LOL, There are lots of French words used in English. You are not proposing we de-french our language? It would be pretty dull.
Bidons
- Thread starter G3CWI
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OP
OP
G3CWI
Veteran
- Location
- Macclesfield
OP
OP
G3CWI
Veteran
- Location
- Macclesfield
Language might have to go as a word. Sounds a bit foreign. ...perhaps even French?
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
I still prefer bunch to peloton, bit and bit to drafting, shoe plates to cleats and wired on to clinchers.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
...and equipment to groupsets.
What the majority call it. Anyway reminded of Hyacinth Bouquet or is it Bucket.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
For a brief moment, I was enjoying the image of the OP having a bike with an integral bidet ...
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Howies do some covered bidons. I don't know their deal with P&P though, partner bought me two for Christmas, for which I was very grateful.
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
Several years ago I was in Montreal on a ship. The ships bike wheel needed a repair so a couple of the lads went off and found a lbs, communication was difficult as owner only spoke french. After a bit of drawing and pointing they discovered the french word for 'spoke' is, errr...'spoke'.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Are you saying that it would be something of a faux-pas, then?
Citius
Guest
There are indeed many French words in common English use. I'm just saying a bottle is a bottle, not a bidon. Otherwise, we had better start calling bottle cages 'porte-bidons' - or does everyone do that already? No??
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Merde.....
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Cycling is a Continental sport, hence it is completely appropriate to use Continental terminology.
Back to the OP, I've been using bidons without covers for 35 years and never had a problem with them.
Back to the OP, I've been using bidons without covers for 35 years and never had a problem with them.
Citius
Guest
Indeed it is - so why not call it a borracce or trinkflaschen ??