This is 'a hub of Copenhageners'.
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
We played a game over at Cycle Chic a while back and I fancied reviving it.
What words can we come up with for bicycles and bicycle culture? Let's write the dictionary, shall we?
Here's what we came up with:
Val - The King of Kargo Bikes in Seattle:
- 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 upright bikes
- A load of Xtra cycles
- An insecurity of helmets [;-)]
- An elevation of high-heeled Copenhagen fashionistas
- A fold of Bromptons
Jason proposed 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 tread of mountain bikes
- A convoy of commuter cyclists
- A union of unicycles
Steve proposes:
- A bank of velodrome bikes.
Get thinking. Add yours to the comments.
21 thinking out louds:
In SF we often call a group a "fixie of hipsters.'
Uh...whatever happened to good ol' peloton?
the word 'pelaton' was lonely. plus it's a racing term and has little to do with regular people on regular bikes.
plus it's fun this.
A chic of cyclists?
a revelation of radlers
A rally of roadsters (as in old Raleigh bikes).
An "elegance of Pedersen riders"
Sorry to be the pedant, but it's actually a mob of kangaroos, not a troop.
In that case, we're just going to have to be a "mob of Melbourne cyclists" :-)
Continuing with the bicycle part theme:
Helmet of hotheads
Chain of chicsters
Spoke of gliders
Bearing of wanderers
Handlebar of merry mounts
Fork of farthings
(Quick) Release of rollers
Braze (on) of glissandos
brilliant! thanks!
although both a mob and a troop of kangaroos is acceptable.
Here's a list of collective nouns that features both words.
a cringe of folding bikes
a topple of training wheel toodler bikes
a battery of electric bikes
"A World of Cyclists" - maybe not a collective noun but the concept makes me happy! :D
I think 'A stretch of road cyclists' works, describes both the road and the lycra :)
All right , maybe one more - how about "a pit of cyclocrossers"? Val
An oratory of Bromptons?
A roll of bicycles; for those with the backpedal brakes
A flashride of London commuters
A meander of hire bikes
A whirr of three-speeds
...A pannier of shoppers?
The group gathered around somebody fixing a puncture is a 'consultation of cyclists'.
In a (blog post last year I suggested a few including...
pulse of paramedics
lockup of Dawes
assembly of Airnimals
...there must be many more!
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