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Or it may just be the common vernacular of the region the person is from and you're just being a pedant.
Maybe. It's still shit.
Anyway, pet hates? Slammed. Does that really just mean upside down?
The Germans seem to treating the POW's better than I remember these days.
My dad swore blind when he was locked up in Austria in WWII they sometimes used to pop out through a hole in the wire and nip down to the village for a beer.
I'd love to hear someone use the phrase 'cock on block time'.
trailhead, grandadwondering if everybody is still required to rock up to the start of every ride?
😀
Nice place to be [in the context of cars]
People who, when explaining something relatively straightforward, say "does that make sense?" and "if that makes sense" frequently during conversation. Annoying.
Slammed. Does that really just mean upside down?
No, it means removing all your spacers below your stem. Oh, and usually ensuring the stem has neutral or negative rise
and all the ****ty French roadie stuff eg. Bidon, Chapeau!
Yeah. ****s. Using words like derailleur
'Retro' for old stuff
Not really stomach-churning, but
"Hoops", no, they're wheels
"Campy", Campag as far back as I can remember
"Scotchland" just marks the writer as the office try hard comedian that had no social skills.
but if you mention "up north" the Scotch try hard office comedians come out in droves...
Mine: could of and nothingk - really err, grinds my gears.
"You have 2 choices..."
No, you have a choice.
One of the things I've never understood about people who hate "can I get?" is that the standard response - "I don't know, can you?" - could just as easily be deployed for their preferred turn of phrase:
- "Could I have a cold beverage?"
- "I don't know, could you?"
^
The correct form should be "may I have...".
"Could I have...", is wrong, just not so horrifically New Yorker wannbe as "can I get".
"May I have a bagel?"
"You may... that bag looks big enough that there could be a few in there."
May I, could I, can I. What is wrong with "two please ".
You could even prefix the "please" with a useful description should you be required
everyone knows its eggland.
anyway, now the mods have a list, please go back and delete any instances of forkwittery forthwith.
here ends the internets.
Another Americanism, I'm going to go right ahead and...
People that reference going to the gym as "Training" when in actuality they've not one single competitive event in their diary..
At work, we have a series of regular meetings. Someone jokingly nicknamed them COBRA after the government's disaster emergency committee.
Now the meetings are just called COBRA and minuted as such.
I hate "gnarmac". Not because it's a neologism (which is fine by me) but because it doesn't describe the type of riding it names.
People that reference going to the gym as "Training" when in actuality they've not one single competitive event in their diary..
Dude it's all preparation for the zombie apocalypse.
I can't stand the use of the word bidon when referring to a water bottle, you never hear the same person saying they're out on their velo do you?
The one that gets me, but seems to have faded with the rise of enduro, is 'aggressive xc'.
OTOH I'd love to see someone with an actual quiver of bikes.
Anyways, I staged this shot pacifically for Northwind:
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No gnarpoons but one is a CX bike that does get used off-road but isn't raced around a muddy field for an hour - sorry.
Anyways, I staged this shot pacifically for Northwind:
You did that on purpose you naughty boy.
Well I bought a new rig last week to add to my quiver.
But as it really was a rig: a windsurf sail, mast, boom, mast foot and extension, I feel justified in using both terms correctly.
Let's see it in its quiver.
Always expect the unexpected always strikes me as a bit of an anacronism . If you expect it then it's not unexpected .
Also, "it was in the last place I looked" erm obviously, you wouldn't continue looking after you found it.
From the new world...
Banta
Prank
Fail
and an old favourite...
"to tell you the truth"
Front Forks
I think it should be front fork. Unless of course your rig is decked out with some enduro specific suspension tune using two forks.
Bought an MBUK for the first time in donkeys tonight (trains cancelled, needed something too read while having a cuppa) Best hard tails section has the aforementioned bikes Cockpit mentioned a few times. What a daft expression. Guess I'm just an old fart.
It annoys me when people confuse anachronism and oxymoron.
Epic fail. In fact the using epic to describe something that isn't that great. It's rather diluted the word.
Never say never.
Er, you just did. Twice.
Squad goals or putting goals before anything I.e.
Life goals
Relationship goals
****wittery goals
You mean after something, Wolly?
Just thought I'd chip in seeing as this thread is the new home of pedantry.
Mine - verb: to go full enduro. But perhaps I'm just miffed, having nevery gone full enduro myself.
Oh and people calling each other 'mate' on forums.
Anything that starts with
I'm not racist but....
We pay 350million
One day I will make a short film of me making an edit (and maybe vomiting to make it a single know edit)
But perhaps I'm just miffed, having nevery gone full enduro myself
Given it a go, it was quite satisfying.
And finally
Vegetarian sausage
Oh and people calling each other 'mate' on forums.
Or being greeted in a pub or restaurant by a water/barman you don't know and will never see again with "Hi guys".
"Guys". !!!!!!
A couple of days ago some nipper whose balls had yet to drop called me and another 53 year old "guys". Why drag up a word that his grandad probably used. Gentlemen would have been better.
"Can I get" also winds me up as does " I'm good" meaning " I am very well thank you".
Trail Chatter.
Too much "blue on blue action" in the news recently
Roll on 24 June . . .
I think forks is correct. Each end of the hub goes in a fork. It seems daft but I think it has always been this way.
Radio 5 Live
Across all the sport.
Across all the days events.
They dont on my fork. It has a thru-axle.
Pretty certain that each fork leg has either a dropout, or fittings for an axle, depending on axle type.
I would like to recommend [url= http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/542046.The_Fight_for_English ]"The Fight For English" by David Crystal[/url] to everyone posting in this thread. It doesn't have a chapter specifically on annoying bike-related phrases, but it's still generally applicable. Read it, and then get over yourselves. 😉
have we done "colorway" (sic)?
Yes. Many times.
I hate people who call them bikes, it's bicycle FFS.
Safety bicycle, please.