AB |
Akuna Bay |
Barry (The) |
6.45am northbound train from Gordon, signal for departure |
B&T |
Bitter and Twisted (Mon-Thurs morning coffee haunt, Kent St) |
B2B |
Our Bush to Bridge brethren from the northern tablelands |
BD |
The Back Door Route (refer Route Guide) |
BH |
Bobbin Head |
BNSW |
Bike New South Wales |
BOF |
Barry O'Farrel aka Fatty O'Barrel - see Barry (The) |
BOM |
Bureau of Meteorology website |
BP |
Bullet Point (corner Ridge St and Miller St, North Sydney) |
BS |
Significant doses required for riding with ER |
BW |
Browns Waterhole (Fridays only) |
BW |
Berowra Waters |
CA |
Chartered Accountant |
CA |
(alternate) Cycling Australia |
CF |
Clutters Flutter - originally Akuna, Church Point, Northern Beaches, Manly, Spit Bridge, Mosman and the city but now tainted with a variety of "short" and "fast" Flutters. |
CP |
Church Point |
Di2 |
Poor man's Campag Veloce |
DLHK |
Dread Lord Half Khan |
ER |
EasyRiders |
FBW |
First Best Way (to start the day) |
FD |
The Front Door Route (refer Route Guide). Takes Luton's Driveway from Roseville. |
FM |
Founding Members - the 5 guys who started ER. |
FP |
Flash Point (corner West and Ernest Streets, outbound only) |
FVR |
Fox Valley Road - 6:30 am meeting point at junction of FVR and Roland Ave |
GG |
Greengate Hotel, Pacific Highway, Killara (also "Groin" or "Groingate") |
GG |
Galston Gorge |
GOTFR |
Cheery greeting from our ute driving friends |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GtGGvG |
Gordon to Greengate via Gong - an annual 200km pilgrimage |
HMAWOTN |
Hard Men and Women of the North |
HoD |
Hills Of Death - the return up Lindfield & Weroona Aves. The reverse of the ride in. |
HTFU |
Rule 5 (http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/) |
KOM |
The snow tinged slopes of Scaramanga aka Naremburn Bike Path |
KPR |
Kissing Point Road |
LD |
Luton's Driveway - the return up the Pacific Highway from Clanville Rd, Roseville |
LM |
Life Members (Half a dozen senior members who are not old enough to be SMs) |
MAMIL |
Middle Aged Men In Lycra |
MM |
The Marshmallow Route (OTP) on Fridays only |
MML |
The Magnificent Madame Lash (unfortunately no longer gracing Café Bullet on Fridays |
MTB |
A distrubing sub-cult of ER's known to deviate occassionally from the OTP |
OAFATSR |
Only As Fast As The Slowest Rider - the standard ER pace |
OHC |
Our Humble Correspondent (refer BT) |
OMFG |
Refer Chippo |
OTB |
Over The Bars - something that seems to happen regularly to MTB ER's |
OTP |
The One True Path (the regular route from Gordon to the city) |
RR |
Rabbit Run (refer Route Guide) |
RR |
Rhodes Roubaix (refer Route Guide) |
RTG |
Ravi The Grate |
SBW |
Second Best Way (to start the day) |
SHB |
Shaggy Haired Bullet |
SHB |
Sydney Harbour Bridge |
SHBN |
Sydney Harbour Bridge North bike ramp entry |
SHBS |
Sydney Harbour Bridge South bike ramp entry |
SM |
Senior Members |
SOL |
Satellite Of Love (aka Satnav) who looks after the rear of the peloton |
TSS |
The Thornleigh Speedshop, proprietor D. Browne |
TTL |
Tea Trolley Lady aka Time Trial Ledgend aka Contador |
UB |
aka Rezonna |
VD |
Van Diemen |
WH |
West Head |
WTF |
What/Where/Whom The ..you figure it out |
YHC |
Your Humble Correspondent (refer BT) |