Auger (verb) To dig in, to grind one's face into the dirt.
Basic Mudwifery™ Knowledge of the rudiments of trailside repair.
Betty (noun) A woman who rides a bike. Men sometimes try to use the term derogatorily, women keep appropriating it and making it their own.
Bonk (verb) To run out of energy usually by skipping breakfast.
Bogu'ing the good line (verb phrase) When a lesser rider hogs the sweet spot on the trail, refusing to let you-obviously the better rider-by.Comes from "bogus", and "bogue"-anything immoral, wrong, mean.
Derby (noun) To ride around in a circle with a beer in one hand,steering with the other, trying to knock your friends off their bikes. Classic game of destruction and good times. A game initiated by the Koski brothers of Marin County, whose parents owned a bike shop.
Drop In (verb) To turn onto to a little used single track. Best,if you don't know the way, to let your friend drop in ahead of you, or you'll miss the turn.
Fat Tire Finishing School™ A long course in mountain biking for women who love mud too much TM led by Jacquie PhelanTM.
Fathead (noun) One who adores fat tire bikes, and rides them.
Gank (verb) To ruin, or break. "I ganked my derailleur when that stick flew into it and I kept pedaling."
Mountain Manners™ The common sense outdoor propriety that might have been passed on by parents in former generations, but is now lovingly handed down from old fat heads to young ones.
Mud pup (noun) Famous cartoon character, a bicycle that took its owner for rides. Nowadays, any devotee of the dirt.
New Paradigm (noun) A perfect trail. Named for the tragically terminated, secretly built and long-enjoyed single track on Pine Mtn, Marin County.
Single track (noun) To officials, any trail a truck cannot chase bikers on. To experienced cyclists, a trail with a tread 12" or less, preferably contouring, so it's rideable in both directions.
Schwag (noun) Promotional material given (i.e. "free") to professional racers, i.e. umbrella with Shimano logos, tea towel with WOMBATS on it,national team uniform. Usually incredibly ugly (if it is already in your possession) but highly desirable if seen on another rider.
Taco (verb) To fold a wheel in half (by mistake!) "She taco'd her wheel when she hit that rock".
Technogeek (noun) Anyone who follows metal fashion trends, usually has no engineering background.
WOMBAT (noun) Australian marsupial 2. Usually slow-moving female cyclist of the off road persuasion, often seen sipping tea on south-facing slopes. Shares with others whatever she's got: her food, her patch kit,pump, even her meager know-how. Patronizing attitude conspicuously lacking.
WOMBADGE (noun) Tres cool patch for your fanny pack. Six different designs available.
