Fred?

"M Powell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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OK, so I keep seeing references to newbies & hopeless cases as being

Freds.

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Here's my ignorance, right on top of the table: Who was the original Fred,
and how did this name become associated with these folks?

(Curious)

Yeah...and it better be good...

"M Powell" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:xshFc.2259$oD3.2251
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OK, so I keep seeing references to newbies & hopeless cases as being Freds.
Here's my ignorance, right on top of the table: Who was the original Fred,
and how did this name become associated with these folks?

Flintstone

Fred Hall said:

"M Powell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OK, so I keep seeing references to newbies & hopeless cases as being

Freds.

Quoted message said:

Here's my ignorance, right on top of the table: Who was the original Fred,
and how did this name become associated with these folks?

(Curious)

Yeah...and it better be good...

well, uhh, fred .. on a positive note the term is often applied to someone
who kicks your ass on a club ride wearing knee high socks on a bike with a
rack, fenders and 36 hole wheels. it doesn't have to mean an out & out
loser, tho there's definitely been definition drift in that direction.
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david reuteler
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"David Reuteler" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Fred Hall said:

"M Powell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

OK, so I keep seeing references to newbies & hopeless cases as being

Freds.

Quoted message said:

Here's my ignorance, right on top of the table: Who was the original

Fred,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and how did this name become associated with these folks?

(Curious)

Yeah...and it better be good...

well, uhh, fred .. on a positive note the term is often applied to someone
who kicks your ass on a club ride wearing knee high socks on a bike with a
rack, fenders and 36 hole wheels. it doesn't have to mean an out & out
loser, tho there's definitely been definition drift in that direction.
--
david reuteler
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Right on target! And you conjur up an image off a guy in our area. He once
did the legendary Assault on Mt. Mitchel on a 40 lb. 3-speed "beach" type
bike with big chrome fenders. He wears knee socks, shorts that are about 15
years old, a t-shirt, an old styrofoam helmet, and he can kick anyone's ass
around on any climb around.

But regarding Freds ... I think the spelling has even drifted. Technically,
shouldn't it be Phreds?

Bob C.

jimmy said:

"M Powell" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:xshFc.2259$oD3.2251
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Quoted message said:

OK, so I keep seeing references to newbies & hopeless cases as being Freds.
Here's my ignorance, right on top of the table: Who was the original Fred,
and how did this name become associated with these folks?

Flintstone

10 points for the lad.

REF: http://tinyurl.com/3chhu

Chris Neary
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"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could
you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I
loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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Right on target! And you conjur up an image off a guy in our area. He once
did the legendary Assault on Mt. Mitchel on a 40 lb. 3-speed "beach" type
bike with big chrome fenders.

You may want to get a better group to ride with, as EVERYBODY
is now climbing with carbon fibre.

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 02:50:29 GMT, "Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email hidden]>

from Shaw Residential Internet said:

You may want to get a better group to ride with, as EVERYBODY
is now climbing with carbon fibre.

Climbing, descending, time trialing, etc ... i'm either wearing C12, or I'm
wearing nothing at all!

--
Kevan Smith
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"M Powell" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht
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Quoted message said:

OK, so I keep seeing references to newbies & hopeless cases as being

Freds.

Quoted message said:

Here's my ignorance, right on top of the table: Who was the original Fred,
and how did this name become associated with these folks?

(Curious)

http://www.schwalbe.com/index.pl?bereich=produkte&einsatzbereich=3&produktgruppe=9&produkt=112

Easy

psycholist said:

But regarding Freds ... I think the spelling has even drifted. Technically,
shouldn't it be Phreds?

Yes, the correct spelling is "Phred," in homage to Phred the Terrorist.
For evidence, see http://www.phred.org/

RFM

Fabrizio Mazzoleni said:

"psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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Right on target! And you conjur up an image off a guy in our area. He once
did the legendary Assault on Mt. Mitchel on a 40 lb. 3-speed "beach" type
bike with big chrome fenders.

You may want to get a better group to ride with, as EVERYBODY
is now climbing with carbon fibre.

Apparently, not "everybody." lol Also apprent is that some people
don't need carbon fiber.

Michael J. Klein [email hidden]
Dasi Jen, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC
Please replace mousepotato with asiancastings
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Kevan Smith said:

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 02:50:29 GMT, "Fabrizio Mazzoleni" <[email hidden]>

from Shaw Residential Internet said:

You may want to get a better group to ride with, as EVERYBODY is now
climbing with carbon fibre.

Climbing, descending, time trialing, etc ... i'm either wearing C12, or
I'm wearing nothing at all!

A Fred may have a different percentage of 14Carbon in his fibers.

Michael J. Klein said:

Apparently, not "everybody." lol Also apprent is that some people
don't need carbon fiber.

Right. I use grain fiber myself, usually in the form of shredded wheat or
oatmeal. Keeps things nice and regular. I don't know how I'd eat that
carbon fiber stuff, but if Fab or others want to, they can go right ahead.

Austin
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I'm pedaling as fast as I durn well please!
There are no X characters in my address

"Fred" is the English translation of "Fabrizzio".