Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
niveau de confort dans la conduite
English translation:
easy to ride
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Philippa Smith
Feb 21, 2020 12:36
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French term
niveau de confort dans la conduite
French to English
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
cycling
This is intended for a wide readership (not just bike enthusiasts), so doesn't have to be technical. Are we just talking about a "smooth ride" here? A guy has designed a cruiser bike with 36" wheels:
Les grandes roues offrent un meilleur rendement et il voulait démontrer qu’il était possible d’atteindre un même niveau de confort dans la conduite qu’avec un vélo traditionnel.
Les grandes roues offrent un meilleur rendement et il voulait démontrer qu’il était possible d’atteindre un même niveau de confort dans la conduite qu’avec un vélo traditionnel.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | as easy to ride |
Philippa Smith
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| 5 +2 | riding comfort |
Vittorio Ferretti
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References
| Bicycle tyres |
Wolf Draeger
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Change log
Feb 25, 2020 20:19: Philippa Smith Created KOG entry
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Comment: "Just heard back from the author and he did actually mean a smooth ride ;-) This comes closest, as "comfort" is too ambiguous for me (I tend to think it refers to how comfortable the seat is). Thanks, everyone."
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Vittorio Ferretti
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riding comfort
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Peer comment(s):
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writeaway
: very convincing refs to back 100% confidence. And I don't think that a literal translation of confort works in this case
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| agree |
philgoddard
: You don't need references for something like this.
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| agree |
B D Finch
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Reference comments
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Reference:
Bicycle tyres
If I've got it right, the bigger the tyre, the better the traction and thus handling, so perhaps conduite rather refers to steering, given that bigger wheels are usually harder to steer.
Sounds like those are balloon or fat tyres:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_tire#Balloon_tires
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser_bicycle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatbike
Sounds like those are balloon or fat tyres:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_tire#Balloon_tires
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiser_bicycle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatbike
Discussion
I think this means the larger wheels don't affect the 'driveability' (don't know what you call that for a push-bike!).