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taco

taco  v.— «Taco: To bend a wheel over on itself into the shape of a taco. Example: “I tacoed my wheels, and it cost me 100 bucks.”» —“Cycling through the lingo” Ventura County Star (California) July 4...

potato chip

potato chip
 n.— «Potato chip: A wheel that has been bent badly, but not tacoed.» —“Cycling through the lingo” Ventura County Star (California) July 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

grease man

grease man  n.— «Omaha Republicans have “too long been involved in meaningless turf battles,” King said. Christie “can lead us in unity,” he said. “It’s time to stop pointing fingers,” King said...

door prize

door prize  n.— «I was knocked from my bike. My front wheel and shocks were damaged, but i wasn’t. The second time was a door prize. As i rode north up Yonge, someone opened the door of their parked car directly into my path.» —“A...

on the wheel

on the wheel  adj.— «On the wheel—A rotating work schedule, as 8 A.M.-to-4 P.M. shifts one week, 4 P.M.-to-midnight shifts the next week and midnight-to-8 A.M. shifts the next, complicated by the fact that many officers work four days on...

bones

bones  n.— «We tried to walk to find some place to eat with no luck, but someone did try to sell us pot or “bones” as they called it.» —“300 miles is a long drive inside a car” by Benjamin Hopper Under the...