Courtesy of the BBC news
Meanderthal: someone who tries to drive or walk while using a mobile phone.
Anyone got any others to add?
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Courtesy of the BBC news
Meanderthal: someone who tries to drive or walk while using a mobile phone.
Anyone got any others to add?
Suicyclist. None this morning but two yesterday evening on the way home.
Unicyclist- A cyclist in higher education
Cyclopath one who uses any Edinburgh cycle paths during a cold snap.
Cyclone- One who prefers not to take part in group rides.
Cyclopath- Scary bit of red tarmac.
one more before i go for a ride.
Wooly Jumper- A hippy who cares naught for the rules of the road.
I'm tempted to add the "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" definition of Countryside... but perhaps it's best left as an exercise for the reader with Google.
Handlebars those who can have a long session at the pub and ride home without wobbling even a tiny bit.
Paniniers - A type of bag that can attach to your bike and which is used by the pretentious to carry baps home from the bakery.
Yes perhaps the topic should be changed to "Uxbridge English Dictionary"...
Cubicle a four-wheeled bicycle
fixie - opposite of a brokie
Anthology - the long list of people who spot Anth while cycling.
I was trying to think of one for minimum.
Minimum- the voice in your head telling you not to jump that light, even tho the road is totally clear.
Melodrome- a meandering, banked track used for relaxing with a maximum speedlimit of 12mph
fixie - what an addict looks for, despite knowing it will ultimately ruin their life and health ;-))
fixie- a mischeivious cycling sprite.
Disk brake - scratched cd
Crankset - a complete group of cyclists (see PetersYard...)
headset - got my h*lm*t on
SPD - a fast cyclist
Saddle - Someone who is unable to cycle as often as they would like.
Dérailleur - What will happen when you turn corners on sheet ice without spike tyres.
top tube - a nice fellow, but a bit of an idiot really
chain stay - what happens when you don't maintain your front dérailleur
Bicycle - The first sign of (n+1) adoption.
tricycle- going for d-1
Cleat- To cling tenaciously "I cleated myself to the back of the bus"
High-Viz- reading material for a 'long-drop'.
Bearing- The practice of turning people into bears a-la Ramna.
Mud-guard- Keeper of the mud garden.
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