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  • January 11, 2016 at 11:35 pm #25232
    Leviathan

    So I was cruising past Old Trafford just singing/humming/mumbling to myself a classic Smith track Reel Around the Fountain:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxLFav1Z9EY

    Then I realized this should be a name for a great Strava segment. Very appropriate for Manchester. But where would the fountain be to set a lap around? Sadly there isn’t one. This is a great segment name without a route.

    I’ve seen most people are not very original or distinctive with their segment names, and he who creates chooses the name. Most are Road A to Road B, or Loop around town X. What are some of the best segment names you have found or created? 

    My best so far: An Irksome Climb, (pun intended)

    https://www.strava.com/segments/10950107

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  • January 12, 2016 at 2:50 pm #864791
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    seanorawe

    There is a segment on my

    There is a segment on my commute called Fingerbang Alley.

    https://www.strava.com/segments/4338142

    January 12, 2016 at 2:05 pm #864789
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    Zebulebu

    I’m quite fond of ‘Retard

    I’m quite fond of ‘Retard Alley’ on the A6 between Little Hulton and Walkden. Extremely accurate description.

    January 12, 2016 at 1:14 pm #864787
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    Daveyraveygravey

    Does what it says on the tin

    Does what it says on the tin – 

    https://www.strava.com/segments/4114182

    January 12, 2016 at 1:11 pm #864785
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    daccordimark

    I like “Zainab Badawi’s

    I like “Zainab Badawi’s Twenty Hotels” although the cultural significance/relevance to the piece of road is lost on me.

     

     

    January 12, 2016 at 11:15 am #864783
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    Zermattjohn

    A small climb past the

    A small climb past the sewerage works near Prestbury in Cheshire, in prime footballers wives and tv millionaire country, is called “Climb Past the Posh Poo Works”. I like that one.

    https://www.strava.com/segments/3861610

    January 12, 2016 at 10:59 am #864781
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    jdryan86@ymail.com

    I haven’t ridden this segment

    I haven’t ridden this segment but summed up nicely when you look at the route and name! https://www.strava.com/segments/9490302

    January 12, 2016 at 10:39 am #864779
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    Anonymous
    Simon E wrote:
    You could probably mine most Smiths/Morrisey songs for curious phrases.

    Most segments I’ve seen are what you might term ‘boring’ i.e. they describe the segment, which I’d say is rather useful. Unfortunately the ones I notice are the many that have crap spelling.

    In a  wealthy country with an infrastructure and education system that is the envy of many it seems that vast numbers of people can’t spell properly and want to make the rest of the world aware of this fact.

    And don’t get me started on the idiots who put ‘curb’ when they mean ‘kerb’ or ‘should of’ instead of ‘should have’.   no

    You should of kerbed your expectations.

    January 12, 2016 at 9:23 am #864777
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    Simon E

    You could probably mine most

    You could probably mine most Smiths/Morrisey songs for curious phrases.

    Most segments I’ve seen are what you might term ‘boring’ i.e. they describe the segment, which I’d say is rather useful. Unfortunately the ones I notice are the many that have crap spelling.

    In a  wealthy country with an infrastructure and education system that is the envy of many it seems that vast numbers of people can’t spell properly and want to make the rest of the world aware of this fact.

    And don’t get me started on the idiots who put ‘curb’ when they mean ‘kerb’ or ‘should of’ instead of ‘should have’.   no

    January 12, 2016 at 8:57 am #864775
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    crazy-legs

    As you go round Wandsworth

    As you go round Wandsworth one-way system there’s a segment called Gunning it on Armoury Way but whoever named the segment has rather ruined the title by adding “geddit?!” in brackets afterwards.

    January 12, 2016 at 8:40 am #864773
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    DaveE128

    Have come across quite a few
    Have come across quite a few witty ones before, but cant seem to recall any of them right now… What does stick in ny mind is the number of stupidly named segments along the lines of “last bit before home”. Do these people not realise that not all cyclists in the world live in their house?! đŸ™‚

    January 12, 2016 at 8:24 am #864771
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    DeeJayJay

    We have a local segment named

    We have a local segment named ‘Cow poo corner to Otford Lane’, near Westerham in Kent. It’s description is pretty much spot on unfortunately… 

    January 12, 2016 at 8:13 am #864769
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    Cumisky

    I quite enjoy ‘Faster than

    I quite enjoy ‘Faster than Metrolink’ in Prestwich, and have to wonder if Metrolink was having a bad day when it was named. ‘Then there is flat’ is also quite motivating.

     

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