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(Term for giving ones mate a lift on the saddle of your bicycle, whilst you stand on the pedals and do all the hard work)
Chuckie sp?
Backie, obvz.
EDIT: South Devon origin for ref'.
not where we were,..always chuckie ๐
Giz a chuckie
Cog
Backie up West Fife way in the '70s.
Croggie (sp?) or backie for me. North Yorkshire.
Croggy. Also from 80s/90s South Devon...
Cheshire; backie
Aye, lad. In North Yarkshire it were a croggie.
Backy in Ulster
Backie in Wembley up until the trick nut revolution that gave you your seat back.
Croggy in Penrith.
Backie; West London, 70's, 80's vintage
croggy - teesside
Backer- North Shields
Backie, NW Cumbria.
Edit: As demonstrated at my wedding, don't worry no alcohol was spilt!
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Buckie - Nuneaton.
Where I am now, Nottingham, it's Croggy, or more accurately, "croggeh".
Croggy here in Leicester.
Backie. West Yorkshire late 80's/90's.
According to Mrs APF, backie in Mansfield, croggy (croggeh) in Nottingham.
Backie in S London, which is the correct term.
APF
Backie for me in the Black Countray
I think our cul-de-sac must have been in a world of it's own with Chuckie in Wollaston, Stourbridge! ๐
Backie in Birmingham in mid-eighties.
I appreciate there are other cultures but here in Britain, we say backie. None of these other words actually mean anything, they're just grunts and vowels. I think cavemen, given a go on the back of a bike, might have called it a croggy.
Was always known as a backer where I grew up (Milton Keynes) but round these parts it's called a ski.
Coggy - north Notts
I appreciate there are other cultures but here in Britain, we say backie. None of these other words actually mean anything, they're just grunts and vowels. I think cavemen, given a go on the back of a bike, might have called it a croggy.
diversity ay it!
Croggy. North Yorkshire.
thegreatape - MemberCroggy. North Yorkshire.
As I thought- cavemen ๐
Cheshire: Backie
Leicestershire: Croggy
Backie growing up on my side of the Black Country (Sedgley), Chuckie on the wife's side (Brierley Hill)
diversity ay it!
R
I grew up in the Home Counties. We just all had our own bikes to ride. ๐
Actually, that's a lie. 'Twas a backie when I were wee.
Saddler - 80's Sussex
Give us a backie - from that there Wiltshiurr
Backie growing up on my side of the Black Country (Sedgley), Chuckie on the wife's side (Brierley Hill)
another chuckie,..i'm made up ๐
South Wales in the 70/80s it was a seater, butty
Seatie in Suffolk about 20 years ago!
Backie as god and Derby decided it should be called (and only on a Chopper or Griffter)
A seater on le Wirral
Backie - Kendal 20yrs ago
Seater - late 70s/80s Cheshire
On the Isle of Man in the '50s/'60s we mostly called it a "backie" although a few people did use "seater". My wife's from Woodthorpe (Notts) and she says they called it a "croggy".
Used to call it "seater" in the late 70's early 80's (in North Kent).
Of course, Choppers had a warning on them saying not meant for 2 people, so that was asking to be ignored.
I'm so pleased some others called it a croggy as well. I also grew up in Leicester. Then moved up to Halifax and some folk just called it a pillion. Most said backie though.