Brush Up On Your Mountain Bike Lingo
Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast
Singletracks.com
4.7 • 574 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2018
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
For those outside the sport, it might seem like mountain bikers speak another language. Even new riders may find themselves nodding along in a conversation, not knowing exactly what’s being said. Whether you’re a noob trying to break the code or an old-timer looking to brush up on the latest lingo, this podcast should get you up to speed.
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| 0:34.1 | Hey, everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast. My name is Jeff, and today Aaron and Greg and I are going to be talking about mountain bike vocabulary. |
| 0:43.9 | So whether you're a noob just getting into the flow of MTV or a weekend warrior capable of shredding sick lines on the reg, |
| 0:52.2 | mountain bike vocabulary can get tricky. |
| 0:54.9 | Not to worry, though. |
| 0:56.0 | Today we're going to discuss some of the insider terms that everyone should know |
| 0:59.6 | before going OTB. |
| 1:02.5 | So let's start off with some really general terms and acronyms too, |
| 1:08.1 | because those can get tricky as well. |
| 1:10.2 | So one of the ones that we use a lot, a lot of people use is MTV to stand for mountain biking. |
| 1:17.3 | Isn't that a little weird to you guys that MTV is? |
| 1:19.9 | It's like two words, right? |
| 1:21.5 | But there's three letters. |
| 1:23.3 | Yeah, and there's no N in there either. |
| 1:25.0 | Right. |
| 1:25.9 | So yeah, it doesn't really, just looking at it doesn't exactly, like, flow off the tongue like some other acronyms. But, you know, I suppose MT is a pretty common abbreviation for Mountain, and then you just tack the B on the end there. Yeah, I guess so. But yeah, it's always capitalized. There's never like a lowercase T. |
| 1:51.5 | Funny thing, too, is in the really early days, there was another acronym sort of competing, which was, what was it? |
| 1:52.4 | ATB. |
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