Is it pronounced SRAM or S-RAM?

Droops

I've always thought it was simply SRAM, just like TRAM or CRAM, but I recently heard someone pronouncing it as ESS-RAM.
Anyone got the definitive answer?

Pokerface

Actually I believe it's pronounced SHRAM..

prawny

I heard that but it makes you sound drunk

More importantly how do you pronounce Orbea? :?

Agent57

SRAM, like tram.

http://www.sram.com/en/service/sram/faq.php

Q.What does SRAM mean?

A.SRAM is the conglomeration of our founder's names, Scott, Ray and sAM. The initials provided a simple way to come up with a corporate name that could be trademarked and directly translated into languages other than English. It is not pronounced S-RAM, SchRAM, or SkRAM. Just SRAM.

Anonymous

According to the guys at Sram it's pronounced Sram. It's an amalagmation of the founders' names.

Here is a promotional video produced for them that says Sram...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUYoXvLHshQ

Pokerface

prawny wrote:

I heard that but it makes you sound drunk

More importantly how do you pronounce Orbea? :?

OR-BAY-YA is how I've heard it.

Seems Sram is pronounced Sram. But every retailer, supplier and bike shop seems to pronounce it Schram. Go figure.

Pokerface

prawny wrote:

I heard that but it makes you sound drunk

More importantly how do you pronounce Orbea? :?

OR-BAY-YA is how I've heard it.

Seems Sram is pronounced Sram. But every retailer, supplier and bike shop seems to pronounce it Schram. Go figure.

avoidingmyphd

so we've established that sram is pronounced sram.

great. so how do you pronounce sram?

Pokerface

NapoleonD wrote:

According to the guys at Sram it's pronounced Sram. It's an amalagmation of the founders' names.

Here is a promotional video produced for them that says Sram...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUYoXvLHshQ

That video was perfect! Finally found out how to adjust the reach on my levers! Even the LBS couldn't do it.

Pokerface

avoidingmyphd wrote:

so we've established that sram is pronounced sram.

great. so how do you pronounce sram?

You pronounce it - 'sram'.


Like cram or tram or dram. But with an 's' at the beginning instead.

giant_man

Ok so another one for you:

Spiuk

cos I ain't got a clue have to say.

Droops

Posted: Thu May 7, 2009 10:39 am Post subject:

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Ok so another one for you:

Spiuk

Spiuk is simply a contraction of "It's puke"

Rudd

always wondered about Bianchi............. is it Be-an-chi ( with a soft c) or Be-an-key (hard c) - ive heard both versions

Droops

Good one,Rudd.
I recently asked my Italian colleague about this one and he was emphatic that it is Bee An Key.

smegurmum

always wondered about the campag groupset Veloce.
ive been told its prenounced Vel-o-che however i still here it pronounced Vel-oi-se

Anonymous

Velo-chee.

Anonymous

I remember hearing about some fool who was a total poser who worked in a bike shop in the US who pronounced Dura Ace, now get this, "Jur - Archie"

Ohhh dear.

gabriel959

Thats why Spanish phonetics are so great - no confussion on how to pronounce words.

Orbea for English people that are trying to say it in Spanish should be:

Or-ba-ya

Spiuk should be something similar to what someone said

"s-puke"

FOAD

Spiuk is pronounced "spook" as in a ghost. The UK distributor is a mate of my neighbour's so I think my neighbour is reliable on this one (and wearing censored loads of free Spiuk kit!).

prawny

Cheers Chaps, now I can ask for another pair of bibs

gabriel959

FOAD wrote:

Spiuk is pronounced "spook" as in a ghost. The UK distributor is a mate of my neighbour's so I think my neighbour is reliable on this one (and wearing shoot loads of free Spiuk kit!).

Not sure about that - never heard it that way when I was in Spain