppo.....same as.... kit...bits....group...components...etc

Campy......chant of cultists

Super Record.......term used to quiet unruly mob

Chorus.........spoken softly and under ones breath

MTB

Aero....this....aero ...that

Evo

lateral stiffness and vertical compliance.......bike mumbo jumbo
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Ass hammock - a leather saddle that's so stretched it's shaped to your ass.
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Originally Posted by southpawboston
Ass hammock - a leather saddle that's so stretched it's shaped to your ass.
Except, of course, if your seat is an actual hammock.
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Plastic - derogatory for carbon fiber frame
Beer can - derogatory for aluminum frame
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"snake bite": (aka pinch flat)... a flat from too low of pressure and the compression from impacting road objects causes the two rim beads to "bite" two holes in the tube.
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Originally Posted by nlerner
And there’s Shimano’s FFS, a 70s drivetrain innovation that never became widespread, thankfully:
https://fernandoj.wordpress.com/tag/...ewheel-system/
Designed for folks that couldn't manage pedaling and shifting at the same time. I spotted one in action this weekend in Manhattan, they're distinctive in a similar manner to the 'spinner' wheels that were popular on cars some years back.
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Originally Posted by rhm
English Racer?
A great oxymoron
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Originally Posted by bikingshearer
As iab says, Cat 5 is the entry level/gateway drug to organized, officially sanctioned racing. If you have never experienced road rash before, Cat 5 is where you learn all about it. Think of a Cat 5 criterium as the bastard child of roller derby and cat-herding.
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Contact points - saddle, pedals, bars (sometimes includes bar tape and hoods, other people don't include them). Basically the parts of the bike you touch.
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This is wonderful!

I have some to add.

TT - time trial, a cycling contest where riders end up regretting their life choices about 7 minutes into the ride and really really wish they had trained harder.

clunker - a bad bike in bad shape, or a somewhat decent bike in even worse shape. Occasionally an object of misplaced veneration by the cult of Narhay during their yearly rituals.

Klunker - an old school mountain bike built using the frame of a 1950s balloon tire cruiser and a mix of road bike, touring bike, and motorcycle parts. Not to be confused with the above entry.

Project bike - a bike in various stages of disassembly in your garage/shed/basement. Frequently in the way of tools or other bikes and also frequently untouched for several months or years except to move it around.

IPA - India Pale Ale, accumulates around project bikes for some reason.
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Old 01-27-21, 02:37 AM
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Originally Posted by homelessjoe
Gruppo.....same as.... kit...bits....group...components...etc
Has to be Italian though. Anything else is a groupset...or ensemble if you have early 80's Dura-Ace.

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Chorus.........couldn't afford Record
FTFY
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Originally Posted by himespau
Basically the parts of the bike you touch.
So erogenous zones then?
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Death fork...when ridden with before mentioned death stems...Ava, Modolo...can spark interesting anecdotes of dental surgeries...

portacatena-macarena the holes in dropouts that serve some purpose, if you can find the part, but is mostly used for designating that your frame probably doesn’t have braze ons...

half step plus granny... a chainring configuration designed to provide two options for hastening degeneration of cartilage around the knee.
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PARTS BIN......usually refers to a fair size building
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Originally Posted by RandolphCarter

TT - time trial, a cycling contest where riders end up regretting their life choices about 7 minutes into the ride and really really wish they had trained harder taken up fishing instead.
FTFY


..... which is another forum acronym, “Fixed That For You”
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Originally Posted by jdawginsc
Death fork...when ridden with before mentioned death stems...Ava, Modolo...can spark interesting anecdotes of dental surgeries...

portacatena-macarena the holes in dropouts that serve some purpose, if you can find the part, but is mostly used for designating that your frame probably doesn’t have braze ons...

half step plus granny... a chainring configuration designed to provide two options for hastening degeneration of cartilage around the knee.
In my experience, "death fork" refers specifically to the original forks on the first Lamberts/Viscounts. The fork crown was attached to the steerer tube in a woefully inadequate fashion, leading to separations of them at bad times (not that there is a good time for such an event). The death fork and the death stem were independent variables and they could and did, each by themselves, lead to the aforementioned dental surgery anecdotes. Using either one was taking your chances. Using both on the same bike, well, you might as well have just hit yourself in the teeth with a hammer and at least saved yourself some road rash.
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And I thought "death fork" had something to do with my eating habits.
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Originally Posted by bikingshearer
In my experience, "death fork" refers specifically to the original forks on the first Lamberts/Viscounts. The fork crown was attached to the steerer tube in a woefully inadequate fashion, leading to separations of them at bad times (not that there is a good time for such an event). The death fork and the death stem were independent variables and they could and did, each by themselves, lead to the aforementioned dental surgery anecdotes. Using either one was taking your chances. Using both on the same bike, well, you might as well have just hit yourself in the teeth with a hammer and at least saved yourself some road rash.
Viscount death fork + AVA death stem + Simplex suicide shifters + Cinelli suicide pedals + Dia Compe suicide brake levers FTW!
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Originally Posted by Reynolds
Viscount death fork + AVA death stem + Simplex suicide shifters + Cinelli suicide pedals + Dia Compe suicide brake levers FTW!
Edit: I remember the pedals now...

It is at least an international means of death...somehow the English and US avoid blame here though...
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Originally Posted by gugie
Anybody mention kit yet? Another British usage, could mean the bits on your bike, or the bits in a bag hanging from your bike for anything for tyre repair to full camping gear.

Tiddly bits - stuff I braze on vintage frames so one can pretend to have a proper constructeur bike, but using British slang.

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Shouldn't that be Twiddly Bits?
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