i sort of agree rusty, gnarmac being the one
its a real niche which doesnt have a tag line

adverture bike, yuk, gravel bike, same, cx, not really, tourer, not quite,

Mum,dad can I have a chat?

Cold sweat everytime

Oh but the relief when it turns out all they want is cash.

“…vertically compliant whilst schralping the square-edged hits…”
**** off.

Colourway
Swap out
Calling a home video an edit
Anything with Gnar prefixing it
Stoked
(Old STW one) – jey, xc jey boy… Etc.

I’m ‘running’ a whatever stem with a wotsit set of bars. No you’re not. AAAHH

My daughter has started using the word ‘swaggy’ I have no idea what it means, although I now use it liberally when she is in earshot to make her cringe.

From the front page

120mm trail ripper, really?

as well as a platform which is readily upgradeable.

Platform, what just say frame FFS, as lets face it even the shock is changeable.

ANd my most hated, slammed stem 😈

Not sure what colourway I want to be running.

“Yourself” as a misplaced attempt at politeness, as in “I’ll give this back to yourself when I’m finished”.

Not stomach churning as such, my mum swears this is true – years ago she was interviewing someone who, rather than using the term ‘****’ wanted to demonstrate some cultural sensitivity, so opted for ‘Pakora’ instead, telling her how a family of Pakoras had moved in next door to him.

Lots of people seemed a bit gnarked.

i sort of agree rusty, gnarmac being the one
its a real niche which doesnt have a tag line

adverture bike, yuk, gravel bike, same, cx, not really, tourer, not quite,I’m not totally convinced it’s a real niche, feels more like the equivalent of ‘soft-roaders’ in the car world – looks the part but never gets used for anything other than the occasional bridleway or fireroad. Gravel bike has some meaning in the US, where there are lots of genuine gravel roads (and races on them), but most usage in UK seems to be covered by what people have been doing for many, many years on tourers (c.f. the Rough Stuff Foundation).

But I suspect this needs a thread of it’s own rather than derail this one.

Trail weapon!!! er no…it’s a bike

‘Duking it out’ is a horrible phrase and has no business in a piece of writing which aims to draw simple comparisons between two superficially similar objects.

Set of forks.

Just spent a happy half hour in the garage with my lad swapping out his cockpit courtesy of a couple of generous bargains from fellow forumites.

Steed 😥

Using ‘rig’ instead of bike.

Front Forks

Arrrrh! There is absolutely no need to include the word front… unless you’ve just joined us from an alternative universe where that manitou thing from the 90’s caught on. In which case, carry on.

My new Whip

Fort Bill
Can I get?
Reach out
Rail / Rip / Rag / Roost
Enduro (adj.)
“at 31lb it really is too heavy for all day riding”
””’
””’
Intolerance

“Body English” is my current hate

The classics;
Steed
Colourway
Rig
Edit

and all the twatty French roadie stuff eg. Bidon, Chapeau!

I like the word colourway 🙁

‘Installed’ instead of ‘fitted’, grinds my gears that one. ‘Grinds my gears’ really boils my piss too 😆

I’ll take your “front forks” and raise you “front shocks”…. Give me strength.

Oh one from my banking days “monies” when people think that because it’s a large amount or they want to sound all business-like they need to talk about “monies”.

‘Literally’ as in ” I literally flew down the trail”. No you bloody didn’t you stupid fool.( unless you have a pilots licence and a plane). Although footballers seem to be the worst culprits. Literally.

“Yourself” as a misplaced attempt at politeness, as in “I’ll give this back to yourself when I’m finished”.

This. See also people “ironically” using the word thou in an attempt to sound old fashioned and formal, when “thou” was historically the informal (equivalent to tu in French and Spanish) and “you” was formal (vous or usted).

Having not read a bike mag for at least ten years (mainly due to the level of drivel spouting), just wondering if everybody is still required to rock up to the start of every ride?

Quiver,no its not.

I am quite bad for “yourself”.

OTOH I’d love to see someone with an actual quiver of bikes.

and raise you “front shocks

Front shock(absorber) is technically accurate, it just happens to be integrated into the fork.

Makes me laugh on guitar forums, more so american ones. someone who owns more than one refers to them as a stable, a flock or a herd.

Thinning the herd means they are selling one.

Using the word actually in every sentence.

Gapped is a good one.

The problem with this kind of threads, is everyone just comes across as moaning old bastards.

The sales team up stairs are always noshing each other off, or if not them then someone else. Either that or they’re dropping their pants to make a sale.

The sales team up stairs are always noshing each other off, or if not them then someone else. Either that or they’re dropping their pants to make a sale.

Erm…where exactly do you work?

The problem with this kind of threads, is everyone just comes across as moaning old bastards.

You’ve been here a while, you must have twigged by now, surely?

Cockpit?

Steed?

Gnarpoon?

Haha, I tell my Wife off for calling it “Fort Bill” 🙂

^are all those buttons really necessary? I bet half of them are for show.

‘cool story bro’ shutdown gets on my goat. As does the hilarious use of ‘fleabay, farcebook, twatter, etc’.

All of the above and ‘That’s Jokes’.

As an aside in my Local you tend not to get served if you say ‘Can I get?’.

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The Germans seem to treating the POW’s better than I remember these days.

Whoops! 😆