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What do you call it when someone gives you a lift on their bike?

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EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 14/12/2019 18:27

I was talking to a colleague the other day about what we were doing for Christmas, and he said he was heading off early because he had to go and collect his mum from the airport. He cycles everywhere, so I jokingly said "Are you going to give her a croggy?" He had no idea what I was talking about, and after I had hurriedly explained what it was, i.e. not a euphemism for something dodgy, he said "Oh, you mean a backie". I had never heard of that term - but a quick straw poll round the office revealed that everyone else called it a backie as well. We're all from various parts of Yorkshire, for reference, but I am the only one from North Yorkshire...

I am sure I haven't invented the term croggy, so I'm wondering if it's one of those regional oddities where only people from one specific town say it.

Where do you stand on the backie/croggy issue, and where did you grow up?

OP posts:
Santasy · 15/12/2019 01:00

A crossbar!

Kbear · 15/12/2019 01:03

A saddler - SE London

girlofthenorth · 15/12/2019 01:08

Croggy! But everyone else I know in the north calls it a backie

AreWeAnywhereNear · 15/12/2019 01:20

Croggy - North Yorkshire

Nicolastuffedone · 15/12/2019 06:29

Backy

Fozzleyplum · 15/12/2019 06:33

Croggy- East Midlands

Fozzleyplum · 15/12/2019 06:35

DH says pag - he's from Grimsby.

emmy4 · 15/12/2019 06:36

A tan. North East

brainstormer123 · 15/12/2019 06:39

Croggy. East Yorkshire here Wink

user1483387154 · 15/12/2019 06:55

Backie... east anglia

HeronLanyon · 15/12/2019 07:02

London - never ever heard it called anything but had and given many when a child.
‘Hop on’ or ‘want a lift’ would be about as much as would be said.

ForalltheSaints · 15/12/2019 07:58

A backie

I understand it may be illegal, recall some fuss about a politician accepting one, can't remember who.

4theanimals · 15/12/2019 08:01

A croggy. East Midlands area.

JurassicShay · 15/12/2019 08:03

It's a dubby here, down south.

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EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 15/12/2019 08:05

Obviously it's not encouraged in the Highway Code Hmm I don't think I ever did it myself cos a) I had my own bike and b) I was extremely risk-averse even as a child...

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BoneAppleTeaa · 15/12/2019 08:05

A dink! I gave her a dink all the way to school.

Never heard of some of these, but at least know what to expect around the East Midlands!

Rollergirl11 · 15/12/2019 08:07

DD and DS, both teens, call it bars. As in “Tom gave me bars there.” We are in Surrey.

mynxy · 15/12/2019 08:08

I saw a couple of (high school age) lads doing this just the other week in rush hour traffic - the lad 'driving' and steering could barely see around the one sat on the handlebars (who looked less than happy). Made me feel a bit sick.

Backie, north west

PlumpAndPlain · 15/12/2019 08:12

A pag - when I first met my husband he pagged me all over town!

iheartchristmas92 · 15/12/2019 08:12

jant. at least that's how it's pronounced anyway 😂 i grew up in Dublin

Rainallnight · 15/12/2019 08:13

Hello, fellow jant-er! I was beginning to think I was the only one!

MamaWeGotThis · 15/12/2019 08:21

Backy

TheReef · 15/12/2019 09:39

A backie

Bicnod · 15/12/2019 09:45

A backie

Mummyoftwo91 · 15/12/2019 09:52

@PickwickThePlockingDod yes I am!!