Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Car Up!

From the latest Adventure Cycling Association newsletter, Bike Bits:
"Your reference to 'Car back!' in the last Bike Bits [Vol. 8 No. 19] reminds me of how strange that sounded when I rode for the first time with a bunch of Americans on this year's TransAm ... In Britain, it's [more typically] 'Oil up!' or 'Oil down!' (up being a car coming up from behind, down being one bearing down on you). France, where I live, has nothing that exciting. Here, the lads just shout 'Voiture!' (Car!) What, I wonder, do they shout in Canada, in Germany, Mexico, and Brazil?"
-- Les Woodland, Puymirol, France

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Car Up!

From the latest Adventure Cycling Association newsletter, Bike Bits:
"Your reference to 'Car back!' in the last Bike Bits [Vol. 8 No. 19] reminds me of how strange that sounded when I rode for the first time with a bunch of Americans on this year's TransAm ... In Britain, it's [more typically] 'Oil up!' or 'Oil down!' (up being a car coming up from behind, down being one bearing down on you). France, where I live, has nothing that exciting. Here, the lads just shout 'Voiture!' (Car!) What, I wonder, do they shout in Canada, in Germany, Mexico, and Brazil?"
-- Les Woodland, Puymirol, France

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