Quiz: Do You Know Your Bike Acronyms?

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  • Quiz: Do You Know Your Bike Acronyms?
  • halifaxpete
    Full Member

    16, More than I thought I’d get TBH!

    Posted 9 months ago
    didnthurt
    Full Member

    20, nae bad.

    BSA I my favourite bike manufacturer acronym (being a Brummie makes me a bit biased on this one though).

    BMC is my least favourite due to its dullness (Bicycle Manufacturing Company).

    Posted 9 months ago
    dyna-ti
    Full Member

    20 here too. Admit some were guesses.

    I did ask Specialized for the official answer on FSR! Google had many theories!

    SRK

    Standard Retrobike Knowledge.

    Posted 9 months ago
    reeksy
    Full Member

    16 plus an extra five pedant points for explaining that they were abbreviations and not acronyms.

    Posted 9 months ago
    filks
    Full Member

    19. Happy with that 😎

    Posted 9 months ago
    edd
    Full Member

    22, only got ARC incorrect

    Posted 9 months ago
    bigdaddy
    Full Member

    18 for me, satisfied!

    Posted 9 months ago
    dangeourbrain
    Full Member

    only got ARC incorrect

    I also missed this but, possibly I think because its used by a few people meaning different things (or possibly nothing at all, could just be a name.)

    So whose acronym is it anyway?

    Posted 9 months ago
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