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Bike related sayings

Do any of you have things you say which comes from either riding or watching bike races?
For example; when I say pull a Rasmussen I mean making a complete fool out of yourself during a (very important) TT...
(So far Chicken is the only one who's actually pulled a Rasmussen...)
 
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greenspanning

My favorite is the result of statements made by our dear former Fed chairman. When a rider is displaying "irrational exuberance" that typically leads to a crash or sudden drop in performance, he is "greenspanning."
 
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i remember after tdf 07 we used to say "struggling like cadel evans" alot. because he looked like he was gonna be dropped throughout the entire race.
 
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RedheadDane said:
Do any of you have things you say which comes from either riding or watching bike races?
For example; when I say pull a Rasmussen I mean making a complete fool out of yourself during a (very important) TT...
(So far Chicken is the only one who's actually pulled a Rasmussen...)

I can remember when Bjarne Riis threw his bike over the fence after the second flat in the final Time trial of the tour when Jan took over the lead from him.

No falt of Bjarne just the rotten bike kept getting flat tyres
 
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I caught my kids Ratting out their friends to save face and said to them, before looking at the evidence I might add, "Come on now don't go all Frankie Andreu on me now"...

My oldest, who happens to be into cycling pop culture if you will, replied, "No Dad that would be a Betsy"

Touche
 

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