Midweek Geek Quiz #14

MIDWEEK MTB GEEK QUIZ #14 
THE WHEELIE HARD ONE - Part 2
The winner will be selected at random from this week's entries

Welcome back to our Midweek MTB Geek Quiz. Because it's Christmas, and wheelies are so much fun, we've decided to make a part two.

Our resident scientist Victor Lucas has devled deeper into all things wheels.

This week Nukeproof have very kindly offered Elliott Heap's signed race jersey. We'll choose the winner at random so don't worry if your quiz score is below par.

Also, make sure to sign up to our Geek Mail newsletters to find out each time a new Geek Quiz launches and to get uber-geeky factoids and graphics each week. (These are launching soon... honest.)

Enjoy this week's quiz.

Welcome back to our Midweek MTB Geek Quiz. Because it's Christmas, and wheelies are so much fun, we've decided to make a part two.

Our resident scientist Victor Lucas has devled deeper into all things wheels.

This week Nukeproof have very kindly offered Elliott Heap's signed race jersey. We'll choose the winner at random so don't worry if your quiz score is below par.

Also, make sure to sign up to our Geek Mail newsletters to find out each time a new Geek Quiz launches and to get uber-geeky factoids and graphics each week. (These are launching soon... honest.)

Enjoy this week's quiz.

1. If a unicycle has 1 wheel, a bicycle has 2 wheels and a tricycle has three wheels, what would you call one with 5 wheels?
Another name for this bike is a Hen and Chicken Cycle
A badly designed car
A quinticycle
A pentacycle
Just wrong

2. The wheel was an amazing invention, that certainly changed the world. But it wasn’t until somebody came up with the pneumatic tyre that modern bicycles were made comfortable and really started to become popular. But who came up with it?

Charles Goodyear
Robert William Thomson
The Michelin brothers
Henry Ford

3. We couldn't have a Wheelie quiz and not mention Wyn Masters and #wynswheeliewednesday. So where did he wheelie on Wednesday 16th December 2020?

Berlin, Germany
Rotorua, New Zealand
Bristol, England
Innsbruck, Austria
4. Bikestormz is a biannual ride out that has helped to create opportunity, a community and encourages young people to put 'Knives Down, Bikes Up'. Where are they based?
New York, USA
London, UK
Ontario, Canada
Paris, France
5. A couple of years ago, Shimano introduced a new freehub design called Micro Spline. Which of these is correct?
It works with Shimano Cassettes that have a 10-tooth sprocket
It has smaller teeth to make it quieter
11-speed HG cassettes work fine on a Micro Spine freehub
It's designed for e-bikes
6. How many wheels were off the ground in the covershots of our 2019 books Hurly Burly and The World Stage?
None
One
Two
Three
7. Which Maxxis tyre did Troy Brosnan help design?
Assegai
Dissector
Shorty
Dictator

8. Two-cross, three-cross, four-cross… what do these terms all refer to?

A new UCI race format to be introduced next year, a mix to four-cross & dual slalom
The spoke pattern when building a wheel
Types of hot-cross-bun traditionally baked in Scotland
Trail difficulty ratings at Bike Park Wales
What's the name of Specialized's new super grippy rubber compound, used in their DH tyres?
T9
T1
T800
TB-303
 
10. Who was the last elite male to win a UCI DH World Cup on 26 inch wheels?
Josh Bryceland
Aaron Gwin
Loic Bruni
Danny Hart
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