Bike Shorthand: Acronyms, Terms, Phrases We Use

We've covered quite a few in the Pet Peeves thread e.g. Salmoning, Shoaling, etc. and I was thinking it's a good time to think about building a Chainlink resource for these terms. What do you think? Do you have terms you use that your non-bike friends and family wouldn't understand e.g. n+1?

So share it here - give the term and the definition and we'll build an Urban Bike Terms resource for The Chainlink.

Huggers - Usually a newb who is afraid to be too close to the moving cars so they hug the parked cars, risking a dooring crash.

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Permalink Reply by Ernesto Lube on August 2, 2017 at 3:41am

"Ride alongs" We used this at the shop I worked at in Woodland, CA. Stands for: I was just riding along and I...

Yeah, you were riding along and stripped the threads of your brakes from overtightening, or messed up a chain from trying to remove it with pliers... or bent your wheel because you backed up into it with your car.

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Permalink Reply by mike w. on August 2, 2017 at 10:16am

"J.R.A."

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Permalink Reply by Alex Z on August 2, 2017 at 3:41am

"Lakefront Lance" is one of my favorites. :)

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Permalink Reply by mike w. on August 2, 2017 at 10:18am

AKA "Fred."

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Permalink Reply by David Barish on August 2, 2017 at 3:52am

At the risk of violating John's bad manners proviso against calling out those who choose not to don a helmet...

..."Orphans"

Orphans are children wearing helmets riding with parents who are not wearing such headgear.

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on August 2, 2017 at 5:57am

that's a powerful (and descriptive) one

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on August 2, 2017 at 5:56am

I'm going to make one up (I don't think it has an official term)...

Silent But Deadly - The cyclist passes too closely, without warning, and sometimes as an extra bonus, passes on the right. What if there's a pothole? Say something or get a bell!