bike-whack

v. to ride a bicycle on rough terrain without paths. Also as noun. Subjects: English, Sports & Recreation, Slang

Etymological Note: From bike + bushwack.

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Citations: *2000 [A.J. (Adam Pastula)] Adventure-Geek.com (Colorado) (Mar. 11) “Odyssey Adventure Race 3/11/2000”: We chose to take a gamble and take an old logging road deep into the forest, then bushwhack up the steep hillside to reach the Parkway.…After about a mile and a half uphill walk/ride up past a cemetery, we entered the woods again and bike-whacked for about a mile until we reached an old hiking trail that wasn’t on the map. 2003 Raid the North (May 3-4) “Hope Launches Western Canada Adventure Racing Season”: “Bike-wack"…The competitors trekked through the trees to the second CP, another 12 km’s away, picked up their bikes at this remote drop point and mountain biked onward. 2003 John Yip @ Canada Runningfree.com (July 17-26) “Eco-Challenge North American Championships”: The trail we proceeded down was overgrown and required us to hike-a-bike / bikewhack a bit. This section made me think of a similar trail in a race. 2004 [birch] @ Michigan Thebackpacker.com (May 9) “Adventure Race Report (dhutch&birch;)”: Hit CP6 withouyt a hitch and headed to CP7 then a “bike whack” that would take us across a river and through a dense woods.…Most teams would back track the whole bike whack. We took roads. 2005 John Yip MyNextRace.com (Mar. 8) “Primal Quest Race Report: Day 3 – Bike-Whack from hell”: A straight bike-whack down through steep and unforgiving terrain. We lost our only odometer, a niterider battery pack, and I broke a spoke. It was nasty stuff.….We bikewhacked again and found no bridge. *2006 TrailBlazer Adventure Racing Club (Aug. 1) “Midnight Rush”: Traveling off trail with your bike (bike whacking). 2007 Shawn Wenger Kamloops This Week (British Columbia, Canada) (July 29) “A Golden time with very little sleep”: Unfortunately, water levels created a washout that changed the face of that trail and left us what is affectionately known as “bike-wacking.” This is similar to “bush-wacking,” but involves not only trying to drag oneself through thick branches and undergrowth, but also an unruly bike in a constant tangle with said undergrowth.

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