Cyclist Nicknames
- Thread starter Noodley
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I've got a Cyclo Benelux rod operated front changer as a desk ornament. It's beautiful. I used it for years - with a cable lever. I always thought it was a bit funny but I rigged up some cabling for it to work, and it worked really well. I only discovered that it was an antique (and originally rod operated) recently when I broke the bike up. One of my early bikes from the 70s was a proper racing bike (as in used for racing, not just a "racer") - quite old at the time, probably cost me a fiver. Unfortunately it got badly smashed up in an accident (broken frame & forks) and the only salvaged part was that mech.
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
It seems that Dumoulin's nickname is 'The Butterfly of Maastricht'. How bizarre. The Cycling Podcast are noting that he hates it and the Dutch press are suggesting that he be called 'The Doctor' instead, reflecting that before giving it up for cycling he started medical studies. The Cycling Podcast reckon this is a terrible idea given cycling's troubles but I quite like it, shades of Laurent Fignon 'The Professor'.
Apart from the pantomime wrestling, what other sports love their nicknames so much ?
Apart from the pantomime wrestling, what other sports love their nicknames so much ?
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
El Niño plays football
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
The other ones I can think of currently in the peloton are the Gorilla, the Terminator (not to be confused with the Tashkent Terminator), and the Shark of Messina. If Quintana was to have one it would surely be The Assasin ?
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
American Football nicknames:
Megatron
Legatron
The Fridge
Fitzmagic
Shady
Megatron
Legatron
The Fridge
Fitzmagic
Shady
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
Don't forget that the Shark was sired by il Lupo (The Wolf)
brommers
Years beyond my wisdom
- Location
- Clacton-on-Sea
Obviously there is Cav: 'The Manx Missile'
I should have known that
Pro Tour Punditry
Guru
I thought it was Tashkent Terror?
Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Edinburgh
Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
"The Butterfly" for Dumoulin is absolutely terrible. It suggests a lightweight climber who has the ability to vanish up a mountain without his rivals quite realising what's happened. Pedro Delgado, 1988/89 vintage?
Perhaps more than anyone who's come along since, Dumoulin's style reminds me of Eddy Merckx. The name that stuck with Merckx was "The Cannibal", so maybe Dumoulin could be "The Headhunter".
Perhaps more than anyone who's come along since, Dumoulin's style reminds me of Eddy Merckx. The name that stuck with Merckx was "The Cannibal", so maybe Dumoulin could be "The Headhunter".
SWSteve
Guru
- Location
- Bristol...ish
I don't know if il Lupo was a cyclist - but I doubt you get to the Shark's level without some family influence
dragon72
Guru
- Location
- Mexico City
Not forgetting El Pistolero Contador & Purito Rodríguez, but they've probably been mentioned upthread a number of years ago.
