what do these cycling terms mean?

Team Banana Spokesman

heard all of them on club runs

"winter 1st cat"
"hammering it"
"chewing bar tape"

english is not my first language so I dont really understadn these.

pneumatic

also:

"pedalling squares"

What's that all about?

Gypsum_Fantastic

What does C2C on bikes mean?

Surely it can't be coast to coast

gandhi

"winter 1st cat" - Someone who trains too hard in the winter so is very good early on. They normally fade mid season.
"hammering it" - Going very hard.
"chewing bar tape" - Trying so hard that getting very very low down makes a big effort. Like when you're bridging across to a breakaway in a race.

Gypsum_Fantastic

Team Banana Spokesman wrote:

"winter 1st cat"

- Not sure on this one

Team Banana Spokesman wrote:

"hammering it"

- Going really fast or pedalling really hard

Team Banana Spokesman wrote:

"chewing bar tape"

- I'm not sure but it sounds to me like it's finding pedalling uphill really difficult

shouldbeinbed

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

What does C2C on bikes mean?

Surely it can't be coast to coast

give that man a prize.

Gypsum_Fantastic

shouldbeinbed wrote:

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

What does C2C on bikes mean?

Surely it can't be coast to coast

give that man a prize.

I presume you're yanking my chain there?

softlad

Team Banana Spokesman wrote:

"winter 1st cat"

I always thought that a 'winter' first cat was a rider who got his 1st cat licence through riding off-season circuit races when there is no decent opposition...???

Where I used to live, we had a reference to 'Rushmoor' 1st cats, who got their 1st cat licences by riding the local Wednesday evening crit series - but they could rarely hack it in open 1/2/3 road races...

Pokerface

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

shouldbeinbed wrote:

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

What does C2C on bikes mean?

Surely it can't be coast to coast

give that man a prize.

I presume you're yanking my chain there?

Errrr - no? C2C is a Bianchi model. Coast to Coast.

shouldbeinbed

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

shouldbeinbed wrote:

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

What does C2C on bikes mean?

Surely it can't be coast to coast

give that man a prize.

I presume you're yanking my chain there?

No C2C means coast to coast, there's even a Sustrans C2C route.

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/n ... to-sea-c2c

Anonymous

pneumatic wrote:

also:

"pedalling squares"

What's that all about?

That's because when a cyclist is going well, they have a very smooth circular motion.

When they blow (often from trying to keep up with me) that smooth motion goes and the rider stomps the pedals

hammerite

Pokerface wrote:

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

shouldbeinbed wrote:

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

What does C2C on bikes mean?

Surely it can't be coast to coast

give that man a prize.

I presume you're yanking my chain there?

Errrr - no? C2C is a Bianchi model. Coast to Coast.

But not referring to the ride from Cumbria to Sunderland! They have a similar ride in Italy called coast to coast. In fact I think one of the Italian classics or a short tour is nicknamed coast to coast - can't remember what it is at the moment though - possibly Tirreno-Adriatico?

http://www.bianchiusa.com/09-bicycles/09-c2c.html

shockedsoshocked

"winter 1st cat" - as people have said, either they train way to hard and are flying in february (me last year!) or they collect points from races no one in their right mind would contend that early on in the season.

"hammering it" - balls out, smashing it, going for it etc

"chewing bar tape" - Everyone who's raced has been here. Bent right over the bike, grimacing, teeth literally almost clattering off the bars, usually when some sod is putting the hammer down.

"Pedalling in squares" - having a crap pedalling technique. Some people look horrible naturally, some people only look horrible when they're blown completely. Usually not very fluid with pretty much 4 distinct parts to each stroke (trying to think of a modern example, but there isn't really that many)

thel33ter

Whiles theres a thread like this what does FCN mean? Chances are its a blindingly obvious answer

hammerite

food chain number - http://www.itsnotarace.org/fcn-calculator/

Scrumple

C2C

centre to centre - measurement technique, e.g. bars

mars bars

tittie bars

etc.

Gypsum_Fantastic

Cheers folks.

At the risk of sounding like a chopper I'm assuming "bonking" (in cycling terms) is the same as "hitting the wall", is this correct?

Scrumple

it means you are shagged... hehe

GavH

Gypsum_Fantastic wrote:

Cheers folks.

At the risk of sounding like a chopper I'm assuming "bonking" (in cycling terms) is the same as "hitting the wall", is this correct?

Correct. Basically running out of fuel to the point where you can barely muster the energy to pray for death to come and end it all now.

Oh and click on the link in my sig to see my Bianchi Centre 2 Centre.

Gypsum_Fantastic

Scrumple wrote:

it means you are shagged... hehe

Badum Tish!

GavH wrote:

Correct. Basically running out of fuel to the point where you can barely muster the energy to pray for death to come and end it all now.

Been there, done that!

Pokerface

Yeah- but he asked "what does C2C on bikes mean"?


I don't see "centre to centre or coast to coast written on any bikes.

Smokin Joe

I always took winter 1st cat to mean someone who hammered everyone on the club runs but faded to an also ran when the racing season started.

shockedsoshocked

Smokin Joe wrote:

I always took winter 1st cat to mean someone who hammered everyone on the club runs but faded to an also ran when the racing season started.

Usually every club has one. It's always the guy who wants to go balls out every ride over winter thinking he's super strong when everyone else wants to keep it steady, only for his head to fall off about march.

They usually turn up in about October to piss everyone else off all winter again.

deptfordmarmoset

ShockedSoShocked wrote:

Smokin Joe wrote:

I always took winter 1st cat to mean someone who hammered everyone on the club runs but faded to an also ran when the racing season started.

Usually every club has one. It's always the guy who wants to go balls out every ride over winter thinking he's super strong when everyone else wants to keep it steady, only for his head to fall off about march.

They usually turn up in about October to wee-wee everyone else off all winter again.

Where do they go in summer then? Skiing?

shockedsoshocked

deptfordmarmoset wrote:

ShockedSoShocked wrote:

Smokin Joe wrote:

I always took winter 1st cat to mean someone who hammered everyone on the club runs but faded to an also ran when the racing season started.

Usually every club has one. It's always the guy who wants to go balls out every ride over winter thinking he's super strong when everyone else wants to keep it steady, only for his head to fall off about march.

They usually turn up in about October to wee-wee everyone else off all winter again.

Where do they go in summer then? Skiing?

Back to the strip after about 2 laps usually