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Mine are:

"Do you know what this bathroom says to me? Aqua. Which is French for water. "

or the classic

"Thats the best cooked breakfast I've had since Gary Wilmot's wedding"

both in Göteborg


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 9:20 am
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reverse dutch steamboat.


 
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"Secret singletrack"


 
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Fan e magnet. Apparently it's to do with the number of young ladies on horseback


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 9:44 am
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[i]Showing off outside the pub[/i] is a sprint outside a pub

or [i]ride this on your bloody cx bike[/i] - a rather technical downhill section to foil the KOM baggers


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 9:45 am
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"Lesbo cottage romp"


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 9:48 am
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Rapist tent - Cafal, cwmcarn. Was a random homemade tent on the top of the climb just before it opened.

A few just outside cardiff are good, gammon hangers, dogger dodging and holy shit that was steep.


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 9:51 am
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"makes you want to punch a kitten in the face"

going up to freminton edge.


 
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"stop riding like an anti-social knob through the park"


 
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OP - I thought that sounded like it might be a Partridge quote (I haven't watched any for years), so did a Google.

It is. and there is a whole blog dedicated to the Wilmot line...
http://bestsincewilmotswedding.tumblr.com/

😆


 
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Yep you got me they are Partridge quotes. Segments of my own creation. Want to see if any Swedes pick up on it when they KOM 'You make Pigs smoke'

Excellent Wilmot blog, and I like Gammon Hangers for it's weirdness


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 9:58 am
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Segments of my own creation

So hang on... you started a thread for your favourite segments, which are actually your own?

Bit weird. 😕


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 10:01 am
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I go for quantity rather than quality so my favourite is 'dogshit alley' of which there are many.


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 10:06 am
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I started a thread asking what is your favourite strava segment name. My favorites are my own. Arrogant yes and probably weird too 🙂


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 10:13 am
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Naming Strava segments is akin to naming a rock climb although first ascent/descent is not required. Look up John Redhead's climb names to get inspiration: Cystitus by Proxy; Tormented Ejaculation; Menstrual Gossip; Sexual Salami; Raped by Affection; etc
Let's see some creativity!


 
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There's a brap ya mam that always makes me chuckle when I see it.


 
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Village near me is called Bethlehem, there is a downhill segment on the road from the village called

"Jesus Christ Leaves Bethlehem"


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 11:22 am
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Most of my local ones have pretty boring names - it's all "Montée" this and "Descente" that, or the name of landmarks.

I did set up one called "Cake or Death?" that goes towards a supermarket/boulangerie, and there's "STW climb of near-certain discomfort" that was named during a discussion on here about changing segment names. Not very popular that one, no-one else has ridden it! Possibly put off by the 29% max gradient and the loose rocks.


 
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I like the elegant simplicity of a particularly savage climb near us: "[i]Absolute bastard[/i]".


 
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A few more i thought of.

Kamikaze ferret
Schnitzel fingers
Quimoil
Kungfoo Cookoo

Pretty much all the segments on Afan masts are class, medic, connect 4, loam and away, hovis, vole roll, jitter, jigsaw, kinder...


 
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'KOM = not you'
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'Threapwood Quarry exit strategy' - which isn't particularly inspiring but it's a nice steep downhill and at one part there are several runs to choose, hence which strategy will you choose.


 
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"10 man train" was a local one who's name was lifted from the local Doggers' carpark nickname!! Sadly it no longer exists, the segment that is, I have no idea about the the Dogger's site, honest!


 
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if you put cnts - strava change it to unicorns


 
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There's one round our way called "I can't believe the way treated David Icke"


 
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"This isn't dangerous, stop flagging" or along those lines, funnily enough on checking it is currently removed again


 
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Most of my local ones have pretty boring names - it's all "Montée" this and "Descente" that,

Heh there's poetry in some of the French section names. One next to Murviel called "monté après la descente de l'ornière" links into "Descente des feraliés portage des crabouillés"


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 1:15 pm
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Singletracksuit.


 
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'Your clio is shit bruv'


 
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Comrie Croft has a Strava segment for the new red trail, named "Euan's Second Cousin Buys Jam for the First Time". I don't even...


 
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@howsyourdad1

Did you create "Working like a Japanese prisoner of war. But a happy one"?

Always wondered about that segment name


 
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Probably a least favourite is "Proflexforever tw*t" in the Surrey Hills.

It annoys me every time I see it and it used to set of the swear filter when I used to work in a school.

I assume there must be some sort of story behind it otherwise its a pointless and ridiculously short segment.


 
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Check out this segment on Strava: http://app.strava.com/segments/2416078 — Yes. That horse will still have the bigger willy no matter how many KOMs you get 😉


 
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@howsyourdad1

Did you create "Working like a Japanese prisoner of war. But a happy one"?

Always wondered about that segment name

Rumbled.... 🙂

Your Clio is shit bruv , Absolute Bastard and the jam buying one are possible new favourites.


 
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I like the elegant simplicity of a particularly savage climb near us: "Absolute bastard".

There is a "Hell Bank" near me, the climb out of Beely near Chatsworth. It sounds compelling as a challenge but its nothing more that a few miles of 6% gradient road. Certainly not hellish compared to come of the other climbs in the area. I'm sure there is some pre-strava local back story as otherwise the chump who named the climb needs to have a word with him/herself.

Just round the corner there is short little pointless section called "Cock Rings" which would be good if it wasn't the most tenuous and obscure pun ever.


 
Posted : 26/05/2015 2:00 pm
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We've got "I Smell Gypsy" near me, I think that's about as good as it gets.


 
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One near me called "The worst journey in the world", the name doesn't accurately some up the road it's on, but I like the fact that the creator knew that Apsley Cherry-Garrard lived nearby.


 
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"Past fat kids house and the pikey fair"

And

"Cox's climbing fandango"


 
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Probably a least favourite is "Proflexforever tw*t" in the Surrey Hills...
I assume there must be some sort of story behind it otherwise its a pointless and ridiculously short segment.

There is and its from this very forum... http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/crashed-on-surrey-hillson-new-section-supernova


 
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There's one near me called " your mum"! I was king of your mum once


 
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'john thomas via prince albert' ... it's a steepish chute that intersects a switch-back making a route that looks like a man's 'gland' on strava if a circuit is done ... 😳


 
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"No thanks I don't want to be part of your sex festival"

Must be another Partridge fan round our way too.


 
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Most creative I've managed is: 'enter my bombhole'.


 
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Col de la Merde du Poulet


 
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I'm quite fond of "PROFLEX FOREVER T WAT" on Pitch Hill


 
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Cwmcarn Caffall has a section called the rapists tent.


 
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