Bottle or bidon ???

[deptfordmarmoset]

Complètement bidon = load of rubbish.
Il a du bidon = he has a potbelly.
Se bidonner = to crease up with laughter.

Bottle might be slightly less ambiguous, though I sometimes think the cyclists returning from the team car have a lot of bottle and a lot of bottles.

 

[Will Spin]

Dangerous ground there @Will Spin that topic could have a whole sub forum of its own that'd give the helmet debate a run for its money.

Oh sorry, I'm new round here.

 

[nickyboy]

In Welsh, it seems to be "Potel dŵr Beic"[1], although it's surprisingly difficult to find Welsh language Bike Shops online.

[1] Occasionally written as "Photel dŵr Beic"

Chinese is 运动水壶....yun dong shui hu.

Literally "exercise water container"

 

[John the Monkey]

Literally "exercise water container"

Now that is a bidon beater if ever I heard one.

 

[Dogtrousers]

"Bidon" in Klingon is "laH" according to www.bing.com/translator

 

[gavroche]

In the army, they use " bidons" and not bottles as they don't break.

 

[huggy]

A Bidon is passed to you by a team mate who has gone back for it and slogged back up to pass it to you only for you to take 2 swigs before slinging at a hedge, child or errant dog.

A bottle is stored under the sink filled, carried on a ride even when empty and returned to its under sink position.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Mrs Accy has just picked up my nearly full "bidon", She asked why i take so much water to bed with me, then put the bottle back on the bike unsuspecting.

 

[Dogtrousers]

And if a professional bike race should pass through your town, then you have un bidon de pipi ready for squirting urine at your least favourite rider, as I believe is traditional in some circles.

 

[Accy cyclist]

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And if a professional bike race should pass through your town, then you have un bidon de pipi ready for squirting urine at your least favourite rider, as I believe is traditional in some circles.

When i see the old videos of the spectators passing drinks to the gasping cyclists i always wonder what is actually in that drink?

 

[mickeydrippin60]

I wonder whether Karate & Judo types have similar discussions over the Gi?

"Actually, it's called a karate suit."

No as both judo a karate are of a Japanese origin

 

[Dogtrousers]

There's an anagram involving the word "nobber" just waiting to be worked out, I bet

 

[Vertego]

According to Wiggle UK it's Water Bottles that they sell (apart from one Bidon as part of a SIS Team Sky nutrition pack).

 

[EnPassant]

Bottle? Bidon? Carafe....

 

[Pat "5mph"]

A bottle is made of glass. A bidon is made of plastic or tin.

Complètement bidon = load of rubbish.
Il a du bidon = he has a potbelly.
Se bidonner = to crease up with laughter.

I'm killing myself laughing, because in Italian a bidone is a big bin, mainly a rubbish bin: bidone dell'immondizia.
I can't possibly associate the word bidon with a water bottle without smirking!