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[Dirt]

@Greenbelt 70378 wrote:

I wear a cycling cap sometimes when not cycling, therefore I’m a douche.
I ride everyday including bad weather, therefore I’m a badass.

So confused.

I want to be a badass douche when I grow up. I also want to be confused when I grow up.

Now I’m really confused.

[baiskeli]

@Dirt 70418 wrote:

I want to be a badass douche when I grow up. I also want to be confused when I grow up.

Now I’m really confused.

FYI, an anagram for badass douchebag is “cabbages, soda, duh!”

[Dirt]

@baiskeli 70426 wrote:

FYI, an anagram for badass douchebag is “cabbages, soda, duh!”

Wise words to live by.

[baiskeli]

FYI, an anagram for A Fluffy, Pink Hamster is “Frisky heffalump ant.”

[bobco85]

Box creep (n)

1. the action of a driver slowly creeping forward into a bike box, pedestrian crosswalk, or even into the intersection itself (essentially blocking the box) while waiting at a red light instead of legally staying behind their line which is usually well-defined. Usually caused by impatience and/or mistimed anticipation of when the light will turn green, this slow yet dangerous action forces pedestrians to walk around them into traffic, prevents cyclists from safely occupying the bike box, and in extreme instances even blocks a lane of cross-traffic.
2. a driver who performs a box creep

NB: I’ve been thinking about this one for a while now since I see a lot of drivers do this.

[cvcalhoun]

To ride on a trial in pitch black, you actually need to be a lawyer, not a bicyclist.

Yes, I am a lawyer and a pedant!

@fuzzy 41783 wrote:

All this reading about lights and being blinded by the light…. I started thinking about the song, so how about calling them Manfred Manns…. ( no I have never ridden on a trial in pitch black, I’m still a bike noob )

[TwoWheelsDC]

Milloy’d

1. to drive aggressively around a cyclist: that driver really Milloy’d that woman

2. to be the victim of aggressive driving: I was Milloy’d several times on my ride to work

[TwoWheelsDC]

Milloy’d

1. the act of aggressively driving around a cyclist intending to cause fear: that driver really Milloy’d that woman

2. to be the victim of aggressive driving: I was Milloy’d several times on my ride to work

[baiskeli]

@TwoWheelsDC 89986 wrote:

Milloy’d

1. the act of aggressively driving around a cyclist intending to cause fear: that driver really Milloy’d that woman

2. to be the victim of aggressive driving: I was Milloy’d several times on my ride to work

Awesome. I love this one. Milloy’s name deserves to be remembered this way.

I propose a third variation on the definition:

3. the act of expressing anger toward a cyclist based on a misunderstanding of traffic law: a motorist Milloyed me today by yelling at me that bikes are supposed to be on the sidewalk, not the road.

[bobco85]

Lazy Ivan (n)

modified version of a Crazy Ivan where the jogger is too tired/lazy to quickly turn around so they end up stopping and walking slowly in the other direction

[Fast Friendly Guy]

@baiskeli 89993 wrote:

Awesome. I love this one. Milloy’s name deserves to be remembered this way.

I propose a third variation on the definition:

3. the act of expressing anger toward a cyclist based on a misunderstanding of traffic law: a motorist Milloyed me today by yelling at me that bikes are supposed to be on the sidewalk, not the road.

A variation: a cyclist Milloyed a NINJA on purpose to show (in terrifying fashion) what can happen by accident when a ped or jogger wears dark clothes without lights or reflectors. (a stupid act that actually teaches the ped nothing, and usually causes more guilt than satisfaction for the cyclist)

[Steve O]

Known both as the Trollheim Bridge and the Trollheim Plank Bridge, it describes a section of the Mt. Vernon Trail just south of Roosevelt Island. This section of the trail is composed of wooden planks and becomes treacherously slippery when wet or icy. Virtually all regular cyclists have gone down here at least once and innumerable injuries have been the result.

Not sure of the exact etymology, but it’s been the favored term on the forum since 2013 or so.

[Geoff]

@Steve O 97265 wrote:

Known both as the Trollheim Bridge and the Trollheim Plank Bridge,… …Not sure of the exact etymology, but it’s been the favored term on the forum since 2013 or so.

I don’t know for sure this is the derivation, but the term makes sense to me because of the association between trolls and bridges (per story The Three Billy Goats Gruff). It is fun to think about that stretch as a place where a troll might live. Also, due to the number of injuries there, one might imagine that a troll is to blame.
“Heim” is the German word for “home”. The story of the Three Billy Goats is actually Norwegian, but few of us are familiar with the Norwegian word “hjem”, so “heim” is probably close enough.

[baiskeli]

@Geoff 100738 wrote:

I don’t know for sure this is the derivation, but the term makes sense to me because of the association between trolls and bridges (per story The Three Billy Goats Gruff). It is fun to think about that stretch as a place where a troll might live. Also, due to the number of injuries there, one might imagine that a troll is to blame.
“Heim” is the German word for “home”. The story of the Three Billy Goats is actually Norwegian, but few of us are familiar with the Norwegian word “hjem”, so “heim” is probably close enough.

I finally found an etymology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollheimen

[TwoWheelsDC]

Zombie branches: dead branches blown off trees during wind storms that try and get stuck in your spokes, pop your tires, buck you off your bike when you aren’t expecting it. If they manage to bring you down, they almost certainly will attempt to feast on your brains.

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