12 August 2008
A Hub of Copenhagen Cyclists
We coined this phrase a while back, for fun. There is a long line of interesting names for animal flocks in English like:
- A leash of greyhounds
- A gaggle of geese
- An exaltation of larks
- A shrewdness of apes
- A troop of kangaroos
- A parliament of owls
- A siege of herons
- A crash of rhinoceri
Val - The King of Kargo Bikes in Seattle - and I played a little game in the comments about what else we could come up with.
He brought two great ones to the table:
- A pallet of cargo bikes
- A lounge of recumbents
I came up with:
- A cove of beach cruisers
- A sweat of racing bikes
- A posture of Dutch/Danish bikes
- A load of Xtra cycles
Let's play! Any other amusing ideas? Post a comment. Ooh! I have one!
- A elevation of high-heeled Copenhagen cyclists...
UPDATE!
This just in on the comments page:
Jason brilliantly proposes these:
A tower of tall bikes
A cog of fixed gear bikes
A trick of BMXers
A basket of townies
A cubby of folding bikes
A tred of mountain bikes
A convoy on commuter bikes
A union of unicycles
Steve proposes:
A bank of velodrome bikes.
Keep them coming!
MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE CYCLE CHIC:
A warm morning smile at the photographer chap taking photos/filming footage of the rush hour.
Are you exceptionally slow if a violin player overtakes you? Perhaps. Do you care? Unlikely.
How about:
ReplyDeleteA tower of tall bikes
A cog of fixed gear bikes
A trick of BMXers
A basket of townies
A cubby of folding bikes
A tred of mountain bikes
A convoy on commuter bikes
A union of unicycles
Love your site BTW.
Basket(s) full
ReplyDeleteA bank of velodrome bikes?
ReplyDeleteA bank! Ha, I was tring to think of one for track bikes. Good one.
ReplyDeleteI love 'em! But the only one I'd like to change would be...
ReplyDeleteA dune of beach cruisers
or (thanks to a thesaurus)
A crinkle/crease/collapse (pick one) of folding bikes
I was in a might crinkle of folding bikes this past May in NYC's "Folds Up" bicycle ride!
A huddle of hybrids
ReplyDeleteA rash of roadies
A melee of mountain bikes
A paraphernalia of tandems
A trundle of trailer bikes
Oh, all right; how about:
ReplyDeleteA huck of freeriders
A shuttle of downhillers
A runup of cyclocrossers
or is that
A splatter of cyclocrossers?
Maybe some 'crosser out there can decide. Val
i love a bank of velodromes.
ReplyDeletehaha... all very cool.
ReplyDeletea pull of bike trailers
a wobble of cycling toddlers
a double of tandems
a follow of keirins
an intensity of time trialists
A mudbath of mountain bikes. At least here in the UK
ReplyDeleteI know that you would! Please keep on sharing your life and times with us, you are the quintessential girly-girl role model!
ReplyDeleteCruiser Bikes