Evening all, just back from a cheeky mid week road ride and I popped into see some friends on the way home, whilst having a cup of tea, talk turned to cycling and cycling culture/lifestyle, (both girls aren't cyclists) and I tried to explain the enjoyment of riding with freinds, and they then tried to define what you would call a group of cyclists, the highlights (?) being A Rash, and An Irritant. So is there an actually collective noun to define us and if not how would you describe a group of cyclist other than as a group of cyclists?
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Collective Noun?
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a peleton?
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only for the road riders!
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a faff of mountainbikers
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Good call there TJ, I like 'faff' I did think fettle, but wasn't sure if it sounded right.
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Surely you need a different noun for each category:
A gnarr of downhillers
A mince of XCers
A beard of singlespeeders
A stoke of freeriders
A roll of 29ersPosted 1 year ago # -
I have a collective noun for ramblers - a "Chunter"...
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It's a "tut" of ramblers, surely?
How about a knobble of mountain bikers?
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a bimble of mtb'ers
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Okay winning so far are 'faff' and 'bimble' any others, and no it's not going to be a CTBM sticker fest competition, but then again.....
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surely that should be a "meander" of singlespeeders
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A magnificence of ...
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ron jeremy
whilst having a cup of tea, talk turned to cycling and cycling culture/lifestyle, (both girls aren't cyclists) and they then tried to define what you would call a group of cyclists, the highlights (?) being A Rash, and An Irritant.I take it at this stage you smashed the cup on the floor and made a dirty protest on the table?
Anyway, I'll go with ....
A moan of roadies.
A waffle of single speeders.
A mince of XC racers.
A rabble of DH'ers.
A shamble of weekend warriors.And if I tried typing the collective noun for brompton riders I might be banned.
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SkillsI think the acronym is quite fitting
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I'm not going any where near this thread now the MODS will be alerted
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a "ruckus" of mountain bikers
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A drone of STWers?
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I always use a "Scutch" - I'll come home after a ride and my wife will ask if I saw anyone else while I was out and I'll say "I saw a whole scutch of them up in the plantation".
Same as somebody being described as having a scutch of kids.....
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If it's our group on a Sunday mtb ride it would be a 'shower' of mountain bikers
If it's the local roadie club who insist in riding 4 abreast on single width country lanes round here it would be a 'bell-end' of roadies
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