Given how technical this sport is and how fast the industry moves, I though it would be helpful to have a thread devoted to defining words and terms from our sport.
Standard:
| noun | stan-dard |
1. A set of measurements or dimensions that comes out every few months to prevent backwards-compatibility and force future sales to include the new dimensions and measurements. Standards are generally unique and not shared across the entire industry. <did you see the new crankset standard, I can't wait to upgrade!>
Playful:
| adjective | play-ful |
1. A term to describe a full-suspension bike that either has a blown rear shock, or lacks rebound damping. Typically, the bike will have no stability and rebound up as fast as it's pushed down, helping people with weak upper-bodies deal with drop lips and jumps. <this fox CTD Evo shock has to be run with only 3 clicks of rebound, because otherwise it packs up, but it sure is super playful!>
2. A bike with chainstays no longer than 16.8", or when combined with the adverb "not", a way to describe bikes that are unridable, due to chainstays longer than 16.8". <I rode it down the mountain, but then I read on mtbr that the chainstays were 17.3", so I had to sell it because it wasn't playful.>
eBike:
| verb | e-bike|
1. The sport of determining how bikes ride by looking at them on the internet, often involving a determination of an amount of flex. Usually involves one or more false analogies, cherry picking and basing definitive scientific facts on personal experiences that have nothing to do with the bike being discussed. <I ebiked dozens of bikes before choosing this one.>
-noun
2. An electronic bike produced by a collaboration between Dick Cheney, Darth Sidious and Satan. Allows people even fatter than DHers to ride up trails. <I can't believe they are letting ebikes on my trails, something has to be done and I'm going to vote for Trump, because he'll ban the ebikes.>
Pedaling Platform:
| noun | ped-al-ing plat-form |
1. A feature on a shock used in lieu of functional low speed compression circuits or efficient suspension designs that generally makes the shock feel like a jackhammer when you go over rough terrain. Often times this is done by preloading the shimz valvez, which helps the bike to buck over bumps uphill, helping you by decreasing your traction and constantly getting kicked in the ass. Previous efforts by Progressive, Curnut and Manitou also helped to bring shocks to the market that attempted to fix bikes designed on napkins. <does this shock have a pedaling platform? I want to be able to keep up with the 29ers uphill.>
synonyms:
Pro-pedal
SPV
CV/T
Standard:
| noun | stan-dard |
1. A set of measurements or dimensions that comes out every few months to prevent backwards-compatibility and force future sales to include the new dimensions and measurements. Standards are generally unique and not shared across the entire industry. <did you see the new crankset standard, I can't wait to upgrade!>
Playful:
| adjective | play-ful |
1. A term to describe a full-suspension bike that either has a blown rear shock, or lacks rebound damping. Typically, the bike will have no stability and rebound up as fast as it's pushed down, helping people with weak upper-bodies deal with drop lips and jumps. <this fox CTD Evo shock has to be run with only 3 clicks of rebound, because otherwise it packs up, but it sure is super playful!>
2. A bike with chainstays no longer than 16.8", or when combined with the adverb "not", a way to describe bikes that are unridable, due to chainstays longer than 16.8". <I rode it down the mountain, but then I read on mtbr that the chainstays were 17.3", so I had to sell it because it wasn't playful.>
eBike:
| verb | e-bike|
1. The sport of determining how bikes ride by looking at them on the internet, often involving a determination of an amount of flex. Usually involves one or more false analogies, cherry picking and basing definitive scientific facts on personal experiences that have nothing to do with the bike being discussed. <I ebiked dozens of bikes before choosing this one.>
-noun
2. An electronic bike produced by a collaboration between Dick Cheney, Darth Sidious and Satan. Allows people even fatter than DHers to ride up trails. <I can't believe they are letting ebikes on my trails, something has to be done and I'm going to vote for Trump, because he'll ban the ebikes.>
Pedaling Platform:
| noun | ped-al-ing plat-form |
1. A feature on a shock used in lieu of functional low speed compression circuits or efficient suspension designs that generally makes the shock feel like a jackhammer when you go over rough terrain. Often times this is done by preloading the shimz valvez, which helps the bike to buck over bumps uphill, helping you by decreasing your traction and constantly getting kicked in the ass. Previous efforts by Progressive, Curnut and Manitou also helped to bring shocks to the market that attempted to fix bikes designed on napkins. <does this shock have a pedaling platform? I want to be able to keep up with the 29ers uphill.>
synonyms:
Pro-pedal
SPV
CV/T
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