Am I the only person who calls a top tube the crossbar?

[Cyclopathic]

[quote="Paul J, post: 1774785, member: 20257Anyone remember the multi-coloured nylon brush that you used to put around your wheel hub to keep it clean, mine was red, blue and yellow.

We used a leather strap.
I used to wear a base layer, now I wear a compression top.[/quote]
It only recently occured to me that the bit of leather around the hub was to keep it clean.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Actually, I never used a leather strap - it was very uncool. My dad did though.

 

[GBC]

I'm using a late 70's/early 80's Dawes racer, and it goes as good as new. It would be interesting to see how well the average carbon bike survives 30+ years of road riding!

And yep, I always called it a cross bar until I joined CC.

Mine is a Triumph Team Leader (racer with crossbar) from the same era, which I use for 30 - 50 mile runs at the weekends,and it's probably holding up better that it's rider. I did replace the original saddle recently, though it could be argued that that was long overdue.
Plaited string for the hub though, times were tough when I was a boy.

 

[guitarpete247]

I used to put a lolly stick on the wheel stay to make the sound of a motorbike. I think there was something you could buy for this.

 

[Paul J]

I used to put a lolly stick on the wheel stay to make the sound of a motorbike. I think there was something you could buy for this.

Ahh yes I rember that better version was a peg and a playing card that used to make an annoying noise on the spokes.

 

[mickle]

Mods!! They're using the wrong terminology!!!!

It's Road Bike. Touring bikes, Time trial and Triathlon bikes, Audax and Randonneurs are all derivatives.

And as for crossbar!? It's not a bar, its a tube (unless you're still living in the 1890s).

'Clanger' is acceptable.

 

[youngoldbloke]

- and if you use it for racing it's a Race Bike.

 

[Paul J]

And as for crossbar!? It's not a bar, its a tube (unless you're still living in the 1890s).

Lets hope we don't move onto football as the phrase would be "They think it's all over....It is now, Beckham just hit the cross tube"

 

[mickle]

- and if you use it for racing it's a Race Bike.

But.....This is used for racing:

So where does that leave us?

 

[youngoldbloke]

That's fine - that is a race bike, if used for racing, as is a road bike if used for racing. But a race bike is not referred to as a racing bike by those who race upon it