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Crank Brothers New Quattro Road Pedal Contest!
New Road Pedal from Crank Brothers!
Introducing Crank Brothers' new road pedal, the Quattro SL, available August, 2004.

Designed for competitive road racing, the Quattro is a combination of form, strength and precision. Key features of the design include:

    »Light system weight
      (363g per pair with the cleats)
    »Great cleat/pedal contact area
    »Adjustable cleat position
    »Narrow Q-factor
    »Tight cornering clearance
    »Smooth rotational precision
    »Dependable entry and exit
    »Great cleat retention during sprints

CALLING ALL CREATIVE TOUR FANS!!: You follow the Tour de France, you know all about it: the riders, the history, the famous climbs, who's on what team...

HOW TO WIN!!
Now tell us the OTHER lesser-known meanings of some famous subjects of the tour. We will pick the top 5 entries to win a pair of Quattro pedals. Big points for creativity and absurdity.
(Must be a US or Canadian Resident, 18 years or older.)

GRAND PRIZE: A Free Set of the Brand New Crank Brothers Quattro Road Pedals!
We are giving away 5 pairs!

CONTEST ENDED: Winners will be announced soon.

   Name   
   Email   

   1. Lance (example: boil remedy)   
   2. Jan        
   3. Mayo     
   4. Yellow Jersey  
   5. Sprint   
   6. OLN       
   7. Cobblestones    
   8. Musette Bag      
   9. Peloton     
   10. Ventoux  
A few choice gems that we've received so far:
Lance:

Fashion hybrid of leotards and pants (Stef B.)
A pointy stick that wins bike races in France (Jay K.)
A big spear for Jan (Bill C.)
Acronym: Lucky American Nearing Critical Event (Andy K.)
USPS's 'knight'-stick (Evan K.)
Mr. Crow (Jason H.)
Spanish word for contact lenses: lance. Ay, Dios! I lost my lance en el piso. (Joe B.)
Porn star name (Jonathan Z.)
A just discovered planet at the outer edge of our solar system (Marco D.)
French word for small picnic invading creatures (Tim A.)
The Marsha of the peloton (Itamar H.)
Jan:

The husband/wife of Pat (Stef B.)
Bride's Maid (Stephen H.)
A high energy food often found in a tour riders after-race diet sometimes served with toast or peanut butter (Bret M.)
Irradiates testicles in hopes of winning tour (Jim P.)
The first month, but second place finisher (Jay K.)
One who loves to eat French Fries (Semme D.)
Month when Ulrigh reaches personal ideal weight of 200 lbs. (Brian M.)
German for "second" (Chris Y.)
What Europeans do when they're sleepy. (Matthew G.)
Derived from the Swahili word Janergobombobko, this is roughly translated to mean "close, but no cigar". (David G.)
Always number two, behind Marsha (Itamar H.)
Mayo:

Rapper born in the 5th month "May, Yo" (Stef B.)
Naise (Stephen H.)
The part of the salad dressing that rolls uphill (Jay K.)
Month after AprilO (Vaughn A.)
Left in the sun will give you the runs (John S.)
Month when Ulrich reaches tour weight of 150 lbs. (Brian M.)
Harry Belafonte's B-side to Dayo (Mark F.)
Yellow Jersey:

Something Germans wear while eating sausages so as not to stain their good shirts with mustard and sauerkraut (Tom A.)
A frightened cow (Stef B.)
Color of the jersey of the domestique immediately behind the star rider when he pees from the saddle (Chris H.)
New Jersey, late fall (Jay K.)
The Garden State during a drought (Bill C.)
Fashion Faux Pax Before July (Mat T.)
Brown Shorts (Martin S.)
Result of when drunks mistake the laundry hamper for the toilet (Matthew C.)
When da leave toin yella, it's fall pal. (Matthew N.)
Soprano terror level (John O.)
Sprint:

Society of People who Revere Iniquitous Nuns and Transvestites (Stef B.)
Japanese broken bone support (Jay K.)
Time of the ride where everybody leaves me (Vaughn A.)
Worst cell phone service (John S.)
What David Millar should have done when he saw the French police enter that restaurant (Scott V.)
The movement towards a restroom after eating at White Castle (Adam H.)
You can't get a signal in the Alps either (Andy K.)
Temporary fix for a bloken arm. (Mark E.)
Kept Murphy Brown from early retirement (Maryann S.)
Device used to fix broken bones in Japan (Joe B.)
Part of a ride immediately preceeding "bonk" (Matthew G.)
What to do if your date's father is cleaning his shotgun (Tim A.)
I have nothing funny to offer here (David G.)
�is what Sam the Butcher does when bringing Alice the meat (Itamar H.)
OLN:

Office of Lipreading Nymphomaniacs (Stef B.)
Outdoor Lance Network, of course (Bill C.)
Why TV exists (Bill C.)
ONLy place to watch (Benjamin R.)
Oh, Lance is oN (Adam H.)
The Otherwise Lame Network (Daniel S.)
Omigosh racing tv stol my Life Network (Mark E.)
Bobke TV (David L.)
Origami Live Network: broadcasts creative paper folding 24 hours a day (Roy M.)
Obsessed with Lassoes Network featuring endless rodeo coverage (Joe B.)
Vast right-wing cycling conspiracy (Matthew G.)
Our Livelihood is Nike (Craig P.)
Charitable organization charged with the care and feeding of Bob Roll (Sean O.)
Oxygen�Lots Needed� (Trevor K.)
Abbreviation for short lived NBC reality TV show "Of Love of Nudity" this show cancelled after only 1 episode in which a 354lb woman was seen test driving a Geo Metro naked (David G.)
The Network most likely to be purchased by Discovery communications not that Lance's Team has a new sponsor (Steve H.)
Cobblestones:

Pinnochios testicles (Stef B.)
Musette Bag:

The wife of a musette (Stef B.)
Peloton:

An anti-depressant that also grows hair (Stef B.)
Ventoux:

A poor man's "Vauxhall", made in France (Stef B.)
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