To the "Karens", and the "Carls" out there😂 Those riding dirty too.

[PedalUma]

I once made a classic Dutch Omafiets electric. It was an extra-tall frame and a fun bike. A guy 6'6" could ride it. It had all the classic features such as internal gears and brakes, and the rear wheel lock. I then put a little dog named Toto in the basket.

 

[PedalUma]

without reading glasses

Like my buddy who looked up that wine he was sipping and telling me that it is worth $1110 per bottle! That was as fun for two minutes as thinking you won the lottery.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I wonder why the Americans have never simplified the spelling to "derailer" I know Sheldon Brown really tried...

 

[BlackHand]

I wonder why the Americans have never simplified the spelling to "derailer" I know Sheldon Brown really tried...

This thread is full of derailers.

 

[PedalUma]

 

[PDoz]

This thread is full of derailers.

For rant about whiners , it galvanized the hardtails, fixers, AND derailers . The perfect brake?

 

[PedalUma]

I am taking a not taking a brake but a brief break to check on the mangled wreck of this fun thread.

@Rome, on Jun 3, 2023, 280 people died in that train wreck in India. It took weeks to clear and 1/3rd of the bodies were never claimed. I am not about to post a video of it and would rather talk about bikes.

I did show a photo of Snoop Dogg on a bottle of wine. That wine was originally from Australia. It featured mug shots of people expelled from England to the prison colonies in Australia. There were 19 crimes where that was the sentence. One was impersonating a Muslim to do things on Sundays such as buying and selling, or cross-dressing.

I have two Shimano GRX gravel bikes today. What is weird about them is the smallest cog on the cassettes have 10 teeth not the typical 11. It is because the smallest three cogs thread into the forth smallest. I typically do not like non-standard options for maintaining things. Now parts for the ten-speed GRX setups are very hard to find so people are in a jam after buying into the latest and greatest.

 

[PedalUma]

Is it me? Or is the world nuts? In Oklahoma any adult can pack concealed semi-auto heat in public, but brass knuckles are a crime to have because they are a 'deadly weapon'. Anyone heard of a drive-by with brass knuckles? Or a mass killings at at rate of twice per day with brass knuckles? Brass knuckles are a bare arms, at arm's length armament.

 

[PedalUma]

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I have seen videos of people riding on top of trains from India. I can only imagine of how many deaths will be if it got derailed.

That one was head on.

 

[Taylor57]

This thread is full of derailers.

I resemble that remark

 

[m@Robertson]

I wonder why the Americans have never simplified the spelling to "derailer" I know Sheldon Brown really tried...

We adopt words from other languages. The Germans do it perhaps more than others and this was well-illustrated a few years ago.

Shitstorm arrives in German dictionary

Duden, the country's equivalent of the OED, incorporates English loanword among proliferating anglicisms

www.theguardian.com

 

[Stefan Mikes]

We adopt words from other languages.

Any country does Bear in mind English is a language exclusively created from the tongues of all invaders to southern Britain (while Welsh is the native language of Cymru).

Take the English word "manoeuvre" (it is as hard I cannot memorize it!) and compare it to the American "maneuver" (so simple!) One might think the French word "derailleur" would be simplified to "derailer" for sheer simplicity. It has not happened, perhaps out of some snobism?

As I said, Sheldon Brown was the advocate of the simpler word but he failed.

 

[PDoz]

I've never understood why it's "leur"
De ( the?)
Rail ( ok, that's sort of an alignment thing)
But why the personal pronoun ?

Particularly when you consider a derailer is indirectly moving the chain off it's cog from the impersonal / indirect side?

Is this a Carl or Karen thing?

 

[PedalUma]

We adopt words from other languages. The Germans do it perhaps more than others and this was well-illustrated a few years ago.

Shitstorm arrives in German dictionary

Duden, the country's equivalent of the OED, incorporates English loanword among proliferating anglicisms

www.theguardian.com

Around here it is Spanglish. 200 yeas-go it was mostly Spanish among the elite Californios such as Pico and Vallejo. Now Spanish is common among the common with a hint of English. This area was historically part of New Spain and Mexico. The indigenous, First Nations Americans mostly speak Spanish, for after all this is their home territory. The true 'Americans'. The temporary English only overlay is quickly fading. I can rarely order food without using Spanglish. The roots are showing and growing.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

I've never understood why it's "leur"

Like in "conducteur"?
It is "-eur" that is important here, the English "-er", not "leur"
Now please tell me why double consonants are used in English? (You could just "tel me")

 

[fauconnier]

One might think the French word "derailleur" would be simplified to "derailer" for sheer simplicity. It has not happened, perhaps out of some snobism?

French dictionaries are full of borrowings from English, probably because it's practical or it comes from the usage, when it's a french word it's by snobbism ! Perception ?

 

[Gionnirocket]

Jeeze!
Can we please get back to inappropriate posts, ball busting and general humorous entertainment as this post was designed.

 

[m@Robertson]

Any country does

Sure we all know that, but it gave me an entrée (!) to $hitstorm.

Around here it is Spanglish. 200 yeas-go ... This area was historically part of New Spain and Mexico.

Fun fact: Monterey was first the Spanish and then the Mexican capital of California (google tells me it was from 1776 to 1848). I ride by the capitol building every day as it is adjacent to the bike path, and will do so again on my way to my grocery pickup momentarily.

omigod an on-topic reference. wtf was I thinking.

Nice pic! Do you mean the Tour de France should be for ebikes?
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Shitstorm

Definition, Rechtschreibung, Synonyme und Grammatik von 'Shitstorm' auf Duden online nachschlagen. Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache.

www.duden.de

 

[PCeBiker]

I've never understood why it's "leur"
De ( the?)
Rail ( ok, that's sort of an alignment thing)
But why the personal pronoun ?

I always thought that it was called a derailer until my spellchecker corrected me.

It still irritates me so I just picture Inspector Clouseau saying it, then it's just funny.

 

[PedalUma]

Clouseau saying it,

Derailleur. De-rail-lure. It is like the lurer that derails. Can anyone stay right with their dog on the right? They wonder all over, looking at zombie phones while letting dogs drift by smells. Walk right people, heads up. Using the correct lure helps.