wall

From Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff”), from Proto-West Germanic *wall (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).
Perhaps conflated with waw (“a wall within a house or dwelling, a room partition”), from Middle English wawe, from Old English wāg, wāh (“an interior wall, divider”), see waw.
Cognate with North Frisian wal (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). More at wallow, walk.

cog

the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick

throw things at the wall and see what sticks


tempo

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”). Doublet of tense.
(truck or cargo van): A genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

(cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.

tempo

cycling: steady pace set by the frontmost riders


stem

From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

der

the apple does not fall far from the stem

(cycling) A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.

stuurpen

Component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork


jump

en-verb

jump (third-person singular simple present jumps, present participle jumping, simple past and past participle jumped)

jumps (present singular third-person)
jumping (participle present)
jumped (participle past)
jumped (past)
jump (infinitive)
jump (first-person present singular)
jumped (first-person past singular)
jump (present second-person singular)
jumpest (archaic present second-person singular)
jumped (past second-person singular)
jumpedst (archaic past second-person singular)
jumps (present singular third-person)
jumpeth (archaic present singular third-person)
jumped (past singular third-person)
jump (plural present)
jumped (past plural)
jump (present subjunctive)
jumped (past subjunctive)
jump (imperative present)
jumping (participle present)
jumped (participle past)

From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely.
Cognates
Cognate with German Low German jumpen (“to jump”), archaic German gumpen (“to jump, hop, bounce”), dialectal German gampen (“to hop”), Alemannic German gumpe (“to leap, jump”), Walser dialect kumpu, Old Norse gopta (“to jump; make jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).

onomatopoeic

imitative

cog

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

(cycling, intransitive) To increase speed aggressively and without warning.


diesel

en-noun

diesel (countable and uncountable, plural diesels)

From German Diesel, named after inventor Rudolf Diesel, who developed a heavy-duty engine in Germany (1892–1897) and perfected it throughout his life.

(cycling, slang) A rider who has an even energy output, without bursts of speed.


RR

RR (countable and uncountable, plural RRs)


cadre

→ Bulgarian: ка́дър (kádǎr)

→ English: cadre

→ German: Kader

desctree

→ Russian: кадр (kadr)
→ Kazakh: кадр (kadr)

→ Turkish: kadro

Borrowed from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”). Cf. Old French querre, inherited from the same source; see also carre.

bor+

cadre en fibre de carbone


chamois

en-noun

chamois (countable and uncountable, plural chamoises or chamois or chamoix)

chamoises (plural)
chamois (plural)
chamoix (plural)
chamoix (alternative)
shamois (alternative)
shamoy (alternative)

Borrowed from Middle French chamois, from Late Latin camox, from Gaulish camox (5th c. AD, Polemius Silvius), probably from an extinct Alpine language (Raetic, Ancient Ligurian), possibly Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“without horns”). Compare also Old High German gamiza (“chamois”) (whence modern German Gämse).

der

(cycling) A padded insert which protects the groin from the bicycle saddle.


road

From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots. Cognates include West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).
The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late — Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar — and probably arose through reinterpretation of roadway (“a way for riding on”) as saying way twice, in other words as a tautological compound.

inh

road tires

road groupset

(cycling) Of or pertaining to a road bike.


attack

en-verb

attack (third-person singular simple present attacks, present participle attacking, simple past and past participle attacked or (obsolete) attackt or (obsolete, dialectal) attackted)

attacks (present singular third-person)
attacking (participle present)
attacked (participle past)
attacked (past)
attackt (obsolete participle past)
attackt (obsolete past)
attackted (dialectal obsolete participle past)
attackted (dialectal obsolete past)
attack (infinitive)
attack (first-person present singular)
attacked (first-person past singular)
attack (present second-person singular)
attackest (archaic present second-person singular)
attacked (past second-person singular)
attackedst (archaic past second-person singular)
attacks (present singular third-person)
attacketh (archaic present singular third-person)
attacked (past singular third-person)
attack (plural present)
attacked (past plural)
attack (present subjunctive)
attacked (past subjunctive)
attack (imperative present)
attacking (participle present)
attacked (participle past)

Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakka (“stick”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Old English on rǣsan (“to attack”) and onrǣs (“an attack”).

(cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.


bridge

bridges (plural)
bridg (alternative obsolete)
brigge (alternative)

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”).
Cognate with Scots brig, brigg, breeg (“bridge”), Saterland Frisian Brääch (“bridge”), West Frisian brêge (“bridge”), Dutch brug (“bridge”), German Brücke (“bridge”), Danish brygge (“wharf”), Icelandic brygga (“pier”), Gaulish briua (“bridge”).
The verb is from Middle English briggen, from Old English brycġian (“to bridge, make a causeway, pave”), derived from the noun. Cognate with Dutch bruggen (“to bridge”), Middle Low German bruggen (“to bridge”), Old High German bruccōn (“to bridge”) (whence Modern German brücken).
The musical connection sense is a semantic loan from German Steg, from Old High German steg.

ацҳа

construction or natural feature that spans a divide

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it

(cycling) The situation where a lone rider or small group of riders closes the space between them and the rider or group in front.


spin

en-verb

spin (third-person singular simple present spins, present participle spinning, simple past spun or (uncommon) span or (nonstandard) spinned, past participle spun or (nonstandard) spinned)

spins (present singular third-person)
spinning (participle present)
spun (past)
span (past uncommon)
spinned (nonstandard past)
spun (participle past)
spinned (nonstandard participle past)

From Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Compare Low German spinnen, Dutch spinnen, German spinnen, Danish spinde, Swedish spinna.

To use an exercise bicycle, especially as part of a gym class.

(cycling, intransitive)
To ride a bicycle at a fast cadence.


bib

Originally verb sense “drink heartily”, from Middle English bibben, either from Latin bibō (“I drink”) or of imitative origin. Noun sense (clothing) presumably either because worn while drinking, or because the clothing itself “drinks up” spills.


control

en-noun

control (countable and uncountable, plural controls)

controls (plural)
Ctrl (alternative)
comptrol (alternative archaic)
comptroll (alternative archaic)
controll (alternative obsolete)
controul (alternative obsolete)
countrol (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulum (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

der

[…] the self-acknowledged stereotype of the audaxer as a socially awkward middle-aged man, […] carefully avoiding eye contact as a volunteer serves him his cup of tea and plate of baked beans in one of the draughty village halls that typically host audax controls.

2019, Emily Chappell, Where There's a Will:

(cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.


door

en-verb

door (third-person singular simple present doors, present participle dooring, simple past and past participle doored)

doors (present singular third-person)
dooring (participle present)
doored (participle past)
doored (past)
doore (alternative obsolete)
durre (alternative obsolete)

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

non-rhotic, dough–door merger, African-American Vernacular

dour (in one pronunciation, with the pour–poor merger)

From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish and Norwegian dør (“door”), Icelandic dyr (“door”), Latin foris and foras, Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Albanian derë pl. dyer, Central Kurdish دەرگە (derge), derî, Persian در (dar), Russian дверь (dverʹ), Hindi द्वार (dvār), Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras, Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra), Lithuanian durys.

Kerr has acted for numerous clients who have been doored, including one man knocked off his bike and on to spiked railings, and another who ended up hitting a tree.

2018 February 6, Helen Pidd, “I got 'doored' while undertaking on my bike. Was it my fault?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-15:

He [Pete Karageorgos] said cyclists who are doored are entitled to claim accident benefits from the driver's insurer if they aren't covered by a policy of their own.

2019 December 15, Ben Spurr, “How an Ontario rule stops 'doored' cyclists from getting drivers' insurance info”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-27:

To avoid being doored, cyclists such as Vilain, Davis-Overstreet and Michael Schneider monitor as many telltale signs as possible: shadows, brake lights, the actions of people sitting in the driver's seat.

2023 December 19, Angie Orellana Hernandez, “Being doored to death is a cyclist’s nightmare. How can it be prevented?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

(transitive, cycling) To cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian.

emportiérer

to cause a collision by opening the door of a vehicle in front of an oncoming cyclist or pedestrian


rim

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

cog

About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot.

2010, Rochelle Magee, No Witnesses: A Perilous Journey, page 36:


hammer

en-verb

hammer (third-person singular simple present hammers, present participle hammering, simple past and past participle hammered)

hammers (present singular third-person)
hammering (participle present)
hammered (participle past)
hammered (past)

From Middle English hamer, from Old English hamor, from Proto-West Germanic *hamar, from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (“tool with a stone head”) (compare West Frisian hammer, Low German Hamer, Dutch hamer, German Hammer, Danish hammer, Swedish hammare). This is traditionally ascribed to Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱmoros, from *h₂éḱmō (“stone”), but see *hamaraz for further discussion.
(declare a defaulter on the stock exchange): Originally signalled by knocking with a wooden mallet.

sense

the nail that sticks out gets hammered down

Fifteen minutes later, leaving a vapour trail of kitchen smells, I hammered into Obterre.

2011, Tim Moore, French Revolutions: Cycling the Tour de France, page 58:

Running at line-speed, well over 100mph, it hammers through Doncaster on its way south to London.

2019 December 18, Richard Clinnick, “Traction transition: HST to Azuma”, in Rail, page 32:

(cycling, intransitive, slang) To ride very fast.


spider

en-noun

spider (countable and uncountable, plural spiders)

[ˈspʌɪ̯ɾə(ɹ)]

From Middle English spiþre, spydyr, spider, spiþer, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”). Mostly displaced attercop (“spider, unpleasant person”), now a dialectal term.

(cycling) A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.


kick

en-verb

kick (third-person singular simple present kicks, present participle kicking, simple past and past participle kicked)

kicks (present singular third-person)
kicking (participle present)
kicked (participle past)
kicked (past)
kick (infinitive)
kick (first-person present singular)
kicked (first-person past singular)
kick (present second-person singular)
kickest (archaic present second-person singular)
kicked (past second-person singular)
kickedst (archaic past second-person singular)
kicks (present singular third-person)
kicketh (archaic present singular third-person)
kicked (past singular third-person)
kick (plural present)
kicked (past plural)
kick (present subjunctive)
kicked (past subjunctive)
kick (imperative present)
kicking (participle present)
kicked (participle past)

→ German: kicken

→ Welsh: cicio

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.

штовхну́ти

ного́ю; нога́ми

Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.

(intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.


bicycle

→ Burmese: ဘိုင်စကယ် (bhuingca.kai)

→ Central Dusun: bosikol

→ Hawaiian: paikikala

desc

→ Kashubian: bajsykla (Canada, United States)

→ Malay: basikal

→ Maltese: bajsikil

→ Maori: paihikara

→ Papiamentu: baiskel

→⇒ Serbo-Croatian: bajs

→ Sranan Tongo: baisigri

Aukan: baisigii

Saramaccan: baisígi

→ Kari'na: paisiki

→ Swahili: baiskeli

→ Tausug: basikul

→ Urdu: بائیسِکَل (bāīsikal)

→ Welsh: beisicl

Borrowed from French bicycle (modern bicyclette), from bi- (“bi-”) + cycle (“cycle”). First attested in English in 1868, and in French in 1847.
(promiscuous woman): From double meaning of ride ("to transport oneself upon" vs. "to mount someone to have sex with them"). A communal bicycle would have many riders.

a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle

a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle

In most English villages, as we are informed, bicycles are not allowed on the sidewalks; and the hand-books issued by English manufacturers of bicycles caution their customers that it is a forbidden practice, while in many places bells have to be attached to the bicycles even when ridden in the streets.

1882, “Principle in Small Things”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 22, page 274:

(cycling) A vehicle that has two primary wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.


roadster

(cycling) A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.

omafiets

bicycle or tricycle adapted for common roads


fork

Sranan Tongo: forku

→ Dutch: fork

→ Japanese: フォーク (fōku)

→ Kannada: ಫೋರ್ಕ್ (phōrk)

→ Korean: 포크 (pokeu)

→ Maori: paoka

→ Tamil: போர்க் (pōrk)

→ Telugu: ఫోర్క్ (phōrk)

From Middle English forke (“digging fork”), from Old English force, forca (“forked instrument used to torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *furkō (“fork”), from Latin furca (“pitchfork, forked stake; gallows, beam, stake, support post, yoke”), of uncertain origin. The Middle English word was later reinforced by Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French forque (= Old French forche whence French fourche), also from the Latin. Doublet of fourche and furcate. Cognate also with North Frisian forck (“fork”), Dutch vork (“fork”), Danish fork (“fork”), German Forke (“pitchfork”). Displaced native gafol, ġeafel, ġeafle (“fork”), from Old English.
In its primary sense of “fork”, Latin furca appears to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerk(ʷ)-, *ǵʰerg(ʷ)- (“fork”), although the development of the -c- is difficult to explain. In other senses this derivation is unlikely. For these, perhaps it is connected to Proto-Germanic *furkaz, *firkalaz (“stake, stick, pole, post”), from Proto-Indo-European *perg- (“pole, post”). If so, this would relate the word to Old English forclas pl (“bolt”), Old Saxon ferkal (“lock, bolt, bar”), Old Norse forkr (“pole, staff, stick”), Norwegian fork (“stick, bat”), Swedish fork (“pole”).

tienhaara

figurative: point in time of making a decision

afsplitsing

computer science: splitting of a process

odnož

computer science: copying and separately developing a project

bifurcació

computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project

a three-prong spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork

The fork can be equipped with a suspension on mountain bikes.

(cycling, motorcycling, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.


gear

en-noun

gear (countable and uncountable, plural gears)

→ Japanese: ギア (gia)

From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.

der

(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

зъбна предавка

a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears


pat

nl-noun

pat c (plural patten, diminutive patje n)

patten (plural)
patje (diminutive neuter)

(cycling) the slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout


nipple

nipples (plural)
neple (alternative obsolete)
nypil (alternative obsolete)
nyppell (alternative obsolete)
neapel (alternative obsolete)
neaple (alternative obsolete)
neble (alternative obsolete)

→ Dutch: nippel

→ German: Nippel

→ Danish: nippel

→ Norwegian: nippel

From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib + -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .

Turn the nipples on to the bicycle spokes only one turn, for each spoke on the new wheel all the way around until they are all snug, then check alignment.

These were first constructed by heading the spokes, threading them through a steel felloe or rim and inserting them into screwed nipples which were in their turn screwed into the flanges of the hub.

1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 5:

(cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.

nippel

piece to connect a bicycle spoke to the rim


unicycle

A man rode past on a unicycle, laughing.

2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer, Penguin Books (2020), page 194:

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel.


knock

en-noun

knock (countable and uncountable, plural knocks)

From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)).

(cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.


hybrid

From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.

mulard

of a domestic variety of mallard × female muscovy

Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.

(cycling) A bicycle that is a compromise between a road bike and a mountain bike.


tow

en-verb

tow (third-person singular simple present tows, present participle towing, simple past and past participle towed)

tows (present singular third-person)
towing (participle present)
towed (participle past)
towed (past)

→ Welsh: towio

From Middle English towen, from Old English togian, from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.
See also Middle High German zogen, German ziehen, Dutch tijgen, Old Norse toga.

(running, cycling, motor racing, etc.) To aid someone behind by shielding them from wind resistance.


ankle

ankle (third-person singular simple present ankles, present participle ankling, simple past and past participle ankled)

ankles (present singular third-person)
ankling (participle present)
ankled (participle past)
ankled (past)
ancle (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”).
Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.

(cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.


trainer

→ Cebuano: trainor
→ English: trainor

(cycling) A piece of indoor equipment allowing a bicycle to be ridden while stationary.


mechanical

From Middle English mechanical, mechanicalle, mechanycalle, equivalent to mechanic + -al.

The pack are suffering mechanicals and pull up under a lamp post marking a right turn.

2010, Andy Allsopp, Barring Mechanicals - from London to Edinburgh and Back, on a Recumbent Bicycle, →ISBN, page 96:

Equipment back then was less capable than it is today, and we often had to deal with mechanical failures, also called mechanicals and the odd injury which we called 'bio-mechanicals'.

2012, Clive Forth, The Pocket Mountain Bike Trail Guide: Your slope saviour, →ISBN, page 11:

The support can be there when you need it for major mechanicals, other emergencies and to transport all your gear to the next overnight stop.

2014, Vince Major, The Smoke Ring - An Orbital Route Around London, →ISBN, page 12:

(cycling) An instance of equipment failure.


devil

devils (plural)
davil (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
debbil (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
diuel (alternative archaic dialectal)
divel (alternative archaic dialectal)
deuill (alternative obsolete)
devel (alternative obsolete)
devell (alternative obsolete)
devill (alternative obsolete)
diuell (alternative obsolete)

Tok Pisin: tewel

→ Chuukese: tefin

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δια- (dia-)
Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der.
Ancient Greek βᾰ́λλω (bắllō)
Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō)
Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor.
Latin diabolusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *diubul
Old English dēofol
Middle English devel
English devil
From Middle English devil, devel, deovel, from Old English dēofol, from Proto-West Germanic *diubul, from Latin diabolus, ultimately from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “false accuser, slanderer”), also as "Satan" (in Jewish/Christian usage, translating Biblical Hebrew שָׂטָן (śātān)), from διαβάλλω (diabállō, “to slander”), literally “to throw across”, from διά (diá, “through, across”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”). The Old English word was probably adopted under influence of Latin diabolus (itself from the Greek). Other Germanic languages adopted the word independently: compare Saterland Frisian Düüwel (“devil”), West Frisian duvel (“devil”), Dutch duivel, duvel (“devil”), German Low German Düvel (“devil”), German Teufel (“devil”), Bavarian Teifl (“devil”), Danish djævel (“devil”), Swedish djävul (“devil”) (older: djefvul, Old Swedish diævul, Old Norse djǫfull). Doublet of diable, diablo, and diabolus.

der

better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

better the devil you know than the one you don't know

devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter

he who sups with the devil should have a long spoon

the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know

the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know

(cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.


tour

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

tor (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger)

taw (pour–poor merger, horse–hoarse merger, non-rhotic)

(sports, cycling) A street and road race, frequently multiday.

обиколка

cycling: multistage street and road race


bacon

en-noun

bacon (usually uncountable, plural bacons)

→ Bulgarian: бекон (bekon)

→ Chinese: 培根 (péigēn)

→ Finnish: pekoni

→ French: bacon

desc

→ Hebrew: בייקון

→ Hebrew: בייקון

→ Italian: becon

→ Japanese: ベーコン (bēkon)

→ Maori: pēkana

→ Maltese: bejken

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bacon, beiken

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: bacon, beiken

→ Polish: bekon

→ Portuguese: bacon

→ Russian: бекон (bekon)

→ Spanish: bacon, beicon

→ Swedish: bacon

From Middle English bacoun (“meat from the back and sides of a pig”), from Anglo-Norman bacon, bacun (“ham, flitch, strip of lard”), from Old Low Frankish *bakō (“ham, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *bakô, *bakkô (“back”), an extension of *baką, whence English back, which see for more. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“back, buttocks; to vault, arch”).
Cognate with Old Saxon baco (“back”), Dutch bake (“ham, side of bacon”), Old High German bahho (“ham, side of bacon”), whence German Bache f (“wild sow”), Alemannic German Bache m (“bacon”).
(police): Extension of pig (“police”).

cog

(cycling, slang, uncountable) Road rash.


Everest

en-verb

Everest (third-person singular simple present Everests, present participle Everesting, simple past and past participle Everested)

Everests (present singular third-person)
Everesting (participle present)
Everested (participle past)
Everested (past)

Training for an Everest expedition in 1994, Mallory wrote, he had Everested by cycling eight times up Mount Donna Buang, outside Melbourne.

2020 August 13, Alec Jacobson, “How to Cycle Up ‘Mount Everest’”, in The New York Times:

(climbing, cycling) To repeatedly cycle up steep roads with a total distance equal to the height of Mount Everest.


pad

nl-noun

pad c (plural padden, diminutive padje n)

padden (plural)
padje (diminutive neuter)


chase

en-noun

chase (countable and uncountable, plural chases)

From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”)
, see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”).
Doublet of catch and related to capture. Displaced native Old English ōht, ēhtnes, and wāþ. Broadly overtook Old English huntaþ.

(cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.


kite

kites (plural)
kight (alternative)
kyte (alternative)

The noun is from Middle English kyte, kīte, kete (“a kite endemic to Europe, especially the red kite (Milvus milvus)”), from Old English cȳta (“kite; bittern”), from Proto-West Germanic *kūtijō, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-d- (“to cry, screech”). The English word is cognate with Scots kyt, kyte (“kite; bird of prey”), Middle High German kiuzelīn, kützlīn (“owling”) (modern German Kauz (“owl”)). Possibly a doublet of coot.
Sense 3 (“lightweight toy”) is from the fact that it hovers in the air like the bird.
The verb is derived from the noun.

der

(cycling, slang) A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.

катера́ч

cycling, slang: rider who is good at climbs


lace

en-verb

lace (third-person singular simple present laces, present participle lacing, simple past and past participle laced)

laces (present singular third-person)
lacing (participle present)
laced (participle past)
laced (past)

From Middle English lacen, lasen, from Old French lacer, lacier, lasser, lachier, from the noun (see above).

For these and other reasons, you may want to lace a new rim onto an existing hub, or vice versa. For some reason, probably because of the maze and complex angles of spokes, lacing and building a wheel has for years been a virtual mystery to even skilled home bike mechanics.

1973 March 10, Eugene A. Sloane, “How to build and lace a bicycle wheel”, in Popular Mechanics, page 21:

(transitive, cycling) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.


limit

German: Limit

From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.

der

(cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.


prime

From French prime (“reward, prize, bonus”).

Most primes are won with gaps on the field; most sprints are in bunches.

1997, Arnie Baker, Smart Cycling: Successful Training and Racing for Riders of All Levels:

(cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.


cager

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Motorcycles can go where cars can’t. Obscure places, remote singletrack trails, off-road tracks too narrow for four wheels – on a bike, you can literally go anywhere and access places no car ever would feeling like an explorer and discovering wild spots off-limits for cagers.

2022 August 5, Eglė Gerulaitytė, “Top 10 Reasons Why We Love Riding”, in Adventure Rider:

(cycling, derogatory) A person who drives an automobile, particularly for commuting.


gyro

/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹəʊ/

/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ɹoʊ/


volta

From the verb voltar (“to turn, spin around”).


steed

Inherited from Middle English stede (“steed”), from Old English stēda (“stallion, stud”), from Proto-West Germanic *stōdijō; (compare Old Dutch stoti (“herd of horses”), Old High German stuot (“herd of horses”)).

cog

silent steed

In the green lanes of Merrie England the bicycle rider in his natty uniform, speeding along on his silent steed, is met with almost as often as vehicles drawn by horses, and it is safe to say that in the various countries of the world not less than half a million bicycles and tricycles are now in use.

1887 July 26, Thomas Stevens, “Bicycle chat for boys”, in Harper's Young People, volume VIII, number 404, page 614:


peloton

nl-noun

peloton n (plural pelotons, diminutive pelotonnetje n)

pelotons (plural)
pelotonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: paltan

→ Indonesian: peleton

Borrowed from French peloton, derived in turn from pelote + -on.


GC

en-noun

GC (countable and uncountable, plural GCs)

general classification
general classification#English

(cycling) Initialism of general classification.


saddlebag

saddlebags (plural)
saddle bag (alternative)
saddle-bag (alternative)

/ˈsædəlˌbæɡ/

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(cycling, nonstandard, by extension) pannier

(cycling) A seat pack or a seat bag (a pouch or a small bag attached to the seat or seat post of a bicycle)


biker

→ French: biker (noun), bikeur

→ German: Biker

→ Italian: biker

→ Spanish: biker

Lots of pockets help with a commute, a storm hood is great if you get caught in a storm on a hike, weight and packability are essential for backpackers and if you’re a climber or biker, you’ll want a helmet-compatible hood.

2025 January 3, Kai Burkhardt, “The best rain jackets of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN:


biker

cs-noun

biker m anim (female equivalent bikerka, relational adjective bikerský)

bikerka (feminine)
bikerský (adjective relational)
biker (nominative singular)
bikeři (nominative plural)
bikera (genitive singular)
bikerů (genitive plural)
bikerovi (dative singular)
bikeru (dative singular)
bikerům (dative plural)
bikera (accusative singular)
bikery (accusative plural)
bikere (singular vocative)
bikeři (plural vocative)
bikerovi (locative singular)
bikeru (locative singular)
bikerech (locative plural)
bikerem (instrumental singular)
bikery (instrumental plural)


bunch

From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin.
Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰénǵʰus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite [Term?] (/panku/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Kamkata-viri břẽć, břez (“berry tree”), Prasuni vuzra (“berry tree”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)).
Alternatively, perhaps from a variant or diminutive of bump (compare hump/hunch, lump/lunch, etc.); or from dialectal Old French bonge (“bundle”) (compare French bongeau, bonjeau, bonjot), from West Flemish bondje, diminutive of West Flemish bond (“bundle”).

cog

(cycling) The peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race.


gravel

en-noun

gravel (usually uncountable, plural gravels)

From Middle English gravel, grauel, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave (“gravel, seashore”), from Medieval Latin grava, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grāwā (“gravel, pebbles”) (compare Breton groa, Cornish grow, Welsh gro), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂, from *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”). Compare also Old English græfa (“coal”).

(uncountable, cycling) Gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike.


rai

From Old French rai, from Latin radius (“spoke”).


criterium

From French critérium (“competition”), from Latin critērium, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).

/kɹaɪˈtɪəɹiəm/

(cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).

（自行車）繞圈賽 /（自行车）绕圈赛

road-cycle race consisting of a closed circuit


blow up

en-verb

blow up (third-person singular simple present blows up, present participle blowing up, simple past blew up, past participle blown up)

blows up (present singular third-person)
blowing up (participle present)
blew up (past)
blown up (participle past)

From Middle English blow up, blowe up, dissimilated forms of earlier Middle English upblowen (> English upblow), equivalent to blow + up. Compare West Frisian opblaze (“to blow up, inflate”), Dutch opblazen (“to blow up, inflate”), German aufblähen and aufblasen (“to blow up, inflate”), Swedish blåsa upp (“to blow up, inflate”), Icelandic blása upp (“to blow up, inflate”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ufblēsan, “to blow or puff up”).

cog

(intransitive, cycling) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.


cruiser

(cycling) A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling.


cruiser

Borrowed from English cruiser. Doublet of croiseur, croix, and crux.

(cycling) cruiser (bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use)


neutral zone

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(cycling) A non-competitive segment of a bicycle race during which competitors have to stay behind the lead vehicles.


tandem

en-noun

tandem (countable and uncountable, plural tandems)

PIE word
 *téh₂m
The noun is borrowed from Latin tandem (“of time: at last, at length, finally”), applied humorously in English to two horses harnessed “at length” (that is, in a single line) instead of side-by-side. Tandem is derived from tam (“so, to such an extent”) + -dem (demonstrative suffix).
The adjective, adverb, and verb are derived from the noun.

tandem

carriage pulled by two or more draught animals harnessed one behind the other; two draught animals harnessed one behind the other

tandem-

A thing with two components arranged one behind the other.

(specifically, cycling) Ellipsis of tandem bicycle (“a bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer”).


singles

(cycling, Australia) Synonym of tubulars.


BMX

en-noun

BMX (countable and uncountable, plural BMXs or BMXes)

“When I was in Switzerland going through rehab, literally, I was like, ‘What’s the point? I’m going through so much pain right now and BMX has given me a lot of grief,’” said Sakakibara.

2024 July 9, Martynas Ruseckas, “After her brother suffered a brain injury in a bike crash, this Olympic BMX rider has a new perspective on what success means”, in CNN:

(uncountable, cycling) Bicycle motocross, a form of cycling on BMX bikes, originating in California in the 1970s.

In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.

2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times:


BMX

en-verb

BMX (third-person singular simple present BMXs or BMXes, present participle BMXing, simple past and past participle BMXed)

BMXs (present singular third-person)
BMXes (present singular third-person)
BMXing (participle present)
BMXed (participle past)
BMXed (past)

I BMXed from 1978 (my first race) till not too long ago. Although I don't see too many freestylers in the net, I get in touch with quite a few ex-BMXers like myself on rec.bicycles.off-road (I'm cross-posting to it).

1995 February 21, Joao de Souza, “Re: B.M.X... Flatlanders and Freestylers”, in rec.bicycles.misc (Usenet):

Yeah, flippity trick things are fun. I've got a friend who has BMXed for 15-16 years! He rules, and he used to be sponsored.

1997 June 17, KrUtCh [username], “Re: Skate-boarders...losers?”, in alt.skate-board (Usenet):

(intransitive, cycling) To ride a BMX bike.


monument

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”).

(cycling) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).


Fred

Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^([sic]) is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck).

2001, Andrew Albright, “World Championships (was Re: What is John Eustice cycling backround? ^([sic])”, in rec.bicycles.racing (Usenet):

They called them 'Freds', a pejorative term that implied they were middle-aged and dowdy, and sniped that their only talent was staying awake for long periods. After it had been running for a couple of years, one of Jock's friends challenged him to put the Freds in their place. Jock, his competitive spirit pricked, agreed.

2014, Tim Lewis, Land of Second Chances: The Impossible Rise of Rwanda's Cycling Team:

(cycling, slang, derogatory) A novice cyclist.


Monument

(cycling) Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races: Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liege and Giro di Lombardia.


Tour

(cycling) ellipsis of Tour de France (“the Tour de France”)


Tour

(cycling, by ellipsis) the Tour de France


plato

> Chavacano: plato (inherited)

→ Tagalog: plato

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: plöto

→ Waray-Waray: plat

From Vulgar Latin *plattus, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús); this Spanish word may be semi-learned or else one that was used primarily by the upper classes in the Middle Ages (in contrast to the lower classes, who did not often use plates to eat), and hence retained a more learned character close to the original Latin, not undergoing all the normal sound changes into Spanish. Compare also the similar evolution of Portuguese prato. Doublet of chato, which was either a popularly used inherited word or else taken from Portuguese. See also plata (“silver”). Compare English plate and plateau.

la venganza es un plato que se sirve frío

muchas manos en un plato causan arrebato


cassette

cassettes (plural)
casette (alternative dated)

(cycling) A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.


cassette

→ Catalan: casset

→ Dutch: cassette

→ English: cassette

→ Portuguese: cassete

→ Spanish: casete

→ Persian: کاست (kâset)

From Old French casse (“case”) + -ette (diminutive), hence a small case. Cognate with Italian cassetta.


chain gang

chain gangs (plural)
chain-gang (alternative)

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(cycling) A group of cyclists riding in a close-knit formation akin to a road race, normally for the purposes of training.

ryhmäajo

a group of cyclists riding in a close-knit formation


peleton

peleton (nominative singular)
peletony (nominative plural)
peletonu (genitive singular)
peletonów (genitive plural)
peletonowi (dative singular)
peletonom (dative plural)
peleton (accusative singular)
peletony (accusative plural)
peletonem (instrumental singular)
peletonami (instrumental plural)
peletonie (locative singular)
peletonach (locative plural)
peletonie (singular vocative)
peletony (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French peloton. Doublet of pluton (“platoon”).


echelon

Borrowed from French échelon (“rung; echelon”), from échelle (“ladder”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Échelle is derived from Latin scāla (“ladder”), from scandō (“to ascend, climb”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump”).

In an echelon, in which several cyclists are sitting in on one another, each rider takes his turn of about 200 meters at the front before dropping to the rear.

1972, Journal of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, volume 43, [Washington, D.C.]: American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, →OCLC, page 22, column 2:

Cyclists in an echelon take up more room in the traffic lane than they do when riding single or double file.

1989, Fred Matheny, Bicycling Magazine’s Complete Guide to Riding and Racing Techniques, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, page 99:

(cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.

terezín

(cycling) line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind


перо

From Proto-Slavic *però. See there for more.


перо

ru-noun+

перо́ • (peró) n inan (genitive пера́, nominative plural пе́рья, genitive plural пе́рьев, relational adjective перьево́й, diminutive пёрышко)

перо́ (canonical)
peró (romanization)
пера́ (genitive)
пе́рья (nominative plural)
пе́рьев (genitive plural)
перьево́й (adjective relational)
пёрышко (diminutive)
перо́ (nominative singular)
пе́рья (irregular nominative plural)
пера́ (genitive singular)
пе́рьев (genitive irregular plural)
перу́ (dative singular)
пе́рьям (dative irregular plural)
перо́ (accusative singular)
пе́рья (accusative irregular plural)
перо́м (instrumental singular)
пе́рьями (instrumental irregular plural)
пере́ (prepositional singular)
пе́рьях (irregular plural prepositional)
перо́ (dated nominative singular)
пе́рья (dated irregular nominative plural)
пера́ (dated genitive singular)
пе́рьевъ (dated genitive irregular plural)
перу́ (dated dative singular)
пе́рьямъ (dated dative irregular plural)
перо́ (accusative dated singular)
пе́рья (accusative dated irregular plural)
перо́мъ (dated instrumental singular)
пе́рьями (dated instrumental irregular plural)
перѣ́ (dated prepositional singular)
пе́рьяхъ (dated irregular plural prepositional)

→ Azerbaijani: pero

→ Kildin Sami: пера (pjera)

→ Ingrian: pero

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *però; see there for more.


BCD

(cycling) Initialism of bolt circle diameter (a measurement of the various sizes of chainring).


tester

From Middle English tester, equivalent to test + -er.

(cycling) A cyclist who focuses on success in time trials.


roller

→ Welsh: rholer

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

(cycling) One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.


plateau

→ Catalan: plató

→ Danish: plateau

→ Dutch: plateau

→ English: plateau

→ German: Plateau

→ Greek: πλατό (plató)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: platå

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: platå

→ Portuguese: platô

→ Romanian: platou

desctree

→ Russian: плато́ (plató)
→ Ukrainian: плато́ (plató)

→ Spanish: plató

→ Swedish: platå

→ Turkish: plato


cadence

en-noun

cadence (countable and uncountable, plural cadences)

Borrowed from Middle French cadence, from Old Italian cadenza (“conclusion of a phrase of music”), from Latin *cadentia (literally “a falling”), form of cadēns, the present participle of cadō (“I fall, I cease”). The Latin verb is inherited, via Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-e- (“to fall”, thematic present). Doublet of cadenza and chance.

závěr

(music) chord progression concluding a section or piece

(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.

rytme

(cycling) number of revolutions per minute


Mantel

de-noun

Mantel m (strong, genitive Mantels, plural Mäntel, diminutive Mäntelchen n or Mäntlein n)

Mantels (genitive)
Mäntel (plural)
Mäntelchen (diminutive neuter)
Mäntlein (diminutive neuter)
Mantel (nominative singular)
Mäntel (definite nominative plural)
Mantels (genitive singular)
Mäntel (definite genitive plural)
Mantel (dative singular)
Mänteln (dative definite plural)
Mantel (accusative singular)
Mäntel (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: mańtel

→ Norwegian: mantel

→ Polish: mantel

→ Silesian: mantel

→ Swedish: mantel

From Middle High German mantel, from Old High German mantal, from Late Latin mantellum, diminutive of mantum, ultimately from Gaulish.


carbide

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(cycling) trivial name for calcium carbide (CaC₂), used to produce acetylene in bicycle lamps in the early 1900s.


cyclometer

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While here at Constantinople I received by mail from America a Butcher spoke cyclometer, and on the second visit to Prinkipo I measured the road which has been made around half the island; the distance is four English miles and a fraction.

1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IX, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. I: From San Francisco to Teheran, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 244–246:

(cycling) A device that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate distance travelled.


ERD

en-noun

ERD (countable and uncountable, plural ERDs)

(cycling) Initialism of effective rim diameter, the maximum distance that spokes need to bridge going from one end of the wheelrim to the other.


time trial

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(cycling, motor racing) An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.


manchette

(cycling) A sleeve for the forearm, worn especially by triathletes and made of materials that reduce wind drag.


prologue

From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos).

(cycling) An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.


Tour de France

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(cycling) Tour de France (annual cycling race through France)


Tour de France

de-proper noun

die Tour de France f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Tour de France, definite plural (chiefly in speech) die Tour de Francen)

die Tour de France (canonical feminine)
der Tour de France (definite genitive)
die Tour de Francen (definite plural)

[ˌtu(ː)ɐ̯ də ˈfʁãːs]

Borrowed from French Tour de France. The gender follows that of the common noun Tour, which see.


Tour de France

Borrowed from French Tour de France (literally “Tour of France”).


clincher

(cycling) A tyre with a bead around the edge to attach to the rim of the wheel when inflated.


mountain bike

mountain bikes (plural)
mountainbike (alternative)

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(cycling) A bicycle specially designed for off-road riding, typically with straight, flat handlebars, a heavier frame than road bikes, higher ground clearance, and wider tires, sometimes with knobs on them for greater traction.

دَرَّاجَة لِلْجِبَال

bicycle especially designed for off-road riding


mountain bike

(cycling) mountain bike (bicycle and sport)


CDM

(sports, cycling, skiing) initialism of Coupe du Monde (World Cup (e.g., the World Cup of Skiing, or World Cup of Cycling))


KOM

King of the Mountains
king of the mountains#English

mountains classification
mountains classification

(cycling) Initialism of King of the Mountains (in the mountains classification of a cycling road race).


feed zone

feed zones (plural)
feedzone (alternative)

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(cycling) A designated place along the course of a bicycle race where it is permitted for the riders to receive food and energy drinks from their team support personnel.


hobby horse

hobby horses (plural)
hobbyhorse (alternative)
hobby-horse (alternative)

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British users rechristened the baron's invention the hobby horse then the dandy horse, because draisines became very fashionable with Regency gentlemen.

2015, Chris Boardman, The Biography of the Modern Bike: The Ultimate History of Bike Design, Hachette, →ISBN, page 10:

(cycling, historical) An early bicycle with no pedals or brakes.


llanta

→ Catalan: llanta, llanda

Borrowed from French jante (“wheelrim”) (written with ⟨ll⟩ instead of ⟨y⟩ due to influence of Etymology 2).

[ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪a]

[ˈɟ͡ʝãn̪.t̪a]

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

(cycling, automotive) tyre rim, wheelrim


dropout

en-noun

dropout (countable and uncountable, plural dropouts)

dropouts (plural)
drop-out (alternative)

(cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.

uitvaleinde

slot in a bicycle frame to hold the axle of a wheel


endo

(cycling) A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel.

Stoppie

a bike trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel

Midway down a winding descent on a dry, rocky trail during a mountain bike race in Maui, I tried to avoid a large rock, jammed on my front brakes and went flying over the handlebars – a judo-style fall known as an "endo". […] To avoid future "endos" on precipitous descents, I stood with my weight over the rear wheel, gripping the seat with my thighs.

2000 November 17, Joe Glickman, “High in the Saddle for a Rousing Ride That's Bumpy, Bruising and Scary”, in The New York Times:

(cycling) A crash in which the back wheel of the bicycle lifts off the ground and the cyclist is hurtled over the handlebars.


endo

en-verb

endo (third-person singular simple present endos, present participle endoing, simple past and past participle endoed)

endos (present singular third-person)
endoing (participle present)
endoed (participle past)
endoed (past)

I remember when disc brakes became a worthwhile investment; from this point on, following Clive became extremely dangerous. He just kept endoing everywhere! Down a steep bank, through a stile, on his dad's bed… […] Clive endos smoothly into the corner while swinging the back wheel out, drops into the switchback and he's away.

2011, Clive Forth, The Mountain Biking Pocket Guide: Your Slope Saviour, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 8:

Pro athletes are expected to be Very Online. Some polish their profiles to a high shine; Courtney rides her own line. There are the obligatory golden-hour shots, but her Insta also has quirky strength-training videos and footage of total yard sales—like her endoing on a training ride this spring.

2019 December 9, “The 2019 Outsiders of the Year”, in Outside:


high nelly

high nellies (plural)
high nellie (alternative)
high-nelly (alternative)
High Nelly (alternative)

From the high riding position and Nelly, an old-fashioned name

I don't know what make of bike it was but it was certainly the motor bike version of the High Nelly push bike or the Tin Lizzy car.

1974 July 17, Derry Power, “Spain before it was packaged”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, page 16:

Chinese bikes are bigger and heavier than Western ones, they carry number plates and resemble the old "High Nellies" that are now such a rare sight on Irish roads.

1988 October 8, Deaglán de Bréadún, “The Saturday Column; Stephen Roche's slow bike from China”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, page Weekend 12:

there's an old bike out the back of the barracks. You're welcome to it. It's a bit of a high-nelly, and it needs new tyres, but it will get you around.

1989, Hugh Fitzgerald Ryan, Reprisal: a novel, Wolfhound Press, →ISBN, page 208:

Now Julia Mahon. with two buckets of pigswill slung over the handlebars of her High Nelly, is off again to talk to her mother in St Michael's cemetery.

1989 Fall, Aidan Higgins, “Two from Ronda Gorge”, in Four Quarters, volume 3 [2nd series], number 2, →ISSN, page 53:

A HIGH Nellie bike once used by Irish rock icon Phil Lynott is being lovingly restored by a group of Carlovians, who are hoping to auction it to raise funds for a local cancer support group. Philomena Lynott found her much-loved 1930s bicycle rusting away in the garden shed and decided to put it to better use.

2014 April 1, “Philo’s old high nelly to be lovingly restored”, in Carlow Nationalist, archived from the original on 2017-11-16:

Before the age of the motorcar, practically everyone in Ireland owned a High Nelly.

2014 July 6, Tom Prendeville, “High Nelly bicycles making a comeback on the roads again”, in Sunday Independent:

(Ireland, cycling, formerly derogatory, now nostalgic) An old-fashioned utility bicycle, especially one with a step-through frame and high handlebars providing an erect riding posture; a roadster.

formerly derogatory; now nostalgic; formerly derogatory; now nostalgic


pogo

pogo (third-person singular simple present pogos, present participle pogoing, simple past and past participle pogoed)

pogos (present singular third-person)
pogoing (participle present)
pogoed (participle past)
pogoed (past)

(cycling) To lift the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jump up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.


pogo

(cycling) The act of lifting the front wheel of the bicycle in the air and jumping up and down on the rear wheel while in a stationary position.


mech

en-noun

mech (countable and uncountable, plural mechs)

front/rear mech

To fit a braze-on front mech without breaking the chain, remove the nut and bolt from the chain cage, as shown.

2011, Fred Milson, Complete Bike Maintenance, MVP Books, →ISBN, page 88:

Campagnolo made one more giant step forward when the company developed the first parallelogram rear mechanism—the Gran Sport—in 1951. Its parallelogram action and double jockey wheels are how all rear mechanisms (or rear mechs for short) operate today.

2015, Chris Boardman, The Biography of the Modern Bike: The Ultimate History of Bike Design, Hachette, →ISBN, page 54:

(cycling) Clipping of (derailleur) mechanism.


scratch

scratch (countable and uncountable, plural scratches)

From Middle English scracchen, of uncertain origin. Probably a blend of Middle English scratten (“to scratch”) and cracchen (“to scratch”). More at scrat and cratch.

Eventually the elephant and camel were despatched by themselves with two laps start of the bicyclist and horse, the motor car being scratch.

1901, “Gleanings”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 1, page 31:

(cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.


scratch

scratch (nominative singular)
scratche (nominative plural)
scratchu (genitive singular)
scratchy (genitive plural)
scratchowi (dative singular)
scratchom (dative plural)
scratch (accusative singular)
scratche (accusative plural)
scratchem (instrumental singular)
scratchami (instrumental plural)
scratchu (locative singular)
scratchach (locative plural)
scratchu (singular vocative)
scratche (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English scratch.

ubor

(cycling, music, tennis) alternative spelling of skrecz


タイムアタック

→ English: time attack (calque)

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from time + attack, equivalent to タイム (taimu) + アタック (atakku).

pseudo-loan

(cycling, motor racing, video games) a time trial; a race against the clock


equipe

Borrowed from French équipe, from Middle French esquipe.

(cycling, Netherlands) sports team, especially in cycling and horse-racing


descender

(cycling) A cyclist who excels at fast descents.


headset

(cycling) On a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame.

balhoofd

on a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame


keskiö

keskiö (nominative singular)
keskiöt (nominative plural)
keskiö (accusative nominative singular)
keskiöt (accusative nominative plural)
keskiön (accusative genitive singular)
keskiöt (accusative genitive plural)
keskiön (genitive singular)
keskiöiden (genitive plural)
keskiöitten (genitive plural)
keskiötä (partitive singular)
keskiöitä (partitive plural)
keskiössä (inessive singular)
keskiöissä (inessive plural)
keskiöstä (elative singular)
keskiöistä (elative plural)
keskiöön (illative singular)
keskiöihin (illative plural)
keskiöllä (adessive singular)
keskiöillä (adessive plural)
keskiöltä (ablative singular)
keskiöiltä (ablative plural)
keskiölle (allative singular)
keskiöille (allative plural)
keskiönä (essive singular)
keskiöinä (essive plural)
keskiöksi (singular translative)
keskiöiksi (plural translative)
keskiöttä (abessive singular)
keskiöittä (abessive plural)
keskiöin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
keskiöni (nominative singular)
keskiöni (nominative plural)
keskiöni (accusative nominative singular)
keskiöni (accusative nominative plural)
keskiöni (accusative genitive singular)
keskiöni (accusative genitive plural)
keskiöni (genitive singular)
keskiöideni (genitive plural)
keskiöitteni (genitive plural)
keskiötäni (partitive singular)
keskiöitäni (partitive plural)
keskiössäni (inessive singular)
keskiöissäni (inessive plural)
keskiöstäni (elative singular)
keskiöistäni (elative plural)
keskiööni (illative singular)
keskiöihini (illative plural)
keskiölläni (adessive singular)
keskiöilläni (adessive plural)
keskiöltäni (ablative singular)
keskiöiltäni (ablative plural)
keskiölleni (allative singular)
keskiöilleni (allative plural)
keskiönäni (essive singular)
keskiöinäni (essive plural)
keskiökseni (singular translative)
keskiöikseni (plural translative)
keskiöttäni (abessive singular)
keskiöittäni (abessive plural)
keskiöineni (comitative plural)
keskiösi (nominative singular)
keskiösi (nominative plural)
keskiösi (accusative nominative singular)
keskiösi (accusative nominative plural)
keskiösi (accusative genitive singular)
keskiösi (accusative genitive plural)
keskiösi (genitive singular)
keskiöidesi (genitive plural)
keskiöittesi (genitive plural)
keskiötäsi (partitive singular)
keskiöitäsi (partitive plural)
keskiössäsi (inessive singular)
keskiöissäsi (inessive plural)
keskiöstäsi (elative singular)
keskiöistäsi (elative plural)
keskiöösi (illative singular)
keskiöihisi (illative plural)
keskiölläsi (adessive singular)
keskiöilläsi (adessive plural)
keskiöltäsi (ablative singular)
keskiöiltäsi (ablative plural)
keskiöllesi (allative singular)
keskiöillesi (allative plural)
keskiönäsi (essive singular)
keskiöinäsi (essive plural)
keskiöksesi (singular translative)
keskiöiksesi (plural translative)
keskiöttäsi (abessive singular)
keskiöittäsi (abessive plural)
keskiöinesi (comitative plural)
keskiömme (nominative singular)
keskiömme (nominative plural)
keskiömme (accusative nominative singular)
keskiömme (accusative nominative plural)
keskiömme (accusative genitive singular)
keskiömme (accusative genitive plural)
keskiömme (genitive singular)
keskiöidemme (genitive plural)
keskiöittemme (genitive plural)
keskiötämme (partitive singular)
keskiöitämme (partitive plural)
keskiössämme (inessive singular)
keskiöissämme (inessive plural)
keskiöstämme (elative singular)
keskiöistämme (elative plural)
keskiöömme (illative singular)
keskiöihimme (illative plural)
keskiöllämme (adessive singular)
keskiöillämme (adessive plural)
keskiöltämme (ablative singular)
keskiöiltämme (ablative plural)
keskiöllemme (allative singular)
keskiöillemme (allative plural)
keskiönämme (essive singular)
keskiöinämme (essive plural)
keskiöksemme (singular translative)
keskiöiksemme (plural translative)
keskiöttämme (abessive singular)
keskiöittämme (abessive plural)
keskiöinemme (comitative plural)
keskiönne (nominative singular)
keskiönne (nominative plural)
keskiönne (accusative nominative singular)
keskiönne (accusative nominative plural)
keskiönne (accusative genitive singular)
keskiönne (accusative genitive plural)
keskiönne (genitive singular)
keskiöidenne (genitive plural)
keskiöittenne (genitive plural)
keskiötänne (partitive singular)
keskiöitänne (partitive plural)
keskiössänne (inessive singular)
keskiöissänne (inessive plural)
keskiöstänne (elative singular)
keskiöistänne (elative plural)
keskiöönne (illative singular)
keskiöihinne (illative plural)
keskiöllänne (adessive singular)
keskiöillänne (adessive plural)
keskiöltänne (ablative singular)
keskiöiltänne (ablative plural)
keskiöllenne (allative singular)
keskiöillenne (allative plural)
keskiönänne (essive singular)
keskiöinänne (essive plural)
keskiöksenne (singular translative)
keskiöiksenne (plural translative)
keskiöttänne (abessive singular)
keskiöittänne (abessive plural)
keskiöinenne (comitative plural)
keskiönsä (nominative singular)
keskiönsä (nominative plural)
keskiönsä (accusative nominative singular)
keskiönsä (accusative nominative plural)
keskiönsä (accusative genitive singular)
keskiönsä (accusative genitive plural)
keskiönsä (genitive singular)
keskiöidensä (genitive plural)
keskiöittensä (genitive plural)
keskiötään (partitive singular)
keskiötänsä (partitive singular)
keskiöitään (partitive plural)
keskiöitänsä (partitive plural)
keskiössään (inessive singular)
keskiössänsä (inessive singular)
keskiöissään (inessive plural)
keskiöissänsä (inessive plural)
keskiöstään (elative singular)
keskiöstänsä (elative singular)
keskiöistään (elative plural)
keskiöistänsä (elative plural)
keskiöönsä (illative singular)
keskiöihinsä (illative plural)
keskiöllään (adessive singular)
keskiöllänsä (adessive singular)
keskiöillään (adessive plural)
keskiöillänsä (adessive plural)
keskiöltään (ablative singular)
keskiöltänsä (ablative singular)
keskiöiltään (ablative plural)
keskiöiltänsä (ablative plural)
keskiölleen (allative singular)
keskiöllensä (allative singular)
keskiöilleen (allative plural)
keskiöillensä (allative plural)
keskiönään (essive singular)
keskiönänsä (essive singular)
keskiöinään (essive plural)
keskiöinänsä (essive plural)
keskiökseen (singular translative)
keskiöksensä (singular translative)
keskiöikseen (plural translative)
keskiöiksensä (plural translative)
keskiöttään (abessive singular)
keskiöttänsä (abessive singular)
keskiöittään (abessive plural)
keskiöittänsä (abessive plural)
keskiöineen (comitative plural)
keskiöinensä (comitative plural)

[ˈk̟e̞s̠k̟iø̞]


omnium

From Latin omnium (literally “of all”), genitive plural of omnis (“all, every”).

(cycling) A multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. Currently it consists of the following six events: flying lap, points race, elimination, individual pursuit, scratch race, and time trial.


omnium

(cycling) an omnium (a multi-event track cycling race)


viteză

viteze (plural)
viteză (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
viteza (accusative definite nominative singular)
viteze (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
vitezele (accusative definite nominative plural)
viteze (indefinite singular)
vitezei (definite singular)
viteze (indefinite plural)
vitezelor (definite plural)
viteză (singular vocative)
vitezo (singular vocative)
vitezelor (plural vocative)
vitesă (alternative dated)

(automotive or cycling, countable) gear (option for a selectable gear ratio)


downshift

The noun is derived from down (preposition) + shift (“slight change or movement”). The verb is derived from the noun.

compound

The driver, Lindsay, gave me a regal wave at the top after he had completed a series of perfect downshifts[.]

2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 197:

(automotive, cycling) A shift of a transmission into a lower gear, as dictated by heavier load on the engine, as for example when climbing a hill or strongly accelerating.


downshift

en-verb

downshift (third-person singular simple present downshifts, present participle downshifting, simple past and past participle downshifted)

downshifts (present singular third-person)
downshifting (participle present)
downshifted (participle past)
downshifted (past)

zwalniać

to change one’s career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding

落波

to shift the transmission of a car or bicycle into a lower gear

He brought the car to a stop before the bridge, downshifted and then put her at the road again in a rising disciplined snarl along the N.6 to Cannes.

a. 1962, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 27, in The Garden of Eden, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1986, →ISBN, page 229:

(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.

In a stick-shift vehicle, the driver must downshift when necessary; in an automatic, the transmission downshifts as needed.

(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.


standover

en-noun

standover (countable and uncountable, plural standovers)

The standover should be less than the height above ground of the rider's groin.

(cycling) The height above ground of the top horizontal tube of the frame of a bicycle.


denivelation

(hiking, cycling, trail running) the difference in level between the highest and lowest part of the track, regardless of starting or ending point

hiking; trail running; hiking; trail running


sportive

Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.

2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:


radiar

es-verb

radiar (first-person singular present radio, first-person singular preterite radié, past participle radiado)

radio (first-person present singular)
radié (first-person preterite singular)
radiado (participle past)
radiar (infinitive)
radiando (gerund)
radiado (masculine participle past singular)
radiada (feminine participle past singular)
radiados (masculine participle past plural)
radiadas (feminine participle past plural)
radio (first-person indicative present singular)
radias (indicative informal present second-person singular)
radiás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
radia (indicative present singular third-person)
radiamos (first-person indicative plural present)
radiáis (indicative plural present second-person)
radian (indicative plural present third-person)
radiaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
radiabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
radiaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
radiábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
radiabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
radiaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
radié (first-person indicative preterite singular)
radiaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
radió (indicative preterite singular third-person)
radiamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
radiasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
radiaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
radiaré (first-person future indicative singular)
radiarás (future indicative second-person singular)
radiará (future indicative singular third-person)
radiaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
radiaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
radiarán (future indicative plural third-person)
radiaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
radiarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
radiaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
radiaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
radiaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
radiarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
radie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
radies (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
radiés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
radie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
radiemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
radiéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
radien (plural present subjunctive third-person)
radiara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
radiaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
radiara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
radiáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
radiarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
radiaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
radiase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
radiases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
radiase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
radiásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
radiaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
radiasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
radiare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
radiares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
radiare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
radiáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
radiareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
radiaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
radia (imperative informal second-person singular)
radiá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
radie (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
radie (imperative singular third-person)
radiemos (first-person imperative plural)
radiad (imperative plural second-person)
radien (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
radien (imperative plural third-person)
radies (imperative negative second-person singular)
radie (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
radie (imperative negative singular third-person)
radiemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
radiéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
radien (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
radien (imperative negative plural third-person)
radiarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
radiarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
radiarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
radiarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
radiarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
radiaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
radiarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
radiarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
radiarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
radiarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
radiarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
radiarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
radiarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
radiarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
radiaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
radiarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
radiarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
radiarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
radiándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
radiándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
radiándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
radiándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
radiándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
radiándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
radiándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
radiándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
radiándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
radiándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
radiándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
radiándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
radiándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
radiándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
radiándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
radiándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
radiándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
radiándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
rádiame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rádiate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rádiale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rádianos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
rádiales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rádiame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rádiate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
rádialo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rádiala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rádianos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
rádialos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
rádialas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
radiame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
radiate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
radiale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
radianos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
radiales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
radiame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
radiate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
radialo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
radiala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
radianos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
radialos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
radialas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
rádieme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
rádiele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rádiese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rádienos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
rádieles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
rádieme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
rádielo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rádiela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rádiese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
rádienos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
rádielos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
rádielas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
radiémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
radiémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
radiémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
radiémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
radiémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
radiémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
radiémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
radiémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
radiémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
radiémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
radiémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
radiémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
radiadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
radiadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
radiadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
radiaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
radiadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
radiadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
radiadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
radiadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
radiadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
radiaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
radiadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
radiadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rádienme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
rádienle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rádiennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
rádienles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rádiense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rádienme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
rádienlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rádienla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
rádiennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
rádienlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rádienlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
rádiense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin radiāre. Doublet of rayar.


sprints

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shelled

(cycling, slang) Unable to keep up in a race, having used up one's reserves of energy.


guttered

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(cycling) Unable to get into the slipstream of the echelon, by reason of the limited width of the road.


BSD

(cycling) Initialism of bead seat diameter, the diameter of the wheelrim where the tire bead sits when mounted.


gruppo

→ Albanian: grup

→ Asturian: grupu

→ Azerbaijani: qrup

→ Belarusian: група (hrupa)

→ Bengali: গ্রুপ (grup)

→ Bulgarian: група (grupa)

→ Catalan: grup

desctree

→ Dutch: groep
Afrikaans: groep
→ Caribbean Javanese: grup
→ Indonesian: grup
→ West Frisian: groep

→? English: groupo

→ French: groupe (see there for further descendants)

→ Galician: grupo

→ Hindi: ग्रूप (grūp)

→ Icelandic: grúpa

→ Indonesian: grup

→ Latvian: grupa

→ Lithuanian: grupė

→ Macedonian: група (grupa)

→ Occitan: grop

→ Portuguese: grupo

→ Romanian: grup

→ Serbo-Croatian: група / grupa

→ Spanish: grupo

→ Ukrainian: група (hrupa)

→ Urdu: گروپ (grūp)

From Vulgar Latin *cruppus, (cf. Renaissance Latin grupus).


veue

(Jersey, cycling, etc.) headlight, headlamp


strijkijzer

nl-noun

strijkijzer n (plural strijkijzers, diminutive strijkijzertje n)

strijkijzers (plural)
strijkijzertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: strykyster

→ Caribbean Javanese: setlika, setrika

→ Indonesian: setrika
→ Tetum: estrika

→ Macanese: estrica

desctree

→ Malay: seterika
→ Central Dusun: troika
→ Semai: seterika

→ West Frisian: strykizer (calque)

From strijken + ijzer. The cycling sense derives from French fer à repasser.

(cycling) a racing cyclist who is bad at sprinting


lian

From Old French [Term?], from Latin ligamen (“bond”), from ligare (“to bind”).


alley cat

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(cycling) An informal bicycle race with checkpoints.


cushioned

en-adj

cushioned (comparative more cushioned, superlative most cushioned)

more cushioned (comparative)
most cushioned (superlative)

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tubeless

tubeless tyres


road warrior

road warriors (plural)
roadwarrior (alternative)

(cycling) A recreational cyclist who rides a racing bicycle and wears lycra.


draisienne

Borrowed from French draisienne. Named after Karl Drais.

I looked to the right, where velocipedes with huge art-nouveau wheels and draisiennes with their flat, scooterlike bars evoked gentlemen in stovepipe hats, knights of progress pedaling through the Bois de Boulogne.

1989, William Weaver, transl., Foucault's Pendulum, Random House, translation of Il pendolo di Foucault by Umberto Eco, page 10:

(historical, cycling) dandy-horse, hobby horse


brake shoe

brake shoes (plural)
brakeshoe (alternative)

(cycling) A brake lining unit in a coaster brake on a bike.


true up

en-verb

true up (third-person singular simple present trues up, present participle truing up, simple past and past participle trued up)

trues up (present singular third-person)
truing up (participle present)
trued up (participle past)
trued up (past)

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(cycling) To make a wheel level, balanced or even by adjusting the spokes; to true a wheel; ideally, to make it perfectly circular in relation to the hub with no left or right bulges nor 'flat spots'.


velocipedi

velocipedi (nominative singular)
velocipedit (nominative plural)
velocipedi (accusative nominative singular)
velocipedit (accusative nominative plural)
velocipedin (accusative genitive singular)
velocipedit (accusative genitive plural)
velocipedin (genitive singular)
velocipedien (genitive plural)
velocipedia (partitive singular)
velocipedeja (partitive plural)
velocipedissa (inessive singular)
velocipedeissa (inessive plural)
velocipedista (elative singular)
velocipedeista (elative plural)
velocipediin (illative singular)
velocipedeihin (illative plural)
velocipedilla (adessive singular)
velocipedeilla (adessive plural)
velocipedilta (ablative singular)
velocipedeilta (ablative plural)
velocipedille (allative singular)
velocipedeille (allative plural)
velocipedina (essive singular)
velocipedeina (essive plural)
velocipediksi (singular translative)
velocipedeiksi (plural translative)
velocipeditta (abessive singular)
velocipedeitta (abessive plural)
velocipedein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
velocipedini (nominative singular)
velocipedini (nominative plural)
velocipedini (accusative nominative singular)
velocipedini (accusative nominative plural)
velocipedini (accusative genitive singular)
velocipedini (accusative genitive plural)
velocipedini (genitive singular)
velocipedieni (genitive plural)
velocipediani (partitive singular)
velocipedejani (partitive plural)
velocipedissani (inessive singular)
velocipedeissani (inessive plural)
velocipedistani (elative singular)
velocipedeistani (elative plural)
velocipediini (illative singular)
velocipedeihini (illative plural)
velocipedillani (adessive singular)
velocipedeillani (adessive plural)
velocipediltani (ablative singular)
velocipedeiltani (ablative plural)
velocipedilleni (allative singular)
velocipedeilleni (allative plural)
velocipedinani (essive singular)
velocipedeinani (essive plural)
velocipedikseni (singular translative)
velocipedeikseni (plural translative)
velocipedittani (abessive singular)
velocipedeittani (abessive plural)
velocipedeineni (comitative plural)
velocipedisi (nominative singular)
velocipedisi (nominative plural)
velocipedisi (accusative nominative singular)
velocipedisi (accusative nominative plural)
velocipedisi (accusative genitive singular)
velocipedisi (accusative genitive plural)
velocipedisi (genitive singular)
velocipediesi (genitive plural)
velocipediasi (partitive singular)
velocipedejasi (partitive plural)
velocipedissasi (inessive singular)
velocipedeissasi (inessive plural)
velocipedistasi (elative singular)
velocipedeistasi (elative plural)
velocipediisi (illative singular)
velocipedeihisi (illative plural)
velocipedillasi (adessive singular)
velocipedeillasi (adessive plural)
velocipediltasi (ablative singular)
velocipedeiltasi (ablative plural)
velocipedillesi (allative singular)
velocipedeillesi (allative plural)
velocipedinasi (essive singular)
velocipedeinasi (essive plural)
velocipediksesi (singular translative)
velocipedeiksesi (plural translative)
velocipedittasi (abessive singular)
velocipedeittasi (abessive plural)
velocipedeinesi (comitative plural)
velocipedimme (nominative singular)
velocipedimme (nominative plural)
velocipedimme (accusative nominative singular)
velocipedimme (accusative nominative plural)
velocipedimme (accusative genitive singular)
velocipedimme (accusative genitive plural)
velocipedimme (genitive singular)
velocipediemme (genitive plural)
velocipediamme (partitive singular)
velocipedejamme (partitive plural)
velocipedissamme (inessive singular)
velocipedeissamme (inessive plural)
velocipedistamme (elative singular)
velocipedeistamme (elative plural)
velocipediimme (illative singular)
velocipedeihimme (illative plural)
velocipedillamme (adessive singular)
velocipedeillamme (adessive plural)
velocipediltamme (ablative singular)
velocipedeiltamme (ablative plural)
velocipedillemme (allative singular)
velocipedeillemme (allative plural)
velocipedinamme (essive singular)
velocipedeinamme (essive plural)
velocipediksemme (singular translative)
velocipedeiksemme (plural translative)
velocipedittamme (abessive singular)
velocipedeittamme (abessive plural)
velocipedeinemme (comitative plural)
velocipedinne (nominative singular)
velocipedinne (nominative plural)
velocipedinne (accusative nominative singular)
velocipedinne (accusative nominative plural)
velocipedinne (accusative genitive singular)
velocipedinne (accusative genitive plural)
velocipedinne (genitive singular)
velocipedienne (genitive plural)
velocipedianne (partitive singular)
velocipedejanne (partitive plural)
velocipedissanne (inessive singular)
velocipedeissanne (inessive plural)
velocipedistanne (elative singular)
velocipedeistanne (elative plural)
velocipediinne (illative singular)
velocipedeihinne (illative plural)
velocipedillanne (adessive singular)
velocipedeillanne (adessive plural)
velocipediltanne (ablative singular)
velocipedeiltanne (ablative plural)
velocipedillenne (allative singular)
velocipedeillenne (allative plural)
velocipedinanne (essive singular)
velocipedeinanne (essive plural)
velocipediksenne (singular translative)
velocipedeiksenne (plural translative)
velocipedittanne (abessive singular)
velocipedeittanne (abessive plural)
velocipedeinenne (comitative plural)
velocipedinsa (nominative singular)
velocipedinsa (nominative plural)
velocipedinsa (accusative nominative singular)
velocipedinsa (accusative nominative plural)
velocipedinsa (accusative genitive singular)
velocipedinsa (accusative genitive plural)
velocipedinsa (genitive singular)
velocipediensa (genitive plural)
velocipediaan (partitive singular)
velocipediansa (partitive singular)
velocipedejaan (partitive plural)
velocipedejansa (partitive plural)
velocipedissaan (inessive singular)
velocipedissansa (inessive singular)
velocipedeissaan (inessive plural)
velocipedeissansa (inessive plural)
velocipedistaan (elative singular)
velocipedistansa (elative singular)
velocipedeistaan (elative plural)
velocipedeistansa (elative plural)
velocipediinsa (illative singular)
velocipedeihinsa (illative plural)
velocipedillaan (adessive singular)
velocipedillansa (adessive singular)
velocipedeillaan (adessive plural)
velocipedeillansa (adessive plural)
velocipediltaan (ablative singular)
velocipediltansa (ablative singular)
velocipedeiltaan (ablative plural)
velocipedeiltansa (ablative plural)
velocipedilleen (allative singular)
velocipedillensa (allative singular)
velocipedeilleen (allative plural)
velocipedeillensa (allative plural)
velocipedinaan (essive singular)
velocipedinansa (essive singular)
velocipedeinaan (essive plural)
velocipedeinansa (essive plural)
velocipedikseen (singular translative)
velocipediksensa (singular translative)
velocipedeikseen (plural translative)
velocipedeiksensa (plural translative)
velocipedittaan (abessive singular)
velocipedittansa (abessive singular)
velocipedeittaan (abessive plural)
velocipedeittansa (abessive plural)
velocipedeineen (comitative plural)
velocipedeinensa (comitative plural)

(cycling) alternative form of velosipedi