Cycling Terms (A Glossary)

Posted on Mon 8th, May 2017

• #1

deleted

From my browsing on the interwebs I have noticed some people in forums use a lot of terms that I have never heard before (such as "masher" or "beater) and it got me thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to start a thread collecting together a list of such terms and what they mean as an accessible resource. People could also post questions for certain someone terms and have the answered, in a safe environment free from ridicule. What do y'all think?

To start the ball rolling, what does "masher" and "beater" mean?
• #2

BigH

UTFS
• #3

deleted in reply to @BigH

Wow. And here I was thinking that this was a friendly forum, a place for intelligent discourse and exchange of ideas and information. I guess I was wrong.
• #4

russmeyer in reply to @deleted

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• #5

eone

A masher is like a nodder and a beater is like a rat bike.
• #6

russmeyer

Masher

Beater

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