Relax, folks, there are appropriate terms to describe such improvisation. "Jury-rigged" suggests improvisation in an emergency, as does "MacGyvered." "Jerry-built" signifies "very shoddily constructed." The two are often conflated to "Jerry-rigged," which means organized or constructed in a crude or improvised manner. Now go ride and improvise, everybody.
On Sunday, April 20, 2014 11:55:36 AM UTC-4, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery wrote: > > The term "ghetto" is used by many as a coded racial term. In any case, the > word's history is not exactly positive for various groups of oppressed > people who've been relegated to living in ghettos. For us to use it as a > term for any improvised or haphazard mechanical solution on our expensive > bicycles is insensitive at best. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
