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couch rocket

couch rocket Β n.β€”Β Β«The Couch Rocket!…My wife thought I was nuts when I bought an ’04 Spirit 1100. Before I knew it, she was hooked as a co-rider. Then we found the Wing. It’s simply an unbelievable machine. It does everything you ask and has plenty...

worm dirt

worm dirt
Β n.β€”Β Β«Tim lobbed a small green disc across the garage at Noel and said, β€œWorm dirt.” Noel caught the disc, opened it. He held the tobacco to his nose.» —by Lee DurkeeΒ Riders of the MidwayΒ Feb., 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

land of fruit and nuts

land of fruit and nuts Β n.β€”Β Β«You can make book on some of the people who were there. That is, if you get a chance to see them peform before some midnight rider from the William Morris Agency makes off with them to the land of fruits and nuts.Β»Β β€”β€œTed...

bent

bent Β n.β€”Β Β«The Union Cycliste Internationale, the governing body of international racing, banned recumbents after a ’bent rider began winning professional road races and shattering records in the early 1930s.» —by Ben HewittΒ Bicycling Magazine’s...

wedgie

wedgie n. jocularly, a standard bicycle. Etymological Note: So-called because a rider astride a standard bicycle is likely to have a wedgie, where underpants ride up into the crack of the buttocks. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)