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old timey slang

Hey all, back in the day, when you were a kid, what did you call it when you gave a friend a ride on your bike? My friend called it doubling. Another called it bumping. What did you call it.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Lloyd on September 13, 2013 at 6:36am

A "crossbar", as they were sitting on what we used to call the crossbar - the top tube ...

Permalink Reply by Davo on September 13, 2013 at 11:23am

This all seems durty ;P

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on September 13, 2013 at 11:25am

I could swear it used to be referred to as riding "dutch."

Permalink Reply by Michael J Blane on September 13, 2013 at 12:08pm

We usually called it: giving a friend a ride.

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