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Events Calendar Updated for 2012
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Jargon & Terminology
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AM - All Mountain - A bit of everything mountain biking, sort of "jack of all trades but master of none". |
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Bail - To jump off, or lay the bike down while riding to avoid a worse crash or impact.
Berm - A raised shoulder on the outside edge of a corner or turn like a bowl allowing a rider to lean into a corner with much more speed and traction.
BMX - Bicycle Motocross - a smaller sized bike designed for track racing over jumps and turns.
Bunny Hop - To hop into the air or over an obstacle whil on your bike.
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Cadence - The rate at which the pedals and crank arms are spun around while riding.
Chainring - The front sprocket set.
Cleats - pedals that you clip cycling shoes into so they are 'fixed' to the cranks and provide more efficient peddaling on inclines
Crank - The arms that the peddals are attached to. |
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Derailleur - The components that are moved when you shift gears, they force the chain onto the next sized sprocket, most bikes come with front and rear derailleurs
DH - Down Hill - A steep decent from start to finish consisting of switchbacks, drop offsand other obstacles.
DJ - Dirt Jump - A style of riding that mostly consists of large jumps made of dirt.
Drop off - A drop from an elevated position
measuring anything between pavement height to 2+ meters, handled best with a bit of speed and momentum.
Dual Suspension - A mountain bike with front and rear suspension systems.
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Flats - Flat type pedals mostly used for downhill, bmx and jump style.
Four Cross - 4X - A track consisting of jumps and corners similar to bmx but for mountain bikes too. |
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Granny gear - The easiest gear on your bike (usually 1-1) that a granny would use to climb up a slope. smallest front sprocket and largest rear sprocket. |
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Hardtail - A mountain bike with no rear suspension only front |
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Lock Out - to lock your susension from movement. |
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Manual - to lift your front wheel up while coasting and without using peddals for power.
MTB - Mountain Biking - To ride on dirt roads, tracks, paths and anywhere you are able to that is not on normal road surfaces.
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Over The Bars - To fly over the handlebars. |
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Pump - To pump on a track or trail is to push your bike down a short decline even as small as a speed bump to get free speed or momentum, imagine pushing someone you hate down the hill in a shopping trolly, now do it with your handlebars. |
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Rock garden - A section of track that has several head size or larger rocks or boulders. |
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Shifters - The levers or mechanism you use to move the derailleurs to change gears.
Singletrack - part of a mountain biking trail or route that only allows bikes to ride in single file, passing is either difficult or impossible.
Skinny - A narrow obstacle, bridge or beam.
Softtail - A mountain bike with rear suspension.
Sprocket - The toothed discs that drives the chain.
Stage race - A multi day mountain bike event that consists of point to point races on each day.
Swichback - a sharp u turn usually found with steep slopes that zig zag you up or down the mountain.
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Tabletop - A jump that has a flat top, the trick is to fly off the face of one side and land on the downslope of the other, not so easy without an engine. |
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Urban - A style that uses pavements, benches, railings, walls and any urban street objects as obstacles. |
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Whip - to flick your bike up and sideways so it is almost parallell to the ground during a jump |
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XC - Cross country - Usually long distance trails with strenuous clims to test a riders endurance. |
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