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To: FrPR
"bop her upside the head"

I didn't see it as I'm not a rider but a number of riders I know told me that some of the riders in the last Ride for the Roses here in Austin resented her being there.

I'm sure there's a bike racing term for it but apparently they made sure she crashed and burned at every opportunity.

138 posted on 07/08/2005 11:02:09 AM PDT by Proud_texan
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To: Proud_texan

Sheryl Crow - The "Yoko" of the bike world.


139 posted on 07/08/2005 11:03:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Proud_texan
I'm sure there's a bike racing term for it but apparently they made sure she crashed and burned at every opportunity.

The term is "flicking," derived from the German fichen which is cognate with the aristocratic Anglo-Saxon f-word. In the peloton, an etiquette prevails. Unmannerly newcomers discover that the pros have myriad little ways to annoy and delay them.

142 posted on 07/08/2005 11:45:13 AM PDT by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
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