A bit of a rant follows, for which I apologise in advance, but it makes me so mad that on tonights ride I was reduced to red faced apoplexy and I felt the need to share.
Ok, so what exactly vexes me so? I HATE it when slang such as the following are used:
- Campy (for goodness sake it is Campagnolo or Campag - would the Badger or Merckx have used effete sounding Campy? I think not)
- fixie/fixer (no, it is a fixed wheel bike therefore fixed but nothing else. Honestly)
- Bonty (for me this signifies post Trek buyout stuff and therefore, despite there being nothing wrong with the kit, it isn't the 'Bontrager' that we know. So is wrong)
- Spesh (why, Specialized is not difficult to say or spell, if you struggle with either and are talking about a bike just say the model. But not Stumpy - well, you wouldn't say Rocky or hardy would you?)
I can probably think of several others but don't want to work myself up into a frenzy or the only way I can calm myself will be to daub myself in woad and howl at the moon while I thrash myself with birch twigs. And I don't want to do that.
I feel much calmer now and apologise again for the irrationality and prejudice expressed above.
Ok, so what exactly vexes me so? I HATE it when slang such as the following are used:
- Campy (for goodness sake it is Campagnolo or Campag - would the Badger or Merckx have used effete sounding Campy? I think not)
- fixie/fixer (no, it is a fixed wheel bike therefore fixed but nothing else. Honestly)
- Bonty (for me this signifies post Trek buyout stuff and therefore, despite there being nothing wrong with the kit, it isn't the 'Bontrager' that we know. So is wrong)
- Spesh (why, Specialized is not difficult to say or spell, if you struggle with either and are talking about a bike just say the model. But not Stumpy - well, you wouldn't say Rocky or hardy would you?)
I can probably think of several others but don't want to work myself up into a frenzy or the only way I can calm myself will be to daub myself in woad and howl at the moon while I thrash myself with birch twigs. And I don't want to do that.
I feel much calmer now and apologise again for the irrationality and prejudice expressed above.