Collective nouns for bike "tribes"

blu3cat
blu3cat Posts: 1,016
edited July 2009 in Commuting chat
Good day to you all.

We have been ruminating on a few collective nouns at work over a pint at lunchtime for our IT project managers (I know life on the edge) (best one so far was a hinderance), and this got me thinking; any suggestions for the collective nouns for the different cycling tribes? Are there any recognised standard ones?

A couple of suggestions:

Roadies: A snobbery of Roadies
Cyclocrossers: A perversion of Cyclocrossers
Hybriders: A compromise of Hybriders
SS/FGers: A simplicity of SS/FGers
MTBers: A knobbly of MTBers
BMXer An air of BMXers
"Bed is for sleepy people.
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

FCN = 3 - 5
Colnago World Cup 2
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    blu3cat wrote:
    Good day to you all.

    We have been ruminating on a few collective nouns at work over a pint at lunchtime for our IT project managers (I know life on the edge) (best one so far was a hinderance), and this got me thinking; any suggestions for the collective nouns for the different cycling tribes? Are there any recognised standard ones?

    A couple of suggestions:

    Roadies: A snobbery of Roadies
    Cyclocrossers: A perversion of Cyclocrossers
    Hybriders: A indecision of Hybriders
    SS/FGers: A herd of SS/FGers
    MTBers: A knob of MTBers
    BMXer An iPod of BMXers
    Made an edit or two.....
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    A c*** of SS/FGers, surely?
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    biondino wrote:
    A c*** of SS/FGers, surely?

    Beat me to it! Damn you!
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
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  • rhext
    rhext Posts: 1,639
    Slightly off-topic, I know, but my personal favouriate:

    A wunch of bankers!
  • Eau Rouge
    Eau Rouge Posts: 1,118
    A whoosh of roadies :)
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    A poser of roadies surely.

    You can't really improve upon a perversion of cx'ers

    A Fakie of SS/FGers
    A Cnut of Mtbikers
    A baggy of BMX'ers

    Hence the reason I've told on a regular basis I'm a posy cnut :shock:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    a stack of downhillers
    a balance of unicyclists
    a choke of commuters
    a gnarl of dirt jumpers
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    I always like alliteration in these cases, so...

    Roadies: A race of Roadies
    Cyclocrossers: A completion of Cyclocrossers
    Hybriders: A half life of Hybriders
    SS/FGers: A simplicity of SS/FGers
    MTBers: A mess of MTBers
    BMXer A baby of BMXers
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Always Tyred wrote:
    blu3cat wrote:
    Good day to you all.

    We have been ruminating on a few collective nouns at work over a pint at lunchtime for our IT project managers (I know life on the edge) (best one so far was a hinderance), and this got me thinking; any suggestions for the collective nouns for the different cycling tribes? Are there any recognised standard ones?

    A couple of suggestions:

    Roadies: A snobbery of Roadies
    Cyclocrossers: A perversion of Cyclocrossers
    Hybriders: A indecision of Hybriders
    SS/FGers: A herd of SS/FGers
    MTBers: A knob of MTBers
    BMXer An iPod of BMXers
    Made an edit or two.....

    :roll: :roll:
  • Cafewanda
    Cafewanda Posts: 2,788
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I always like alliteration in these cases, so...

    Roadies: A race of Roadies
    Cyclocrossers: A completion of Cyclocrossers
    Hybriders: A half life of Hybriders
    SS/FGers: A simplicity of SS/FGers
    MTBers: A mess of MTBers
    BMXer A baby of BMXers

    :evil:
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    A wtf of recumbents
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Cafewanda wrote:
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I always like alliteration in these cases, so...

    Roadies: A race of Roadies
    Cyclocrossers: A completion of Cyclocrossers
    Hybriders: A half life of Hybriders
    SS/FGers: A simplicity of SS/FGers
    MTBers: A mess of MTBers
    BMXer A baby of BMXers

    :evil:

    I put hubris originally, and then realised THAT was actually suited to roadies and it blew my alliteration theme out the window :wink:
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    A Lycra of Roadies
    A Noddy of Hybrids
    A Souplesse of SingleSpeeders
    A Stubborn of Fixies
    A Weird of CX'ers
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    A tart of Pinarello's :wink:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    a reclination of recumbents
    a curse of couriers
    an expedition of tourers
    a partnership of tandems
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    a Tuck of Time Trialers
    a Pootle of Hybriders
    ??
    "Bed is for sleepy people.
    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

    FCN = 3 - 5
    Colnago World Cup 2
  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    an irritation of fair-weather riders
    The doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now
  • risi
    risi Posts: 231
    A squeak of BSOs
    A shave of roadies
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    Trek 6500
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    woodyonthebeach wrote:
    an irritation of fair-weather riders

    How about a temperate of Fair Weather cyclists?
    "Bed is for sleepy people.
    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

    FCN = 3 - 5
    Colnago World Cup 2
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Or just a Fair of fair weather cyclists.... :)
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    A Sodomey of Cyclocrossers
    The doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Well - if you're going to be like that:

    A rogering of roadies
    a felching of fixies
    a handjob of hybrids


    :twisted:
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
    2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
    2011 Trek Madone 4.5
    2012 Felt F65X
    Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter
  • woodyonthebeach
    woodyonthebeach Posts: 583
    a Mung of MTB'ers
    The doctor said I needed to start drinking more whiskey. Also, I’m calling myself ‘the doctor’ now
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    Well - if you're going to be like that:

    A rogering of roadies
    a felching of fixies
    a handjob of hybrids


    :twisted:

    like I said, a perversion of CXers :wink:
    "Bed is for sleepy people.
    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

    FCN = 3 - 5
    Colnago World Cup 2
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    A Nathan of Fakengers
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
    Blog (incl. bikes)
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    biondino wrote:
    A Nathan of Fakengers

    A Hoxton of fakengers
    A Meedja of fixies
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    biondino wrote:
    A c*** of SS/FGers, surely?
    I absolutely love your reaction to their forum. :D
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Really the same word applies to them as my ss/fg suggestion above :)
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
    Blog (incl. bikes)
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    biondino wrote:
    A wtf of recumbents

    Probably my favourite. 8)

    A chip-butty of fat cyclists?

    Seen a lot in the last few days/
  • Gilbie
    Gilbie Posts: 99
    A thicket of fakengers ?
    On road
    Or off road?

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