Learn to speak bike

What can an urban cyclist on an electric bike and an unassisted cyclist possibly have to say to each other? thick headed for prepare for your next goal ? A short, non-exhaustive list of typically cycling expressions, so that the former is less overwhelmed by the latter's discourse.

By Guillaume Peephole – Photos: Pixabay / Publicdomainpictures

The experienced cyclist sometimes uses very specific jargon.

The runner who trains does the job alternating force and velocity for gain watts before the next one cri-cri, the club's cyclo ou an online race. The goes over the bumps with force with braquasse up to pop varicose veins, before recovering legs in the wool.

He counts well take up the displacement, to integrate the first fan and avoid getting find in the border à eat rocks. When he doesn't chase KOMs, mouline and works its dead points to get the light sock. In the race, he goes for it play to win et bring back the bouquet. No question for him of make 2, and even less end up in front of the broom truck or tarp. Nose to the grindstone et saddle in the ass, he clings to his opponents with just right, even if suck the wheels before you jump on the lineHis anxiety is to have the big paws because he will not have done enough split et overcompensated, with the consequence both feet on the same pedal, even if he feels sharp as a blade. Magie electric assistance, the cyclist in VAE can meanwhile change gear et smoke a pipe en turning the canes, And even pass the steep slopes on the plate without feel he has a chain on his bike. And pedal with ease.

There is no age limit for getting into cycling and mastering its codes.

Lexicon :

- borner : accumulate kilometers by bike, ride a lot and often.
– Prepare your next one goal : to mobilize physically and mentally for an event, a race.
– Do the job : train regularly and seriously, take care of your sleep and diet, to be in top shape.
– Strength and velocity : Alternate slow pedaling but pushing hard on the pedals with pedaling at a high cadence to gain power.
– Gain watts : improve one's ability to produce power (through better physical condition).
– Cry-cry : or a criterium, a race on a small circuit with a high number of laps to complete.
– The club’s cyclo : mass gathering or event with several categories of participants, on a more or less long route, organized by the club to which the cyclist is attached.
– An online race : competition on a long course which links two separate sites (from point A to point B).
– Go over the bumps with force with braquasse : climb the hills with a high development while pedaling with a low pedaling cadence.
– Popping varicose veins : to hurt your legs a lot during exercise.
– Legs in the wool : rest the muscles by avoiding standing, and/or covering them to keep them warm.
– Take the cylinder capacity : improve physical abilities through well-conducted training.
– The first fan : when the wind blows sideways on a route clear, the runners position themselves so as to fight against the wind bytaging their efforts, thanks to a well-ordered movement of change of position, like a rotation seen from above.
- Se find in the border : not having the space to integrate the fan, and therefore being in single file behind it to try to hang on to it, very close to the side of the road route.
– Eating rocks : staying a long time in the border without managing to change position because of the speed imposed by the fan.
– Hunt the KOM/QOM : try to break records on segments of the Strava community application.
– To grind : quickly rotate the legs while pedaling, with little resistance.
– Dead spots : during the pedaling cycle, when the foot is in its lowest or highest position (during the transition between the push or pull phases of pedaling)
– The light sock : an easy pedal stroke, without apparent effort.
– Play to win : to be a serious contender for victory.
– Bring back the bouquet : to finish a race as the winner, and to be rewarded with the bouquet of flowers given on this occasion.
– Make 2 : finish second (also works for third, fourth, etc.)
- Finish in front of the broom truck : to arrive last.
– Cover : abandon a test.
– Nose to the grindstone : riding with your head down with only the driver's seat in viewtage or the front wheel.
– The saddle in the ass : to be at full speed, and to be forced to pedal at the nose of the saddle.
– Far right : drive very fast, with a very high gear ratio (the chain positioned as far to the right as possible at the transmission level).
- Suck the wheels : take advantage of the wake of your opponents, and do not take turns facing the wind to save energy.
– Jump on the line : sprint and overtake your opponent at the last moment on the finish line.
- Big paws : have heavy legs.
– Split : training method which consists of alternating phases of intense effort with recovery phases.
– Overcompensate : recover after an effort/training/race and take advantage of the body's adaptive capacities to improve.
– Both feet on the same pedal : not having good muscle sensations.
– Sharp as a blade : having very little fat mass, with very visible muscles and tendons.
– Change gear : change gear using the derailleur.
– Smoking a pipe : be very easy when pedaling.
– Turn the rods : to grind, to pedal without forcing.
– Pass the steep slopes on the plate : climb very steep hills with the big chainring.
– Not feeling like he has a chain : pedaling without apparent resistance, as if there were no transmission.

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Guillaume Judas

  - 54 years old - Professional journalist since 1992 - Coach / Performance support - Former Elite runner - Current sports practices: route & allroad (a little). - Strava: Guillaume Judas

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