Interesting fact of the day

Massimo
Massimo Posts: 318
edited October 2007 in The bottom bracket
North American Indians have no equivalent in thier language for the word bicycle. The closest translate as 'Wire Donkey' and my personal favourite 'Confused Shoes'.
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Massimo wrote:
    my personal favourite 'Confused Shoes'.

    I like that one....................sums up riding a fixed wheel down a big hill perfectly! :shock:
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  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    Wire donkey isn't that new or special - for donkey's years, the term Drahtesel (wire donkey) has been a slang term in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

    Eiserne Ross (iron steed) is another slang expression used in these lands, though more by journalists for effect rather than cyclists. German-speaking cyclists usually refer to their Rad, which is an abbreviation though strictly translates just as 'wheel'.

    I like the French slang term biclou, which roughly translates as 'two nails'.

    Another French expression is bécane which is a derivative from a manufacturer of bikes and mopeds, so like we might say hoover for vacuum-cleaner.
  • Richie1964
    Richie1964 Posts: 2,601
    How about this for an interesting fact:

    Mexico is so mountainous that if it was flattened its surface area would be greater than Asia's!
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  • Oliver Cromwell
    Oliver Cromwell Posts: 130
    Richie1964 wrote:
    How about this for an interesting fact:

    Mexico is so mountainous that if it was flattened its surface area would be greater than Asia's!

    ..and if Asia was flattened?
  • Salsiccia
    Salsiccia Posts: 405
    The Polish word for bicycle is 'rover' after the Rover bicycle, due to these being the first bikes imported into Poland.
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  • trailtrash
    trailtrash Posts: 95
    If all the women in an average Ibiza night club were laid end to end . . .

    . . . I wouldn't be at all surprised :lol:

    (Apologies to ladies in Ibiza night clubs, just a joke.)
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  • ajohn9
    ajohn9 Posts: 260
    Who is the 2nd largest guinness consumer after the UK?
    1)Ireland
    2)America
    3)Nigeria




    You guessed it folks....Nigeria!
  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Massimo wrote:
    North American Indians have no equivalent in thier language for the word bicycle. The closest translate as 'Wire Donkey' and my personal favourite 'Confused Shoes'.

    <Al Murray>

    My shoes were never confused!

    </Al Murray>

    David
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  • ju5t1n
    ju5t1n Posts: 2,028
    here's another...

    scuba means:

    Self
    Contained
    Underwater
    Breathing
    Apparatus
  • stage_fright
    stage_fright Posts: 218
    There are more lifts (elevators for anyone outside the UK) in Italy than in any other country in the world.
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  • GraemeT
    GraemeT Posts: 155
    99.9% of statistics are made up.
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  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    Mosquitoes have 47 teeth!!1

    and GraemeT, I believe you'll find 88.2% of statistics are made up on the spot.2

    All you lot bandying about these so-called 'facts'!!! :roll: None of you are even referencing them!!
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