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[PotomacCyclist]

@Steve O 97265 wrote:

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.

Actual video footage of the wilds of the Mount Vernon Trail.

Set to the music of Edvard Grieg’s “Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1” – “In the Hall of the Mountain King” (or the Hall of the Dovregubben, the Troll King).

[Mikey]

Analog Strava Segments – tire tracks in the snow

[Mikey]

Flintstone (v) 1. The act of propelling a bike from the seated position by pushing off with one’s feet, usually to avoid a particularly dangerous trail condition (i.e. ice, sand) 2. The act of slowing or stopping a bike by dragging one’s feet either in an equipment emergency (i.e. loss of brakes), or because of slow speed travel, 3. To outwardly demonstrate the completeness of a stop (e.g. at a stop sign) by ceremoniously stomping one’s foot on the ground before continuing through the intersection.

[brendan]

@Mikey 109409 wrote:

Flintstone (v) 1. The act of propelling a bike from the seated position by pushing off with one’s feet, usually to avoid a particularly dangerous trail condition (i.e. ice, sand) 2. The act of slowing or stopping a bike by dragging one’s feet either in an equipment emergency (i.e. loss of brakes), or because of slow speed travel, 3. To outwardly demonstrate the completeness of a stop (e.g. at a stop sign) by ceremoniously stomping one’s foot on the ground before continuing through the intersection.

Similarly, I need a word for my “Courtesy Foot (Almost) Down” – what I use when I sense that the driver already stopped at the four-way stop sign may expect me to blow through a stop sign and will just wait until I stop completely before proceeding. Which can lead to a standoff if I just slow … and slow … and slow … but never take my feet off the pedals.

Basically, it’s my foot gliding *ever so slightly* over the ground while my bike is proceeding *ever so slowly*. Sometimes bike tilted/foot extended in a exaggerated or dramatic manner. That way I don’t have to “restart the engine” as if I actually came to a complete stop, foot down, feet no longer primed to accelerate.

It works remarkably well, giving the driver some confidence that they can proceed without risking a collision. I get most of the benefit of not completely putting my bike into Park and turning off the “engine”, which is what a real “foot down on stop” generally feels like.

B

[Mikey]

@brendan 109436 wrote:

Similarly, I need a word for my “Courtesy Foot (Almost) Down” – what I use when I sense that the driver already stopped at the four-way stop sign may expect me to blow through a stop sign and will just wait until I stop completely before proceeding. Which can lead to a standoff if I just slow … and slow … and slow … but never take my feet off the pedals.

Basically, it’s my foot gliding *ever so slightly* over the ground while my bike is proceeding *ever so slowly*. Sometimes bike tilted/foot extended in a exaggerated or dramatic manner. That way I don’t have to “restart the engine” as if I actually came to a complete stop, foot down, feet no longer primed to accelerate.

It works remarkably well, giving the driver some confidence that they can proceed without risking a collision. I get most of the benefit of not completely putting my bike into Park and turning off the “engine”, which is what a real “foot down on stop” generally feels like.

B

A Barney Rubble

[Mikey]

Blanche Dubois (v) – To put oneself in a position of vulnerability that requires one to “depend on the kindness of strangers.” Especially in the context of crossing the George Washington Parkway. Because the MVT was blocked I had to Blanche Dubois the crossing of the GWP to get to the Memorial Bridge.
(n) A vulnerable road-user awaiting their right-of-way that never comes. The Blanche Duboises were lined up 6 deep at the GWP crossing this morning because of heavy traffic

[PotomacCyclist]

Do you call a practitioner of the Flintstone technique a… Fred?

[brendan]

@Mikey 109440 wrote:

Blanche Dubois (v) – To put oneself in a position of vulnerability that requires one to “depend on the kindness of strangers.” Especially in the context of crossing the George Washington Parkway. Because the MVT was blocked I had to Blanche Dubois the crossing of the GWP to get to the Memorial Bridge.
(n) A vulnerable road-user awaiting their right-of-way that never comes. The Blanche Duboises were lined up 6 deep at the GWP crossing this morning because of heavy traffic

“Duboises” How could I *not* ELITE that post?

B

[creadinger]

I was reminded of a type of cyclist bahavior on my commute yesterday riding south into the wind on the MVT.

Unless there’s already a word for this(?) the word I’m thinking of is Barnacle – A cyclist who is so terrified of actually riding into a headwind on his own, that he (it’s usually hes, unless it’s a charity ride where I find lots of shes doing this too), will ride so far up your butt that you can hear his poorly tuned derraileur and squeaky pedals with every stroke, and you feel like you have a barnacle on your ass.

He’ll never pass you, because if he did he’d actually have to do some work. Despite demonstrating that he’s sufficiently strong enough to ride into the wind on his own, he’ll follow you everywhere you go OR if a faster rider passes both of you he’ll glom on to their rear-end. When you finally part ways sometimes he’ll yell out “nice pull”…. yeah that’s a brush-off, intended to inflate your ego a little bit, but in reality he’s thinking “Hah! I made you do all the work!”. My current passive aggressive reply is – “I wasn’t doing it for you, little man”.

Give me a Cat-6er any day. These guys are annoying!

[Tim Kelley]

A.C.E.

“Avid Cycling Enthusiast”

Pejorative: He’s a biking ace–with a capital C!

[Steve O]

@chris_s 126782 wrote:

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This little typo by Arlington Parks is now memorialized.
Henceforth, the lonely, neglected trail on the north side of I-66 between McKinley Road and N. Quantico Street shall be called the Custis Spurt.

[htfshfs]

What do we call those who constantly complain about other people’s lights?
casesam
http://www.casesam.co.uk

[ShawnoftheDread]

@htfshfs 128231 wrote:

What do we call those who constantly complain about other people’s lights?

Bob

[rcannon100]

So it occurs to me that cycling along the WOD is WODDLING.

[Drewdane]

Noted in another thread: Passhole.

Do you pass without alerting the person you’re overtaking?
Do you pass without first making sure there’s no oncoming traffic?
Do you pass people while they are in the process of passing someone else?
Do you pass without leaving sufficient space between you and the person you’re passing (“buzzing”)?
Do you weave in and out at speed through clusters of other trail users instead of waiting for a safe opportunity to get by?

Congratulations – you’re a Passhole!

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