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A – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: A
AAA
Aaaarg! Ahab!
Abdou’, Doing an Abdou’
Above seat steering
ACB
acro-brat
AERO BARS
AERO WHEEL
air
All show and no go
All-rounder
Alleycat
Alloy Wheels
Alloy:
Amateur mark
Anaerobic Threshold
anchor
animal
ano
ATB
ate straw
Attack
Audax
auger
Auld Wart
Auto valve
Autobus
Azurri
B – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: B
Babyheads
back to basics
bacon
bagger
bagwell
bail
BAILOUT GEAR
bake, baked
balance blackout
ball tearer
Balls are in the purse
banana scraper
BANG!
Bar-End Shifter
Bar-ends
BARCON
base mileage
battle scars
BBAR
Bead
beartrap
Beaten like a rented mule
bed stick
bed suck
betty
Bicycle valve types
Bidon
biff
big meat
billy goat
biopace
bit-a-bit
bloater
Blocking
blow up
blow your ring
blow, blow snot
boing-boing
boink
bolt-on
bomb
bombers
bombing
Bonk
bonk, bonked
boot
BOTTLE CAGE
Bottom Bracket
Bowling for Dollars
Box of spanners
box someone in
Boxed in
Bra
brain
Brain bucket
brain sieve
BRAKE HOOD
Brakeset
brand whore
Braze-on
Break a Chain
Breakaway
brick
Bridge
bring home a Christmas tree
British Cycling (BC):
Broom wagon
BSG
bubba
bucked off
bug gag
bug gulp
bunny
bunny hop
Bunter (Billy Bunter)
burger
burnt melba
burrito
bus stop flop
bushed
bust a gut
BUTTED TUBING
buzz
C – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: C
Cadence
Caliper –
Camp Granola
Campag
Campy
cannibal
Cannonball
Cannondale.
Cannonsnail
Cannonwhale
Cannonwheel
Cantilever
CANTILEVER BRAKES
captain crash
Caravan
CARAVANE PUBLICITAIRE
CarboFerric Steel
Carbon Fibre:
carpet fibre
carpet sprint
carrot choppers
carve
cashed
Cassette
cat and mouse
CAT, CATEGORY
Cat. 5 tatoo
Cat. 7
Cat. 7 move
caveman
cavemanned it
Chain gang
CHAIN SKIP
Chain slap
CHAIN SPLITTER
CHAIN STAYS
CHAIN STRETCH
Chain suck
chaingang
chainring tattoo
chainsuck
charcoal
Chase
CHASERS
cheap gap
chewing hanebar tape
chi-chi
Chicane
chinese toe cuffs
chopping block
CHROMOLY
chunder
CIRCUIT
clean
cleanie
CLEAT
Cleat Surfing
Climber
Clincher
CLINCHER TIRE
clip out
Clipless
CLIPLESS PEDAL
cloon
clotheslined
Club Event:
CLWB
cob clearer
cockrotter
coffee klatch
COG
College Boy
Commissaire
COMPONENT GROUP
compound disappearing hill
computer geek
condom
Cones:
CONTRE LA MONTRE
Cooked
corncob
corndog
Counter attack
coupon, bike coupon
Crack
crack&fail, crimp-and-fail
cramp-and-go-slow
cranial disharmony
Crankset
crayon
creamed
creeping
crit twit
Criterium
CrMo
crotch-testing
curb grind
curb slide
cyclephernalia
Cycling Time Trials (CTT):
Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC):
Cyclo-cross
CYCLOCOMPUTER
CYCLOCROSS RACING
cyclometer
Cytocrust
D – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: D
dab
DAL
dancing on the pedals
dangle ’em off the front
Danseuse
danseuse, “a la danseuse”
dead turn
death cookies
death march
death ride
Deathmaster
deep-dish wheels
degueuler, “faire degueuler sa bouillie”
Delgado, do a Delgado
Derailleur
Derailleur Gears:
Descender
devo
DFL
dialed in
diesel
digger
dime roll
dine off the big plate
dinner plate
DIRECTEUR SPORTIF
dirt bike
Disc brakes –
DISH
DNF
doggin’ it
doing the bungee
Doing the Zabel
Domestique
double
double clanger
Double-butted Spokes
Double-Butted:
DOWN TUBE
Downshift
DRAFT
Drafting
drag strip
drillium
driver
driving
Drop
DROP HANDLEBARS
drop-off
DROPOUTS
DROPPED, GETTING
DROPPING A CHAIN
DROPS
Drum brakes (a.k.a Hub brakes) –
dual boinger
dual-track
dummy
E -THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: E
Echelon
Eie Bullshit
Elvis
Endo
engine
enscarfment
epic
EQUIPE
Erwin, doing an Erwin
Espoir
ETAPE
EWD
Eyeballs Out
F – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: F
F.I.S
face plant
fair grunt
fat boy
FDGB
February legs
feed zone
feeling the chain
FIELD
filcked, flicked
first blood
First Claim Member:
Fixed
FIXED-GEAR
Fixie
flat liner
flathead calves
FLOAT
flying trapeze
FOLDABLE TIRE
Follow
Food stop
foot fault
fork plant
foxing
Fred
FREEHUB, FREEWHEEL HUB
FREEWHEEL
Freida
Freight Train
French
friction
FRICTION SHIFTERS
fridge magnet
fried
front wheelie
FS
funmeter
furry frisbee
G – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: G
G.C.
Gap
gapping someone off the back
Garanimal
GEAR INCHES
gear masher
Gear Shifters:
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION (GC)
gentle jaunt
Getting a kicking
gevert
giblets
ginchy
ginzooed
girlie
gnarl
go till ya’ blow
going like… a donkey/a bag of shit/a girl
gone, he’s gone
gonzo
goo, goop
good set
good wave
goose, goosed
got the rig
GRADE
Granny gear
gravity check
gravity sled
gravity tattoo
greased out
grenaded
grid
grind
grinder
grindies
GROUP
grovel
grovelling
grunt
Gruppetto
GRUPPO
gut spray, gopher juice
Gutter
gutter bunny
gutterball
H – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: H
‘rhoid buffing
habble to the gallop
half-track
half-wheel hell
Half-wheel or half-wheeler
Half-wheeling
hamburger
Hammer
hammer, drop the hammer
hammerfest
hammerhead
Handicap
hardtail
HEAD ANGLE
Head down
Head Shok
HEAD TUBE
Headset
Hi-Ten:
hiker log
hill
Hill climb (race)
hill, big
hit list
hit the wall
HOHA
Hold a wheel
honk
honking
HOOD
HOOKING
hoopski
horizontal track stand
Hors cat
HORS CATEGORIE
horse
hot stuff
Hub Gears:
Hub-mounted Brakes:
human crayons
human lung
Hunger knock
hunger knock, hunger flat
Hydraulic Brakes:
I – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: I
I’m at the end of a hard training session.
IMBA
impedimentia
In the dining car
INDEXED SHIFTER
INDEXED STEERING
Individual time trial
Inner Tubes:
interval
invisible hill
involuntary dismount
iron, ironclad
J – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: J
Jaboffo, Jaboff
jam
JERSEY
jet
Jockey Wheel, Jockey Roller
John boy’ed
joke
JRA
Jump
K – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: K
kack
Keirin
Kick
kick-out
kicked down
kite
knackered
Knock
knocking and pinging
L – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: L
lantern rouge
Laughing group
lawyers lips
LBS
Lead out
left
let go
lid
light at the end of the tunnel
Limit
line
Lloyd
Lollipops
long thin line
lost the remote
LUG
lunch(ed)
LWB
M – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: M
Madison
MADISON RACE
Magnesium:
MAILLOT JAUNE
male blindness
mandibular disharmony
mantrap
Marin
MASS SPRINT
MASSED-START
Masters
melba
melon
metal head
minute man
MINUTEMAN
mission
mo
mobile
mojo
monkey-motion
moocher
more yammerin’ than hammerin’
MTB
mud diving
mud-ectomy
Musette
N – Words beginning with the Letter: N
nard guard
Newton’s First Principle
nipple
nirvana
No cop… no stop!
nobodies
nooe, nooing
NORBA
Nose Wheelie
nosepickium
novice
O – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: O
off from the blocks
OHV,
Omnium
on the gear
on the juice
On the river
On your wheel
Open Event:
Open road race
Open:
organ donor
Ouch!
over-the-bar blood donor
OXYGEN DEBT
P – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: P
pace line
Paceline
PACING, PULLING
pack foer
pagoda dragon
Palmar
panic skid
parade
Parcours
pea picking
Pedalling squares
peg
pegging the funmeter
Peloton
perf
permafour
piano
pimp
Pirelliology
pisser, “faire pisser le chien”
Plastic Fantastic
played speed bump
poacher
POD
podium pose
Pogo
pogo-ing
pooch polo
popped
POS
poser
poser exposer
potato chip
potty finger
potty stop
PowerBarf
powerslide
prang
pray the rosary
PREEM!
Presta valve –
Prime
Prime-Madonna
Prologue
prune
Pull
Pull back time
Pull it back
PULL OFF
PULL THROUGH
PULLEY
PULLING
pump the big meat
purple ano
PURSUIT
push-push
Pushbutton shifters – (“STI”, “Eazifire”, “Rapidfire”)
Q – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: Q
Quad-God
Quaddess
Queen stage
Quick Release (QR) wheels:
QUICK-RELEASE BRAKES
Quick-release hub
QUICK-RELEASE LEVER
R – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: R
R&D
RA#
rag dolly
ramp
real cyclist
redsocks
retro-grouch
Reverse attack
Reynolds, Tange, Easton, Columbus:
rice and potatoes
Ride
Ride On!
rig
right
rigid
RIM TAPE, RIM STRIP
Rim-mounted Brakes:
ring sting
rivet
road pizza
Road race
road rash
roadie
roadie mate
rock-ectomy
rockwell
Rollers
rookie mark
roost
Rotating weight
rough stuff
rubberband
S – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: S
S.I.S
S.K.
Saddle
safety lips
SAG station
SAG wagon
salad plate
saucer
sawed off
schmooz
SCHRADER VALVE
schwag
Scratch
scream
Sealed
SEAT POST
SEAT STAYS
SEAT TUBE
selle
SEW-UP TIRE
Shapes
sharkbite
shat out
shelled out the back
ShimaNO
shit
Shit-mano
shoot the gap
single
singled out
Singles
singletrack
sit ‘n spin
Sit-on and sit-in
sitting on
sitting on the sofa
sketchy
SKEWER
skid lid
skid row
skirt ride, wearin’ the skirt
sky
slap your melon on the tarmac
sled
slinky, caught in the slinky
sloth
smash
snake
snake bite
SNAKEBITE FLAT
sneakers
snork, snorking
snot
snot rocket
snot shot
snowmine
Soft break
SOFT PEDAL
Soigneur
soil sample
spent
spider patrol
spike
spin
spin and grin
spit
spit out
SPLIT/BREAK A CHAIN
SPOKE KEY
SPOKE NIPPLE
SPOKE WRENCH
sponsor cloth
Sportif.
spring planting
Sprinter
sprocket bite
spudded
spuds
spun out, hyper-spins
Squares
squirrel
squirrel cage
stack
Stage
STAGE RACE
Stagiaire
Stainless Steel Spokes:
stealth
steed
Steel:
STEER TUBE
STEERER
STEERING TUBE
STEM
STI
stoked
stoker.
stoned
stoppie
straight block, blitzkrieger
strung out
sucking diesel
sucking wheel
superman
surf
surf cam
surfing
SUSPENSION HUB
swag
SWB
sweet one
swinger
swingin’
T – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: T
table-top
taco
tacoed
tail-ender
tailgunning
tar burns
tar surfing
target practice
targets
tarmac
taste lung
tater
tea party
Team
Team time trial
technical
Technicolor yawn
techno-fad
techno-weenie
Tempo
Ten man/Five man
TENSION ROLLER
Tesh
Tester
TETE DE LA COURSE
the chop
The League International (TLI):
the pea
thrash
three-hour tour
Through and Off:
throw down the hammer
Thumbshifters –
Ti
ti guy
ticket collector
time trial
time trialist
tin can
Titanium:
toasted
toe clips
Tom Tipp
tombstone
TOP TUBE
TOPS
tornado
tour guide
TOW
tow in
Track
TRACK BIKE
TRACK RACING
track stand
TRACKSTAND
trail mix
trail swag
trailer
Trainer
TRAINER, TRAINING STAND
tri-head
tri-sport, tri-geek
tricked out
TRIPLE CRANK
Trixie
truck boost
TRUING A WHEEL
TRUING STAND
TUBE
tubie
Tubs
TUBULAR TIRE, SEW-UP
Tupperware
Turbo-trainer
turkey tracks
Turn
tweak
Twist shifters – (“Gripshift”, “Revoshift”)
Tyres
Bicycle Tyre Size Markings
U – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: U
ugly
Under seat steering (USS)
unobtanium
used and abused
V – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: V
vegetable tunnel
Velo Snooze
Velodrome
Vet (or Veteran).
VO2 MAX
void
VTT
vulture
vultures
W – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: W
wack, wacked
Wall
Woods valve –
wang chung
wash out
washboard
weekend warrior
weight-weenie
whack your bean
Wheel
wheel fuck(ed)
wheel kiss
wheel suck
Wheelie
wheelie drop
Wheelsucker
whiner
whoop-de-doos
wild pigs
win hands down
winky
wipe out
wipe out big time
wipe out really big time
wipeout
WIRED-ON TIRE
With
WOL
WOMBATS
wonky
Work
WORKSTAND, REPAIR STAND
wrench
X – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: X
Y – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: Y
yammer, yammering
yard sale
yard-sale
Z – THE Encyclingopedia of Words beginning with the Letter: Z
The Zone
Zero drag
zone out
Zoned, In the Zone
zonk
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700C
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