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Catchword for “DF”
Catchword: DF
Filed Under: ,
Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: With all the name-calling that has gone on between recumbent riders and regular cyclists, it’s clear the recumbents have better nicknames.… The regular bike cyclists, on the other hand, call themselves “DF” or “Diamond Frame” cyclists. Or sometimes “Uprights.”
Article or Document Title:
“Bents and Nonbents” (URL)
Author:
Jeff Kunerth
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Orlando Sentinel
Publishing Location:
Florida
Date of Publication:
Dec. 10, 2007
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