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3x100+84 refers to an inline skate frame which accommodates three 100mm (millimeter) wheels in the front and two back wheel positions, with an 84mm wheel in the second to front position; generally these frames have the same length as a 5x80 frame at 12.8 inches. This design also allows the frame height to be similar to that of a 5x84 frame, as the 84mm wheel is under the front mounting bolt on the boot.

4x100 refers to an inline skate frame which accommodates four 100mm (millimeter) wheels, generally with a length of 12.8 to 13.3 inches; frames based on 7.5" spacing between the two bolts that mount the frame to the boot are generally lower in height than those based on the older 6.5" spacing. Some manufacturers are experimenting with 3-bolt and other proprietary mounting systems.

5x80 refers to an inline skate frame which accommodates five 80mm (millimeter) wheels, generally with a length of 12.8 inches.

5x84 refers to an inline skate frame which accommodates five 84mm (millimeter) wheels, generally with a length of about 13.3 to 13.5 inches.

Athens to Atlanta Roadskate. The 87-mile roadskate from the Classic Center in Athens, GA to Piedmont Park in Atlanta, GA. 38-mile option informally called Athens to Dacula (a2d). A 52-mile option has been available some years, finishing in Atlanta. See a2a.net, athenstoatlanta.com and roadskater.net/index.htm.

ATL is the airport code for Atlanta, Georgia in the United States.

Bicycling in Greensboro is a group of citizens hoping to encourage bicycling and other forms of human powered transportation in Greensboro as options for communting and recreation.

1) The airport abbreviation for Charlotte, NC; 2) The 33-mile Chief Ladiga trail from Anniston, AL to the Georgia line via Piedmont, AL, that will join with the Silver Comet Trail to form a 90-mile paved trail.

Refers to maps.google.com and the maps created there and at other sites using the google maps engine, like gmap-pedometer.com. One of the notable sites we use here to share routes is gmap-pedometer.com, which makes it easy to click your route, learn the distances, save to a permalink and post the link here. Easy that is, if you're not skating in a new place where the satellite photos haven't been updated to track the devastation of the landscape.

GPS refers to the Global Positioning System of satellites which use atomic clocks accurate to the nanosecond to transmit signals to GPS receivers (also called gps or gpsr), which can provide accuracy to within 10 feet or so in the x and y direction, and approximately 15 feet in the z (altitude) direction. Some GPS receivers have barometric correction for improving altitude measurements.

GSO is the code for the Greensboro NC airport, also called PTIA on higway signs, for Piedmont Triad International Airport. New construction is underway for an additional airstrip to accommodate a FedEx hub, making Greensboro an even more important shipping center, already being a hub for the US Postal Service and United Parcel Service. GSO is also the abbreviation the post office uses to designate Greensboro NC many places, including inter-hub mail trucks.

Greensboro Velo Club is a great racing team and recreational road cycling club. See greensborovelo.com for more info.

The GWB is the George Washington Bridge, which joins New Jersey with New York in upper Manhattan. Walking, skating and cycling are allowed on the southern side of the east-west (roughly) running bridge. Take care when descending the spiraling downramp on skates when arriving in Manhattan, as braking can be difficult and sectional handrails can injure your hands if grabbed at high speeds. :o) Empire Skate Club runs a famous ice cream skate sometimes on Tuesday nights over the GWB to Jersey (the New one) for frozen treats. See empireskate.org for all matters regarding skating in New York, and see roadskater.net/index.htm for photos.

A heart rate monitor typically consists of a strap worn around the chest to transmit heart signals and a watch-based receiver to display the heartrate, time, and sometimes altitude and other information. Some complex hrm systems include infrared signal transfer to personal computers for logging workouts, and some incorporate bicycle speed, cadence and power statistics.

The now defunct International Inline Skating Association.

InlineNC is a free email group on yahoogroups.com based in North Carolina but about skating everywhere and for skaters everywhere, dedicated to providing a place for respectful discussion of inline skating, quad skating, roadskating and related topics. The groups is private to members and thus not internet searchable; the new Roadskater.net is open and internet searchable but with membership required to contribute content.

LSD is used most often in sports to mean Long Slow Distance, is a type of training emphasizing low heartrates and aerobic conditioning. LSD is often used early in the season for "base" training, but it can be all the training some people do if their goals are mostly for basic health or for events where endurance is essential.

MS is thought to be an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS): the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Fatty tissue called myelin, surrounds and protects the nerve fibres, helping them conduct electrical impulses. Lost myelin produces multiple scleroses (scars) and can result in damage to nerves. Myelin facilitates nerve function and when either is damaged, signals to the brain can be disrupted, producing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. MS occurs more frequently in women and often onset occurs between 20 and 40 years of age, but can start at any age. See nmss.org.

North Carolina Active Transportation Alliance (NCActive.org)

A NMP is a National Military Park, a special kind of National Park administered by the National Park Service to commemorate locations of key battles in US history. Guilford Courthouse Battleground Park in Greensboro, NC is a National Military Park.

The US National Park Service, a section of the Department of the Interior, which administers government lands.

NYC stands for New York City in the State of New York in the USA. NYC has five boroughs: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Roosevelt Island and Governor's Island are considered part of Manhattan borough. Of the great skate and bike loops, Central Park is located in Manhattan, and Prospect Park is in Brooklyn.

The New York Times.

RDU is the code for the Raleigh-Durham NC airport and is used as a general abbreviation for the Triangle (or Research Triangle) area, including Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park, Cary and nearby cities.

RSN stands for Roadskater.net here at least, the original 15,000 photos of things observed while roadskating or around roadskaters, roadskater.net/index.htm, and this new incarnation, roadskater.net/index.php, or RSN2.com. Roadskater.net also is a team of skaters and cyclists who exercise while raising funds and contributing to charity.

RSN2.com is the shorthand for the new Roadskater.net, which will one day incorporate the Roadskater.net classic site of 15,000 photos at roadskater.net/index.htm.

The Silver Comet Trail, near Smyrna, Georgia, 0 mile behind Nickajack School off Cooper Lake Road near Atlanta. 42 miles are paved at this point (if you include the 1.2 mile extension eastward), eventually roughly 60 miles to the Alabama line, to join with the 33-mile Chief Ladiga trail to make a 90-mile paved trail.

Search Engine Optimization is the effort to create content that is well-ranked in search engines in an effort to draw more readers. Here, SEO means helping people find what is here as easily as possible, including your great postings, so they can join us for skating, cycling, charity and more.

A skride is a bike ride that allows skating, or a skate event that allows cyclists. Tour to Tanglewood training rides are skrides.

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Tour to Tanglewood, the 2-day 90+-mile bike ride and skate for charity (the MS Society) from Greensboro, NC to Clemmons, NC and back the next day. See ncc.nmss.org, tourtotanglewood.com, and roadskater.net/index.htm.

The Tour de France.

The Triangle Skate Club in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area, now incorporating Cary, Apex and of course the Research Triangle Park. See triangleskateclub.com for more information, and check out their yahoogroups.com email list

TTT can mean either 1) Team Time Trial, a cycling event where teams compete in separate time trials using drafting and resource allocation tactics to produce the lowest team time, based on various schemes for determining team time; or 2) Tour to Tanglewood (usually referred on RSN as T2T to avoid confusion), the 2-day 90+-mile bike ride and skate for charity (the MS Society) from Greensboro, NC to Clemmons, NC and back the next day. See ncc.nmss.org, tourtotanglewood.com, and roadskater.net/index.htm.

The Wall Street Journal.

wx is a shorthand buzzword for "weather," particularly in the context of forecasting.