Funny names for "Jersey" riders?

still me said:

I need a collection of funny names for the guys that ride in team
colors, the most extreme of which actually coordinate with their bikes
and each other (although I'm suuuuuure, they're actually professional
TDF riders on Holiday).

Some of my buddies in Seattle call them "plum smugglers".

Chalo

still me said:

I need a collection of funny names for the guys that ride in team
colors, the most extreme of which actually coordinate with their bikes
and each other (although I'm suuuuuure, they're actually professional
TDF riders on Holiday).

Give me your best, I need some funny stuff to think of as I am meeting
these folks on the roadway and they refuse to wave because I am
clearly out of step in both fashion and bike gear!

I wear my club jerseys and shorts many days, and I wear CSC kit, and I
wear jerseys I've found over the years that I like. However, I say "Hi"
to the riders I encounter on the road or bike trails.

I did an organized ride (the Los Angeles River Ride) a couple of months
ago with three friends, and we all wore our club jerseys, so we could
find each other among the multitudes. As we were nearing the end of the
ride, I heard someone call us "a bike gang".

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

Colin Campbell said:

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.

Greg

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G.T. said:

Colin Campbell said:

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.

Greg

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You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
past you for approval.

Dweeb.

Camilo said:

G.T. said:

Colin Campbell said:

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

Quoted message said:

True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.

You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
past you for approval.

Dweeb.

Sensitive about going out on our bike looking like a ridiculous fruit-
flavored corporate clown in stretchy panties, are we?

Colin Campbell said:

still me said:

I need a collection of funny names for the guys that ride in team
colors, the most extreme of which actually coordinate with their bikes
and each other (although I'm suuuuuure, they're actually professional
TDF riders on Holiday).

Quoted message said:

Give me your best, I need some funny stuff to think of as I am meeting
these folks on the roadway and they refuse to wave because I am
clearly out of step in both fashion and bike gear!

I wear my club jerseys and shorts many days, and I wear CSC kit, and I
wear jerseys I've found over the years that I like. However, I say "Hi"
to the riders I encounter on the road or bike trails.

I did an organized ride (the Los Angeles River Ride) a couple of months
ago with three friends, and we all wore our club jerseys, so we could
find each other among the multitudes. As we were nearing the end of the
ride, I heard someone call us "a bike gang".

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

Of the sixty some odd people who went together to the Guangzhou Bikers
Festival from Hainan, more than 50 of us had the same pink and white
polka dot jersey with the club name written on the back. But some of
them didn't. Some of them had either a plain blue or a plain red
jersey with the club name written on the back. This is because the
same pink and white polka dots (minus club name) were given to the 16
riders who participated in opening ceremonies of the Tour of Hainan
and those 16 riders are among the serious who have many jerseys and
when you have made it to being the kind of person who owns nine
jerseys you don't want two of them to be basically identical.

Three of the best of the young racer boys were among these 16 and,
quite by coincidence, had all ended up with plain blue jerseys. In
light of Chinese history it was determined that they were The Blue
Gang. Myself and another polka dot that hung out with them became
honorary members of the Blue Gang and we got as far as discussing
secret handshakes and initiation ceremonies before the giggling got so
bad that someone fell out of his chair.

I do think that 'looking the part' whether as a cyclist or a computer
programmer or a theatre major does tend to make other people of that
in group automatically treat you more nicely as a member of the same
in group.

Chalo said:

Camilo said:

G.T. wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Colin Campbell wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.

Quoted message said:

You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
past you for approval.

Quoted message said:

Dweeb.

Sensitive about going out on our bike looking like a ridiculous fruit-
flavored corporate clown in stretchy panties, are we?

LOL!! Maybe that's why they'll only "acknowledge" each other ("One of
us! One of us!"😉.

Camilo said:

G.T. said:

Colin Campbell said:

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.

Quoted message said:

You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
past you for approval.

No need, we'll just point 'em out when we see them on the road. And I do mean
point.

Ron

Chalo said:

Camilo said:

G.T. wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Colin Campbell wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.

Quoted message said:

You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
past you for approval.

Quoted message said:

Dweeb.

Sensitive about going out on our bike looking like a ridiculous fruit-
flavored corporate clown in stretchy panties, are we?

Well, I think we have our first serious entry in "still me"'s request.

Of course, to be fair, you'll need to apply the same insults to 270lb
guys who wear football jerseys at the mall.

/s

Camilo said:

G.T. said:

Colin Campbell said:

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.

Greg

You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
past you for approval.

No need to run it by me since it's a Law of Nature.

Greg

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Scott Gordo said:

Chalo said:

Camilo said:

G.T. wrote:
> Colin Campbell wrote:
>> I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.
> True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.
You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
past you for approval.
Dweeb.

Sensitive about going out on our bike looking like a ridiculous fruit-
flavored corporate clown in stretchy panties, are we?

Well, I think we have our first serious entry in "still me"'s request.

Of course, to be fair, you'll need to apply the same insults to 270lb
guys who wear football jerseys at the mall.

The thing is I've yet to see someone wearing matching football pants at
the mall.

Greg

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G.T. said:

Scott Gordo said:

Chalo said:

Camilo wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> G.T. wrote:
>> Colin Campbell wrote:
>>> I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.
>> True but wearing team kit is the determining factor in being a dweeb.
> You should give contact info so folks can run their cycling outfit
> past you for approval.
> Dweeb.
Sensitive about going out on our bike looking like a ridiculous fruit-
flavored corporate clown in stretchy panties, are we?

Quoted message said:

Well, I think we have our first serious entry in "still me"'s request.

Quoted message said:

Of course, to be fair, you'll need to apply the same insults to 270lb
guys who wear football jerseys at the mall.

The thing is I've yet to see someone wearing matching football pants at
the mall.

Greg

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True. Yet football jerseys tend to have the name of the player on it.
Does that make up for the lack of matching pants?

/s

Scott Gordo said:

Quoted message said:

Sensitive about going out on our bike looking like a ridiculous fruit-
flavored corporate clown in stretchy panties, are we?

Well, I think we have our first serious entry in "still me"'s request.

Of course, to be fair, you'll need to apply the same insults to 270lb
guys who wear football jerseys at the mall.

Yeah, that one's useful. I can use it when I meet one (or four they
usually move in flocks) of these guys at a traffic light. Then I'll
duck.

The football jersey is one. Another fave is the women who wear stretch
pants or spandex of some sort. I think that less than 2% of the women
in stretch pants should be legally allowed to wear them.

PiledHIgher said:

What about some funny names for Trolls, particcularly given this is
not a tech topic!

Clearly you don't understand the meaning of "troll" (or you belong to
Team Spandex and I've offended you).

This is on topic since the choice of clothes is a technical matter
affecting chafing, aerodynamics, etc. We're simply developing the
technical jargon necessary so that we can discuss things like the
effect of "ridiculous fruit flavored corporate clown in stretchy
panties" type of clothing on performance.

In article
<[email hidden]>
,

Marian said:

Colin Campbell said:

still me said:

I need a collection of funny names for the guys that ride in team
colors, the most extreme of which actually coordinate with their bikes
and each other (although I'm suuuuuure, they're actually professional
TDF riders on Holiday).

Quoted message said:

Give me your best, I need some funny stuff to think of as I am meeting
these folks on the roadway and they refuse to wave because I am
clearly out of step in both fashion and bike gear!

I wear my club jerseys and shorts many days, and I wear CSC kit, and I
wear jerseys I've found over the years that I like. However, I say "Hi"
to the riders I encounter on the road or bike trails.

I did an organized ride (the Los Angeles River Ride) a couple of months
ago with three friends, and we all wore our club jerseys, so we could
find each other among the multitudes. As we were nearing the end of the
ride, I heard someone call us "a bike gang".

I don't think clothing is the determining factor in rider friendliness.

Of the sixty some odd people who went together to the Guangzhou Bikers
Festival from Hainan, more than 50 of us had the same pink and white
polka dot jersey with the club name written on the back. But some of
them didn't. Some of them had either a plain blue or a plain red
jersey with the club name written on the back. This is because the
same pink and white polka dots (minus club name) were given to the 16
riders who participated in opening ceremonies of the Tour of Hainan
and those 16 riders are among the serious who have many jerseys and
when you have made it to being the kind of person who owns nine
jerseys you don't want two of them to be basically identical.

Three of the best of the young racer boys were among these 16 and,
quite by coincidence, had all ended up with plain blue jerseys. In
light of Chinese history it was determined that they were The Blue
Gang. Myself and another polka dot that hung out with them became
honorary members of the Blue Gang and we got as far as discussing
secret handshakes and initiation ceremonies before the giggling got so
bad that someone fell out of his chair.

I do think that 'looking the part' whether as a cyclist or a computer
programmer or a theatre major does tend to make other people of that
in group automatically treat you more nicely as a member of the same
in group.

I have not liked most movies with Tom Hanks. I like
"Bachelor Party" [1984], and "Joe Versus the Volcano"
[1990]. The latter may be vastly overlooked or
under-rated. Anyway, in the latter movie Joe is in
full safari kit looking awkward, painfully awkward.
Patricia Graynamore laughs cruely at him and says
"Those clothes are wearing you." So when you get into
your kit, jacket and tie, or riding shorts, or studded
leather, ...; know who is wearing whom.

--
Michael Press

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

I need a collection of funny names for the guys that ride in team
colors, the most extreme of which actually coordinate with their bikes
and each other (although I'm suuuuuure, they're actually professional
TDF riders on Holiday).

Give me your best, I need some funny stuff to think of as I am meeting
these folks on the roadway and they refuse to wave because I am
clearly out of step in both fashion and bike gear!

I'd vote for "Cyclists-who-don't-think-you-have-to-look-bad-to-be-
comfortable".

;-)

Java

still me said:

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:15:14 -0700, PiledHIgher

Quoted message said:

What about some funny names for Trolls, particcularly given this is
not a tech topic!

Clearly you don't understand the meaning of "troll" (or you belong to
Team Spandex and I've offended you).

This is on topic since the choice of clothes is a technical matter
affecting chafing, aerodynamics, etc. We're simply developing the
technical jargon necessary so that we can discuss things like the
effect of "ridiculous fruit flavored corporate clown in stretchy
panties" type of clothing on performance.

It is off topic as it is a discussion of insults to use on random
people you don't know!

PiledHIgher said:

still me said:

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:15:14 -0700, PiledHIgher

Quoted message said:

What about some funny names for Trolls, particcularly given this is
not a tech topic!

Clearly you don't understand the meaning of "troll" (or you belong to
Team Spandex and I've offended you).

This is on topic since the choice of clothes is a technical matter
affecting chafing, aerodynamics, etc. We're simply developing the
technical jargon necessary so that we can discuss things like the
effect of "ridiculous fruit flavored corporate clown in stretchy
panties" type of clothing on performance.

It is off topic as it is a discussion of insults to use on random
people you don't know!

Insulting random people we do know is on topic.

Ron

RonSonic said:

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:55:30 -0700, PiledHIgher <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It is off topic as it is a discussion of insults to use on random
people you don't know!

Insulting random people we do know is on topic.

Good point. So I can make it on-topic simply by applying it to people
here who belong to Team Spandex. So, for example, if I note that a
poster named Piled Higher is apparently a "ridiculous fruit flavored
corporate clown in stretchy panties" then it's back on topic!