Butterbean Posted December 17, 2020 Share Campagnola Christie, Underachiever and DieselnDust 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 17, 2020 Share There are the common ones like...breaks vs brakesfront shocks (or sometimes just "shocks") vs forksoft tail vs dual suspension (2 different things)peddle vs pedal Then there are the finer details like...Sram vs SRAM (SRAM is an acronym for Scott, Ray and Sam. The brand's founders) MrJacques, DieselnDust and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patham Posted December 17, 2020 Share We aren't all perfect and 100% clued up on what things are called on a bike or part of the gear you use. Sometimes though some funny things do sneak in. Share them. I'll start with helmut.jpgThis is a Helmut helmet.jpgThis is a Helmet Only one of the two will save your head in a crash. I second that. My lovely Fox dropframe, which started off as per the image in your post, looked like this after my crash. My old university buddy Helmut, currently residing 15000 km away in Europe, did absolutely nothing to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Posted December 18, 2020 Share CampagnolaOr Campac Christie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Posted December 18, 2020 Share <p> There are the common ones like...breaks vs brakesfront shocks (or sometimes just "shocks") vs forksoft tail vs dual suspension (2 different things)peddle vs pedalThen there are the finer details like...Sram vs SRAM (SRAM is an acronym for Scott, Ray and Sam. The brand's founders)Scram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugene Posted December 18, 2020 Share What irks me are people who get their bike names wrong. Surely you know what you ride, the name is there, on the frame in big bold letters. Fuji is a Fuji, not a Fiji or a Fugie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJacques Posted December 18, 2020 Share What irks me are people who get their bike names wrong. Surely you know what you ride, the name is there, on the frame in big bold letters. Fuji is a Fuji, not a Fiji or a Fugie. The (infamous) Specialized Stuntjumper MORNE and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJacques Posted December 18, 2020 Share Calling the drive train a power train. Maybe ok if it's an ebike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted December 18, 2020 Share 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. Ag nee man, even as an Afrikaans speaker I know it is nit pick Edited December 18, 2020 by eddy Bonus and Jewbacca 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted December 18, 2020 Share Ag nee man, even as an Afrikaans speaker I know it is nit pick :ph34r:I left one or two others in there for the real Nazi.... gerriemtb, eddy, MORNE and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted December 18, 2020 Share The (infamous) Specialized Stuntjumper I recently heard about this illusive bike too. Edit: staying with spaz...i like those ‘Swerks’ (one word )models too???? Edited December 18, 2020 by morneS555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted December 18, 2020 Share Its also fun hearing how ‘Schwalbe’ gets massacred haha. But thats their fault...to many letters in there. I’ve heard an Ausie refer to them as ‘Swabels’ DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted December 18, 2020 Share Or CampacI avoid this word completely by just saying ‘Campy’. Too easy to insult a rightwing bike fanatic lol Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroetelvarkie Posted December 18, 2020 Share And they say you can't hear a picture.... splat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirmoun10goat Posted December 18, 2020 Share Calling pretty much any gps device a Garmin MrJacques, TheoG and Long Wheel Base 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoG Posted December 18, 2020 Share I've seen "Petals" as well. I blame afrikaans people. But, but, how can it be our fault, ons noem dit trappe ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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