Newbies, look here, a glossary of terms. (see page 1)

Jen J

don_don wrote:

1: Like this?

Type [\url=www.thesiteyouwanttolinkto.com]thetextyouwanttoappear[/url]

Just DON'T include the back-slash I put in front of the first 'url', I just put that in to make the whole thing visible.

2: You need to be able to link to images hosted on a site such as Flickr, which is pretty easy. Check the FAQs in the Bikeradar office thread and go to Flickr and read the FAQs there.

Does this work?

My Blog

And thanks for the link risi - will study it when I get home

linsen

Very good, Jen. For that you can have an A* for GCSE IT

Jen J

linsen wrote:

Very good, Jen. For that you can have an A* for GCSE IT

Surely that's at least A level standard?

linsen

Well yes it probably is

In fact, have a degree

ansbaradigeidfran

It's one of those new funky degrees that you get through the post. If it never appears, then that's because Royal Mail lost it, not because the university is really a scam. Got that?

m0scs

FFS. I see that one used alot on SCR.

Add that to your list. For F*ck Sake

attica

<sigh>
Oh FFS.
Just for you m0scs

ansbaradigeidfran

Attica wrote:

Any others I've missed? I can add to this post to keep it all on the first page of the thread.

Mods, any chance you could make this sticky?

Erm, 'sticky' perhaps? I'm sure we've had at least one individual asking about it.

glebrus

Could anyone describe what is 'queue jumping' and 'traffic jumping' please, and why is it frowned upon so much? I'm a foreigner. Thank you.

biondino

"Queue jumping" in a non-cyclist context is moving to the front of a waiting line even when it's not your turn. Not sure I've heard it in terms of cycling, unless you mean "filtering" (i.e. moving through stationary or slow traffic). Traffic jumping is an entirely new one!

glebrus

Then it isn't common terminology. Thank you for explaining.
Saw it there, post #2 and #6, if you're interested
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 6&start=30
I can imagine what it could mean in the cycling context.
It seems strange to me how people go mad about such things, however.

The Chingford Skinhead

glebrus wrote:

Then it isn't common terminology. Thank you for explaining.
Saw it there, post #2 and #6, if you're interested
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 6&start=30
I can imagine what it could mean in the cycling context.
It seems strange to me how people go mad about such things, however.

It is often used when you've passed another cyclist, get to a set of lights and the slower cyclist then moves right in front of you so they can get away from the lights first, even though they are slower traffic. Upsets lots of people, many of whom miss the irony that the car driver behind is thinking exactly the same thing about them Mostly it is about poor manners

chuckcork

The Chingford Skinhead wrote:

glebrus wrote:

Then it isn't common terminology. Thank you for explaining.
Saw it there, post #2 and #6, if you're interested
http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 6&start=30
I can imagine what it could mean in the cycling context.
It seems strange to me how people go mad about such things, however.

It is often used when you've passed another cyclist, get to a set of lights and the slower cyclist then moves right in front of you so they can get away from the lights first, even though they are slower traffic. Upsets lots of people, many of whom miss the irony that the car driver behind is thinking exactly the same thing about them Mostly it is about poor manners

It may upset the driver behind, but generally at lights a fast cyclist will take off quicker and be out of the way of the slower (change gear, handbrake off) motorist behind.

If being queued jumped by a slower cyclist is bad, how about being left hooked by some dimwit on a roadbike who assumes he is faster than you on a flat bar'ed road bike?

AdiMac

Is it better to have a higher or lower FCN?

attica

Hmmm
That very much depends Adimac

If you want to get lots of scalps getting a lower FCN (numerically higher) will mean that you have many more targets to aim at.
However a higher FCN means you'll have a bigger target on your back and therefore will have the devil at your heels, this will make you both paranoid and by extrapolation fitter and faster (the paranoia pushes you along!)

It very much depends what you want to get out of Silly Commuter Racing as to which way you'll go, some have fitted baskets and child carriers to their bikes to go stealth, others have shaved their legs and bought a polka dot jersey as a sort of "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough" gesture.

Whichever way you go, enjoy your commuting and remember to ride safe, it's not a race, I'm not trying (honest)

attica

Oops, double post

lost_in_thought

Can I please have a definition of 'ghosting' as in what people do at the lights? i've never known what that meant.... :oops:

attica

Sorry Livs, you've lost me there, Anybody care to chip in?

cjcp

Attica wrote:

Hmmm
That very much depends Adimac

If you want to get lots of scalps getting a lower FCN (numerically higher) will mean that you have many more targets to aim at.
However a higher FCN means you'll have a bigger target on your back and therefore will have the devil at your heels, this will make you both paranoid and by extrapolation fitter and faster (the paranoia pushes you along!)

It very much depends what you want to get out of Silly Commuter Racing as to which way you'll go, some have fitted baskets and child carriers to their bikes to go stealth, others have shaved their legs and bought a polka dot jersey as a sort of "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough" gesture.

Whichever way you go, enjoy your commuting and remember to ride safe, it's not a race, I'm not trying (honest)

Ulimately, you've got to look into your soul - does you conscience tell you that you've been scalped?

As Attica says though, ride safe.

elvisthelonerider

left hook = oncoming car makes left turn facign you across your path
right hook = car passes you and turns right in front of you.

(both of these are good reason to take at least part of the the lane at intersections. It won't always make you more visible but at least gives manuevering room...)

A new one I discovered at the LBS the othe rday is "Fred". Apparently, the term is used to denote a rider with more money sunk into his sport than skill or ride time. I personally don't find this term fair though as most people I know named Fred are cheapskates and none of them ride...

Bassjunkieuk

elvisthelonerider wrote:

A new one I discovered at the LBS the othe rday is "Fred". Apparently, the term is used to denote a rider with more money sunk into his sport than skill or ride time. I personally don't find this term fair though as most people I know named Fred are cheapskates and none of them ride...

This side of the pond we use the term "All the gear and no idea" to denote someone who has dropped some serious money on a bike without the first clue how to use one :-)

CiB

Bassjunkieuk wrote:

elvisthelonerider wrote:

A new one I discovered at the LBS the othe rday is "Fred". Apparently, the term is used to denote a rider with more money sunk into his sport than skill or ride time. I personally don't find this term fair though as most people I know named Fred are cheapskates and none of them ride...

This side of the pond we use the term "All the gear and no idea" to denote someone who has dropped some serious money on a bike without the first clue how to use one :-)

And this is in some way bad? I wasn't aware that we had to buy bikes commensurate with ability. I assumed that buying a better bike allows the rider to enjoy cycling more, rather than struggling along with the handicap of limited ability, fat tyres, rubbish gears and a cast iron frame that saps all the energy in half a mile and does nothing but encourages a reversion to motorised transport. I know that 20+ miles on my nice road bike is a sight more enjoyable than 3 miles on the old heavyweight hybrid. Didn't know I had to be a decent level club racer to be allowed to own my carbon bike though.

sarajoy

ChrisInBicester wrote:

I wasn't aware that we had to buy bikes commensurate with ability. I assumed that buying a better bike allows the rider to enjoy cycling more, rather than struggling along with the handicap of limited ability, fat tyres, rubbish gears and a cast iron frame that saps all the energy in half a mile and does nothing but encourages a reversion to motorised transport. I know that 20+ miles on my nice road bike is a sight more enjoyable than 3 miles on the old heavyweight hybrid. Didn't know I had to be a decent level club racer to be allowed to own my carbon bike though.

Well no indeed - but if you're going to have such a nice bike, you ought to be riding it properly!

And by that I don't mean that you have to be super-awesome-badass, just ideally unlike the chap I saw yesterday on a very shiny Specialized bike. He was in a group of cyclists out for the Sunday morning in a quiet near-greenbelt town, some on Pinarellos - helmet, leggings, yellow jersey, he had all the bling... BUT his seat was way too low, his knees were bent and he had the middle of his foot on the pedals at rather an uncomfortable looking angle.

pst88

Ok so what's HOTA? Gets mentioned every now and again but I have no idea what they're talking about!

biondino

"Hell of the Ashdown" - a challenging sportive several forum members did about 6 weeks ago which more than lived up to its name with desperately cold weather. It has given rise to a new way of measuring hardship, as in "but at least it wasn't as bad as HOTA".

don_don

What does 'meh' mean in forum-speak?

sarajoy

don_don wrote:

What does 'meh' mean in forum-speak?

It's the noise you make when you're so un-moved or neither-here-nor-there about something that you can't even be bothered to form a proper word for it. Meh *shrugs*.

Alternatively when you feel a bit crap/low and equally can't get the gumption up to say something well-formed. Like, I'm so tired and I have so much to do, meh.

don_don

Oh, is that all it means? I thought it might be some clever acronym I'd not heard of.

Oh, well, meh..

jimmypippa

elvisthelonerider wrote:

left hook = oncoming car makes left turn facign you across your path
right hook = car passes you and turns right in front of you.

(both of these are good reason to take at least part of the the lane at intersections. It won't always make you more visible but at least gives manuevering room...)

With the proviso that most of the posts are in the UK, so Left anrd Right are transposed in these situations...

Matt_westmids

What does BSO mean?

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... 56310d96e3