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12:10 Jul 1, 2020 |
French to English translations [Non-PRO] Sports / Fitness / Recreation / describing steering of a bike | |||||||
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3 +2 | by leaning right into /right over in/ the corners |
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by leaning right into /right over in/ the corners Explanation: It's difficult to translate biker terms to someone riding a cycle, however bizarre that cycle is. Although I rode cycles a lot in my youth, I switched to motor-racing in my twenties so I have more of that jargon. "Arête" doesn't seem clearly defined for tyre use -- sometimes referring to the wear indicator and other times to the shoulder blocks. Here, it would be referring to the shoulder. But I can't say I've come across (motor)bikers talking about "using the shoulder of the tyre". This is a partly useful bilingual link for the two terms though: https://blobs.generaltire-tyres.com/www8/servlet/blob/301589... Other phrases that instantly come to mind are: getting your knee on the ground (but do cyclists do that?) going for maximum lean grinding a peg on the ground (I guess that would be a pedal for a cyclist) getting sparks off a peg This glossary is good for motorbike texts: https://www.superbike-coach.com/coachs-blog/glossary-of-our-... |
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