Any good? and pronounciation

PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

Dunno for sure, we always used to call then "pook". Back in my early
days of ill-informed lusting after bikes (mid 70s) they were something
of the "other brand" aside from Raleigh in the mass market, and sold at
Halfords alongside their own range.

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Question 2: are these machines any good? Worth keeping, or sending to
the great velodrome in the sky (uh, I mean, hiding at the back of the
garage so no one else knows I've still got it)?

They were not too dissimilar from the Raleighs of the day. On the one
hand that's not necessarily a huge recommendation but on the other there
was quite a range available and yours isn't necessarily at the bottom,
and having been passed by a near-neighbour on his fairly vintage Raleigh
Arena as I walked in this morning is a reminder that it's probably fine
as a hack bike, especially if you've got alloy wheels for it.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch said:

PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

Dunno for sure, we always used to call then "pook".

I'd always assumed the ch was as in loch, so more like poosh.

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PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

ISTR a lot of these around in the 70s but not of high quality. The
centre-pulls were also popular on cheaper bikes at that time. I always
pronounced it as 'pyoosh' but could be wrong.

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Question 2: are these machines any good? Worth keeping, or sending to
the great velodrome in the sky (uh, I mean, hiding at the back of the
garage so no one else knows I've still got it)?

It certainly wasn't a renouned marque. On old frames I always look at the
'ends' first. If they are substantial, such as Campag the bike may be
worth keeping. If they are just flat steel plates without a gear hanger
then perhaps not.
You coud always convert it into a wheel jig rather than leave it to gather
dust.

As always there is some info here:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/vrbn-a-f.html#austro-daimler

John B

David Martin said:

I'd always assumed the ch was as in loch, so more like poosh.

Thobut coming from SE England I thought at the time that "loch" was
pronounced the same as "lock"...

Pete.
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Peter Clinch said:

PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

Dunno for sure, we always used to call then "pook".

I'd always assumed the ch was as in loch, so more like poosh.

Losh Nessh monshter?

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PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

poosh (long 'oo' as in poo)
(or puke if you're fed up with it)

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Question 2: are these machines any good? Worth keeping, or sending to
the great velodrome in the sky (uh, I mean, hiding at the back of the
garage so no one else knows I've still got it)?

More or less the same as a Peugeot, IIRC - we used to see mostly low-end
machines and very few high-end ones, I think that was down to the UK
distributor rather than a reflection on the range in Europe and the US.

Rob Morley said:

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PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this:
<http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>. Mine has
centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook
(as in Look), or something else?

poosh (long 'oo' as in poo)
(or puke if you're fed up with it)

Rhymes with book aparently. See official advert on
http://www.mopedarmy.com/forums/discuss/read.php?f=1&i=199164&t=199164&v=f

Being half Scottish I had alway assumed the "ch" was pronounced like the
scottish word "loch".

Tim

Tim Downie said:

Rhymes with book aparently. See official advert on
http://www.mopedarmy.com/forums/discuss/read.php?f=1&i=199164&t=199164&v=f

So for 30 odd years I'vebeen wrong :-(

Shut up at the back

John B

PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

But pook is pronounced lke book or fool or roof that is a long oo sound
not uh. So if I was to pronounce pook as in look it would sound the
same as puck as in luck. I pronounce it puck or poosh and not really
sure myself !!!!. I remember them as pretty ordinary bikes but I may
have been wrong.

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But pook is pronounced lke book or fool or roof that is a long oo sound
not uh.

book with a long oo sound, but not look? Weirdo :-)

cheers,
clive

Rob Morley said:

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PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

poosh (long 'oo' as in poo)
(or puke if you're fed up with it)

Is that because you end up pooshing it?

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Discordianism: Where reality is a figment of your imagination

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> Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
> in Look), or something else?

Dunno for sure, we always used to call then "pook".

I'd always assumed the ch was as in loch, so more like poosh.

Losh Nessh monshter?

Coo! Mr Connery, can I have your autograph, please?

Judith

Clive George said:

book with a long oo sound, but not look? Weirdo :-)

My wife used to sound like that - she's from Leeds!

She once told me she had visited the Roman "Baff" at "Barth"

Julesh

Peter Clinch said:

David Martin said:

I'd always assumed the ch was as in loch, so more like poosh.

Thobut coming from SE England I thought at the time that "loch" was
pronounced the same as "lock"...

Pete.

There's a novel by (I think) Iain Banks where the hero hears a BBC news
reader pronouncing a middle-eastern name with the correct -ch sound and
realising than the English had been capable of pronouncing "Loch" all
along.

I've also seen several language phrasebooks in my travels that indicate
that a sound in that language should be pronounced the same as -ch in
Loch - Probably not lot of use to some of us :-)

Julesh

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PhilD said:

I've recently acquired a Puch cycle, looking similar to (but not the
same as) this: <http://static.flickr.com/34/66273384_c001edbf51_o.jpg>.
Mine has centre-pull brakes.

Question 1: how do you pronounce "Puch". Is it like Puck, or Pook (as
in Look), or something else?

poosh (long 'oo' as in poo)
(or puke if you're fed up with it)

Is that because you end up pooshing it?

Aye, it's a poosh bike.

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There's a novel by (I think) Iain Banks where the hero hears a BBC news
reader pronouncing a middle-eastern name with the correct -ch sound and
realising than the English had been capable of pronouncing "Loch" all
along.

'twas in "Espedair Street"

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The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia"

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Larrington () said:

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() said:

There's a novel by (I think) Iain Banks where the hero hears a BBC news
reader pronouncing a middle-eastern name with the correct -ch sound and
realising than the English had been capable of pronouncing "Loch" all
along.

'twas in "Espedair Street"

Actually it wasn't. It was "The Crow Road". Silly me.

(tolchocks self on gulliver with shovel)

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Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Life - loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it.

Dave Larrington said:

Actually it wasn't. It was "The Crow Road". Silly me.

He has a rantje about it in Raw Spirit, so seems the case he has a
/thing/ about it. A particularly good rant in RS is the "Ninja Stealth
Hyper Bomber Extreme" caravan nomenclature one...

Pete.
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Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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Rob Morley said:

More or less the same as a Peugeot, IIRC - we used to see mostly low-end
machines and very few high-end ones, I think that was down to the UK
distributor rather than a reflection on the range in Europe and the US.

Thanks Rob (and others). It looks like, if I understand correctly, I'm
left with a dilema. On the one hand Puch [Pook] bikes aren't
super-best-hang-on-to-it-they're-worth-a-fortune, but on the other hand
they're not mouldy cheese either, and are quite rideable.

I think I'll just pretend I don't notice the addition in the garage,
and hope no one else does, either!

PhilD

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