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Daily Peloton - Cycling terms Category: Sport and Leisure > Cycling Date & country: 01/02/2014, USA Words: 151

Fat boy
A rider with a spare tyre or two around the waist.

DNF
Did not finish a race.

Doping
Using chemicals or substances to boost performance - usually refers to the use of substances that have been banned by the UCI.

Draft
To ride closely behind a competitor, saving energy by using that racer as a wind break. Riding in front is very strenuous but affords a great energy-saving advantage to the rider behind.

Directeur Sportif, Director Sportif
The team coach.

Disk wheel
A solid wheel, without spokes used in primarily in time trials for its aerodynamic qualities.

Derailleur
The mechanism which moves the chain from one chainring or sprocket to another.

Digging a pedal
A pedal hitting the ground while the rider is leaning into a turn.

Dance, danseuse, a la danseuse
To ride out of the saddle, usually on an incline. French

Deep Section
Describes a type of aerodynamic rim.

Contre la montre, CLM
Against the clock; French.. See Time Trial.

Cooked
Tired, very. Also; wasted, knackered.

Cranks
The arms which drive the chainwheels. Cranks are bolted to the crankshaft.

Creeping
Not going very well...

Crosswind
Wind that comes from the side. Bad news for riders!

Cyclocross
A type of off-road racing over a very rugged course.

Contra el reloj
Against the clock; Spanish. See Time Trial.

Col
Mountain pass, hill or climb. French.

Chainstay
The two horizontal parts of the bike frame that join the bottom bracket to the rear wheel.

Chase, chasers
Riders trying to catch a breakaway group or rider.

Classic, Classics
One day races, usually taking place in the spring or the fall. Paris-Roubaix is a Classic.

Cobblestone, cobble, pave
A type of street paving in which smooth or rounded stones make up the street or road surface.

Caravan, Race Caravan
The official and support vehicles in a race.

Cat, Category
Rider competition levels in USCF races. Cat 5

Century, Metric Century
A hundred mile bike race, or a 100km bike race.

Chain gang
Group of riders that go out and can ride hard. Club rides.

Chainring
A large toothed ring (part of the chainset) that drives the chain via the pedals and cranks.

Chainset
The setup comprising the chainwheels, chain and rear sprocket.

Campag, Campy
Short for Campagnolo, an Italian bike manufacturer.

Caliper brakes
A brake consisting of two brake blocks which are drawn towards each other through a central pivot and which grip the rim of the wheel.

Bunny-hop
To jump the bike, without dismounting, over an obstacle.

Cadence
Pedaling rate, in revolutions per minute of one of the cyclist's feet.

Boxing match
When two riders exchange blows.

Break/breakaway
A rider or group of riders that has left the main group behind.

Breathe your ears
Be breathing so hard you feel like you

Bridge
To leave one group of riders and join another one that is further ahead.

Block
In road racing, an attempt to disrupt a chase by slowing down a paceline, using your bike to interfere with another's progress. Also used to describe the cassette on the back wheel with the sprockets.

BMX
Bicycle Moto Cross; stunt racing on a closed dirt track over obstacles.

Bonk
Total exhaustion caused by lack of sufficient food during a long race or ride.

Bottom bracket
A hole in the base of a bike frame where the axle unit is attached.

Boxed in
Trapped in a group of riders and unable to go forward, back or sideways. Boxed in!

Base work
Describes training where you do a lot of miles in preparing to do more intense training later. Usually done in December/January.

BCF
British Cycling Federation.

Bell
The bell, last lap. A bell is rung to signify the last lap.

Big ringing it
The chain on the big chain ring, going for it.

Arrivee
Finish line. French.

ATB
All-terrain bicycle. A mountain bike.

Attack
A sudden acceleration to move ahead of another rider or group of riders.

Azurri
Members of the Italian national squad.

Baroudeur-rouleur
Rouleur is a common word used to describe riders who can ride all day over rolling parcours. French for wheeler. Baroudeur is French for fighter, means one who makes a valiant last stand - so a baroudeur-rouleur is a rider brave enough to go on a suicidal solo effort.

Abandon
When a rider quits during a race.