http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Cycling slang you need to know" (allegedly) en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:39:57 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9901#post-107394 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:42:13 +0000 Uberuce 107394@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Accepted, although I don't have dreadlocks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9901#post-107390 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:37:48 +0000 Focus 107390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Riiiiight....</p> <p>Some of those responses, particularly trying to justify "salmoning" i.e. ignoring the law and riding the wrong way up a one way street...!</p> <p>"<em>I apparently “salmon” for about 1 minute and it does save me 10 minutes .. traffic lights, very heavy traffic and pedestrians all avoided. Also, the one way street in question hardly ever has a car coming in the correct direction.</em>"<br /> Just wait till "hardly ever" becomes "actually did".</p> <p>"<em>I got a ticket for salmoning. Saved a couple minutes and avoided a dangerous intersection. When I queried the officer he suggested a route that added 10 minutes to the commute and 8 speed bumps. So now I go the more dangerous way as it’s the marked cycle route. So far, only been hit by one motorbike.</em> "<br /> It clearly <em>didn't</em> save you a couple of minutes if you got stopped! Lucky you were stopped by a police officer and not a 10 tonne truck. Idiot.</p> <p>"<em>Um if I’m not mistaken in England maybe only london if on a push bike you are alowed to contravene one way systems could sine look in to the legality s of this?</em>"<br /> O...k...<br /> (Yes, there's a response that contra-flow cycling is permitted in some streets but that wouldn't be the definition of "salmoning" then, would it?)</p> <p>"<em>Poser’s – someone ... grabbing poles and such so they dont have to click out of their pedals, for no apparent reason.</em>"<br /> Love the redundant apostrophe there! Just why is there no reason to stay clipped in? The mind boggles.</p> <p>A few worthy candidates for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards">Darwin Awards</a> on that site. I picture a lot of fixie-riding, baggy short-wearing, dreadlocked riders with courier bags posting on that site. Nice spelling too ;-)</p> <p>(If you're a fixie-riding, baggy short-wearing, dreadlocked rider with a courier bag and don't share their views, my apologies!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9901#post-107389 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:26:07 +0000 Focus 107389@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Riiiiight....</p> <p>Some of those responses, particularly trying to justify "salmoning" i.e. ignoring the law and riding the wrong way up a one way street...!</p> <p>"I got a ticket for salmoning. Saved a couple minutes and avoided a dangerous intersection. When I queried the officer he suggested a route that added 10 minutes to the commute and 8 speed bumps. So now I go the more dangerous way as it’s the marked cycle route. So far, only been hit by one motorbike. "<br /> It clearly <em>didn't</em> save you a couple of minutes if you got stopped! Lucky you were stopped by a police officer and not a 10 tonne truck. Idiot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9901#post-107293 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:20:13 +0000 chdot 107293@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/cycling-slang-you-need-to-know" rel="nofollow">http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/cycling-slang-you-need-to-know</a> </p>