Things you've heard people call parts or equipment

[MrJacques]

Or whenever the name for something came to be simply because a certain brand pioneered it. 

 

For bikes it is Slime instead of tire sealant.

 

What else is there? I'm drawing a blank.

 

Prestik, Velcro and many others.

 

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56667/41-brand-names-people-use-generic-terms

[MrJacques]

None of those bother me. But when you call a fork a shock I wanna throw up.

 

Technically it is, but calling it a fork makes it easier to identify. I guess it's because it has two stanchions? If so, can we call a Lefty a shock?

[MORNE]

Technically it is, but calling it a fork makes it easier to identify. I guess it's because it has two stanchions? If so, can we call a Lefty a shock?

Valid argument sir

[Markellis]

Ok, what about we embarrass ourselves too:

 

I’ve recently called a hydraulic brake hose a ‘brake cable’

A derailleur jocky wheel a ‘pulley’

A star nut a ‘spider nut’

I’m pretty sure i’ve called a chainring a ‘sprocket’ before.

 

????

I discovered I can’t spell tyre....

[Markellis]

Do you remember ‘Slap Socks’? Hahaha

Chainstay protectors btw

Yes I remember those

 

Some period as GungeGaurds? The mud guard things that zip tied to the down tube

 

They were big in the 90’s

[MrJacques]

Not parts or equipment, but kinda cycling related, in a way. We'll stop at the coffee shop for an expresso

[MrJacques]

Camelpack instead of Camelbak.

 

It's also a brand name that's become a generic term for a hydration pack.

Edited December 17, 2020 by MrJacques

[RocknRolla]

I was and possibly still am confused between presta and schrader...

 

[RocknRolla]

Half of these are just spelling mistakes and language barrier errors.

 

I married an Afrikaans woman. Her English is not brilliant. My Afrikaans is not brilliant. So we meet in the middle and don't knit pick.

 

If you write trial instead of trail or thread instead of tread, I can still understand you if the context is accounted for. That sort of thing doesn't bother me at all.

 

Also, bikesnobbery. I used to think that it was important to know about bike stuff. I have subsequently learned that knowing how to ride bike stuff is way more fun. The best part is, so many good bike riders don't know bike stuff, get terminology wrong all the time, call things the wrong name etc and it doesn't matter. They ride bikes super well. Often way better than the guys who have vast bike stuffs knowledge.

 

The cool part about bikes is that you can choose to get as involved or remain as uninvolved as you want. The uncool part about bikes is when people judge other people for not going as 'deep' as they have.

 

So while my comment was said with 'some' humour, I do also think that deep down, judging someone who knows less than you is pretty lame.

 

I know, I also used to be all 'flared bars on a road bike!' and 'My rigid SS is way more tardcore than your dual suss' and look down on people who couldn't build a wheel within 1mm tolerance in under 15 minutes etc etc.... Now I'm more stoked to ride my bike. I hate building wheels and I actually prefer handing my bike to a shop to fix than doing it myself because I'm over it.

 

 

Ja, my initial comment was said in the most part with my tongue in cheek, until TNT tried to justify it with bikesnobbery..... 

 

a very serious post about you taking a biking not too serious.

 

I see your point, I too still do not see myself as a “cyclist” as I am not a “biker” either, as most people think everyone who rides a motorcycle falls into the old school view of belonging to some secret club where they go and break **** because “someone skeefed them out wrong at the robot”

 

I chuckle at the stuff people say, as I too was there at the beginning, and my wife is mostly still there even though she kicks my ass on a bike (cycle) ever time.

[ChrisF]

I was and possibly still am confused between presta and schrader...

 

 

Schrader have been the industry standard fro motor vehicles for decades.  Also used in various other industries.

 

In fact, still found on many bicycle tubes.  Worked on two bikes yesterday, both with Schrader valve tubes.

 

 

At some point the cycling industry started using Presta valves .... most probably because it saves o,ooo1gram ...   

 

Now most (if not all), tubeless conversions are done using Presta valves.

 

 

Practically speaking .... both have a removable valve-core, just the valve shaft that differs.

 

 

More importantly .... you now need to be sure what valves your pump can work on ... and how to switch the internals of your pump when you need to use it on the other type .....

[RocknRolla]

Yes, but when I ask for tubes at the LBS and they ask presta or schrader, I always get it wrong.  Have to look in or on the side of the box and say “ no, sorry, I meant the other one..”

[MORNE]

Yes, but when I ask for tubes at the LBS and they ask presta or schrader, I always get it wrong. Have to look in or on the side of the box and say “ no, sorry, I meant the other one..”

You just say “car-tyre-valve” or “not-car-tyre-valve”????

 

PS mods: why do I always have to edit a post on mobile for emoticons to show? They never take the first time.

Edited December 17, 2020 by morneS555

[MrJacques]

Schrader have been the industry standard fro motor vehicles for decades.  Also used in various other industries.

 

In fact, still found on many bicycle tubes.  Worked on two bikes yesterday, both with Schrader valve tubes.

 

 

At some point the cycling industry started using Presta valves .... most probably because it saves o,ooo1gram ...   

 

Now most (if not all), tubeless conversions are done using Presta valves.

 

 

Practically speaking .... both have a removable valve-core, just the valve shaft that differs.

 

 

More importantly .... you now need to be sure what valves your pump can work on ... and how to switch the internals of your pump when you need to use it on the other type .....

 

Presta leaves a smaller diameter hole in the rim, which is better for the rim's strength, especially for narrower road bike rims.

 

* Cheaper Presta valves don't have a removable core. I use an adaper and always have my pump on the Schrader valve setting. In case of an emergency you could scrape the top of the plastic valve cap off to use it as a Schrader to Presta adapter.

Edited December 17, 2020 by MrJacques

[Ozzie NL]

Oh another pet peeve of mine is Brifters.

Wat's goeters???

[MORNE]

My mtb rims come with an insert in the valve hole so you can run whichever valve your heart desires. But you can achieve a similar result with the lock rings that come with roadie inner tube valves. They have that little flange that fits perfectly into a schrader sized hole if you turn them upside down.

Edited December 17, 2020 by morneS555

[MrJacques]

Wat's goeters???

 

I only learned about the term today in this thread, but I think it's these kind of brake + shift levers.

 

Edited December 17, 2020 by MrJacques