Pedantic pedal pusher.

Simon Mason must be edykated coz e writed:

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This letter turned up in today's local rag:
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It would help restore good journalism and good English if slang terms could be avoided. Our
beautiful English language already suffers from far too many abominations, such as "cuppa" and
"pinta" - the products of banal advertising.

Harry P Flynn,

Cyclists' Touring Club (Hull & East Riding District Association),

This dude needs the chil.

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Simon Mason wrote: You may push a barrow, a

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handcart or a pram but you do not have to "push" a bicycle unless you dismount. You ride it by
sitting on its saddle and rotating the pedals.

<pedantic> Cranks actually, the pedals rotate as a consequence of rotating the cranks. Simply
sitting on the machine and roating the pedals is not enough. </pedantic>

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Simon Mason said:

"Push-bike" is a derogatory phrase resulting from the snobbish attitude of a bygone section of the
human race who worshipped the internal combustion engine but hated the pedal cycle - and all who
chose to ride one.

This sounds awfully like the "joggers Vs runners" thread that pops up regularly in rec.running. I
think it says more about size of shoulder chips than anything else.

I'm happy to be called a jogger who rides a push-bike. Makes no odds to me.

Tim

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In A recent article about men in uniform, Gill Adams refers to three policemen on "smart
push-bikes" who flew past her when she was walking

down

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a one-way street.

Most dictionary definitions confirm that "push-bike" is slang for a pedal cycle.

It would help restore good journalism and good English if slang terms

could

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be avoided. Our beautiful English language already suffers from far too

many

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abominations, such as "cuppa" and "pinta" - the products of banal advertising.

"Push-bike" is a most ridiculous expression. You may push a barrow, a handcart or a pram but you
do not have to "push" a bicycle unless you dismount. You ride it by sitting on its saddle and
rotating the pedals.

"Push-bike" is a derogatory phrase resulting from the snobbish attitude of

a

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bygone section of the human race who worshipped the internal combustion engine but hated the pedal
cycle - and all who chose to ride one.

Harry P Flynn,

Cyclists' Touring Club (Hull & East Riding District Association),

Imagine going out for a ride with him!

I wonder if Harry's had an impact on the membership of the Cyclists' Touring Club (Hull & East
Riding District Association). I bet he goes to every meet / club night / club ride etc. etc.

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You ride it by sitting on its saddle and rotating the pedals.

You ride it by sitting on the saddle and pushing the pedals with your feet. Rotating the pedals
makes a nice whizzy noise but doesn't produce much motion - on my bike, at least.

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Imagine going out for a ride with him!

I wonder if Harry's had an impact on the membership of the Cyclists'

Touring

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Club (Hull & East Riding District Association). I bet he goes to every

meet

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/ club night / club ride etc. etc.

LOL. He's probably been a member of Cyclists' Touring Club (Hull & East Riding District Association)
for half a century or more with the result that he's the only one left.

Anyway, at the risk of starting a thread about correct pedalling technique, perhaps someone should
point out to him that the predominant action when pedalling a bike is 'pushing' on the pedals.
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Michael MacClancy

Simon Mason tried to scribble ...

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"Push-bike" is a derogatory phrase resulting from the snobbish attitude of a bygone section of the
human race who worshipped the internal combustion engine but hated the pedal cycle - and all who
chose to ride one.

Heheheh, I wonder, does he _really_ think it matters ..

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Harry P Flynn,

Cyclists' Touring Club (Hull & East Riding District Association),

Oh dear .. and his influence on the membership of this particular wing of the CTC is adding _how_
many new members ?

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Drinky said:

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Harry P Flynn,

Cyclists' Touring Club (Hull & East Riding District Association),

Imagine going out for a ride with him!

I don't have 🙂 Don't we all have at least one person like that in our own local Cake & Tea Club?

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You ride it by sitting on its saddle and rotating the pedals.

You ride it by sitting on the saddle and pushing the pedals with your

feet.

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Rotating the pedals makes a nice whizzy noise but doesn't produce much motion - on my bike,
at least.

I was going to point this out, but thinking about it, the pedals *revolve* around the bottom
bracket and a lot of people don't know the differently between rotate and revolve. Planets rotate
on their axes, but revolve around the sun.

Simon

teknohippy said:

I don't have 🙂 Don't we all have at least one person like that in our own local Cake & Tea Club?

I would just like to point out that your comments about our own local Cake and Tea Club are just
another example of the poor standards of English usage in this new fangled internet medium. In the
first instance the CTC, to use its popular abbrieviated name form, is a national as well as a local
club and during my participation in their activities I have partaken in addition of both coffee and
biscuits. I therefore suggest that henceforth it should be known as the multi-regional
Confectionaries and Beverages Club.

Yours

Mrs Trellis North Wales

Snip Snip

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I was going to point this out, but thinking about it, the pedals

*revolve*

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around the bottom bracket and a lot of people don't know the differently between rotate and
revolve. Planets rotate on their axes, but revolve

around

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the sun.

Simon

Simon, did Harry tell you to write that? :-)

MSeries said:

Simon Mason wrote: You may push a barrow, a

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handcart or a pram but you do not have to "push" a bicycle unless you dismount. You ride it by
sitting on its saddle and rotating the pedals.

<pedantic> Cranks actually, the pedals rotate as a consequence of rotating the cranks. Simply
sitting on the machine and roating the pedals is not enough. </pedantic>

I wonder what he would have to say about the term "Clipless Pedals" ?

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Simon Mason said:

I was going to point this out, but thinking about it, the pedals *revolve* around the bottom
bracket and a lot of people don't know the differently between rotate and revolve. Planets rotate
on their axes, but revolve around the sun.

In fact pedals do not rotate at all while pedalling and therefore present continuously one face
towards the road below. What a revolutionary concept ;-)

Tony

Tony Raven said:

teknohippy said:

I don't have 🙂 Don't we all have at least one person like that in our own local Cake & Tea Club?

I would just like to point out that your comments about our own local Cake and Tea Club are just
another example of the poor standards of English usage in this new fangled internet medium. In the
first instance the CTC, to use its popular abbrieviated name form, is a national as well as a local
club and during my participation in their activities I have partaken in addition of both coffee and
biscuits. I therefore suggest that henceforth it should be known as the multi-regional
Confectionaries and Beverages Club.

Yours

Mrs Trellis North Wales

Crazy foo'! 🙂

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<pedantic> Cranks actually, the pedals rotate as a consequence of rotating the cranks. Simply
sitting on the machine and roating the pedals is not enough. </pedantic>

Err, my pedals don't rotate when I ride. They are always oriented the same way.

regards, Ian SMith
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Heheheh, I wonder, does he _really_ think it matters ..

As passionately as the chap who posted his objections to the term hybrid being used to
describe hybrid bikes. Some folk have too much time or their hands or jobs that don't fully
occupy their minds.

Besides, Mr. Flynn did not see me and fellow C2C'ers on Crawleyside bank in Stanley - push bike was
definitely the correct term for us all

Ian Smith said:

MSeries said:

<pedantic> Cranks actually, the pedals rotate as a consequence of rotating the cranks. Simply
sitting on the machine and roating the pedals is not enough. </pedantic>

Err, my pedals don't rotate when I ride. They are always oriented the same way.

regards, Ian SMith

but don't they do rotate 'relative to the cranks' ?

MSeries said:

Ian Smith said:

MSeries said:

<pedantic> Cranks actually, the pedals rotate as a consequence of rotating the cranks. Simply
sitting on the machine and roating the pedals is not enough. </pedantic>

Err, my pedals don't rotate when I ride. They are always oriented the same way.

but don't they do rotate 'relative to the cranks' ?

If you pick a daft enough frame of reference everything rotates. Windsor Castle rotrates relative to
teh cranjks, but I wouldn't describe riding the bike as a process of rotating Windsor Castle about
teh cranks.

regards, Ian SMith
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Ian Smith said:

If you pick a daft enough frame of reference everything rotates. Windsor Castle rotrates relative
to teh cranjks, but I wouldn't describe riding the bike as a process of rotating Windsor Castle
about teh cranks.

I quite like the concept of the Royal Family revolving around my cranks at my behest.

Unfortunately though there is an absolute reference frame for rotation so you can't really just
chose any frame of reference.

Tony