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> > Got to thinking about some of the old bike lingo.
> > This is one I remember from when I was a kid back in the '30's.
> > It was used through the fifties, and slowly died out with the new age
> > riders.
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> > Yo-yo-yo-yo-yo.
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> > Ted,
"Yo" was the term that replaced "present" during roll calls in the U.S. Cavalry during the invasion of Mexico in the late 1840's, "yo" being Spanish for I. Many early cycling clubs styled themselves after military units in the late 19th Century with uniforms and buglers. They maintained the tradition and it transferred over as some of their members became professional track racers. I'll venture a guess that it was the term used by riders as their names were called out prior to beginning a Six Day.
Craig "I think I'll have another beer to boot" Montgomery Tucson