Hey all, I’ve seen these pop up a couple of time:
Gam
UPD
What do they mean? Thanks
Gam: circa 1940’s (U.S.) slang for leg. The UK version is substantially more lewd.
UPD: unplanned dismount.
Re: Please define: Gam, UPD
Hi,
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:07:52 -0500 harper
<harper.3a1bb@timelimit.unicyclist.com> writes:
> UPD: unplanned dismount.
Does anyone know who coined this?
Other favorite slang words of mine are:
muni- duh, mountain unicycling. A trademark of Pashley Cycles of England.
Credited to Duncan Castling?
shindentations- what happens when you fall without leg armor and with
most pedals (other than rubber). I first heard it on the newsgroup from
Sarah Miller?
Jeff T.
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Re: Re: Please define: Gam, UPD
I think David Stone was the progenitor of the much used UPD. Rolls off the toung, I think. Gotta go practice the Cossack now.
Christopher
RE: Please define: Gam, UPD
> muni- duh, mountain unicycling. A trademark of Pashley Cycles
> of England. Credited to Duncan Castling?
Correct.
> shindentations- what happens when you fall without leg armor and with
> most pedals (other than rubber). I first heard it on the
> newsgroup from Sarah Miller?
I think this one originated from Geoffrey Faraghan, and is found in my
(unfinished) Glossary of Mountain Unicycling Terminology.
Stay on top,
John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
jfoss@unicycling.com
“I am never riding the wrong way on a busy street again, esp. when on the
phone.” - David Stone, on survival
Re: Re: Please define: Gam, UPD
Shinburger- like shindentations only a lot more bloody.
Or so I’m told. 
-C-
Re: Re: Re: Please define: Gam, UPD
hehe, you don’t know how right you are.
There is a pedal called the Shinburger made by a bike company called Brooklyn Machine Works. Take a look at the pedal, it would be nasty on the shins.
<http://www.brooklynmachineworks.com/parts/shinburger.htm>
In a pinch they can open a beer bottle
<http://www.brooklynmachineworks.com/parts/images/shinburger_beer.jpg>
Ouch! He really should have worn leg armour.
<http://www.brooklynmachineworks.com/parts/images/shin_damage1.jpg>
john_childs
shinburgerz
yikes,looks painful.it would be cool to have been there and poured salt in that beauty.
Those Shinburgers look intimidating… I wonder about that bar across the center, though… anybody riding these? Might need a pair…
Christopher
“Those Shinburgers look intimidating… I wonder about that bar across the center, though… anybody riding these? Might need a pair…”
Uhhhh…Ok, Rhysling. Just send us some pics once you pedal whip yourself with one of those things.