Just for fun, Celebrating the difference. There is only one rule: Ride and smile.
Extensionlead: Drafting a person on an electric bike into a headwind.
Bumroll: Finding an imperfection in handlebar tape application, after completion of fitting.
“Perhaps it is for the best” : Power meter not reading on your head unit.
Chequered Flag holder: The rider who always packs a race.
Sailboat: The rider who can’t hold their line when cornering and uses the whole road.
Left hand Fred: When fitting new pedals-twisting pedal threads for anything over 3 seconds before realizing it is the wrong crank.
Portable finish line: Stopping interval training efforts a lamp post earlier than planned.
Glass cranking: Pushing through the chain gang too easy to save energy and disrupting the entire group efficiency.
Tinfoil bandit: Eating your own food at the group coffee-shop stop.
Back pocket bandit : The rider who never brings spares.
Egg beater: The rider who spins too low a gear.
Speed sign warrior: The rider who sprints for 30’s even though the group is riding at 22 kph.
Cement mixer: The rider who pushes too big a gear.
Seesaw:- The rider with their saddle too high. Example of use in a sentence:
“look at xxxxxx seesawing his bum in half – the saddle is so high he is sitting on his kidneys’
Pirate:– The rider with one bar end plug missing.
Racing slicks:– The tyre worn down to the casing. Example of use in a sentence:
‘Did you see him on a 12grand bike with racing slicks’
Egorange: Realising you have bought a cassette with an unsuitable climbing gear to impress the cycle shop staff.
Oasis : The last droplets of water in the bidon you thought was empty.
Dead in the water: The period between you thinking you may have nipped the tube and pumping it up to find the truth.
Dancing shoes on: Missing the cleat connection first time clicking in, after the traffic light stop.
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