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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:
AndWhat · 14/12/2019 19:06

Another scouse Takey here

FloraGreysteel · 14/12/2019 19:06

Grew up in the south west

EasilyDistracted77 · 14/12/2019 19:06

Backie. I grew up in the south-west.

EoinMcLovesCakeJumper · 14/12/2019 19:06

handbagsatdawn33 maybe one of those little trailers you pull along behind your bike?

OP posts:
RomaineCalm · 14/12/2019 19:06

A pag.

As in "I pagged him all the way home from school".

MissBridgetJones · 14/12/2019 19:07

Backy

Moominfan · 14/12/2019 19:08

Backy north west

bananamonkey · 14/12/2019 19:09

Backy/backie (W.Mids), DH calls his a seatie (Norfolk) which I find hilarious.

Mummyoftwo91 · 14/12/2019 19:09

A bunk!

Bunnybigears · 14/12/2019 19:10

A backie

Horses4 · 14/12/2019 19:12

Backie- Aberdeen

RomaineCalm · 14/12/2019 19:12

@StarySkyTonight - just me and you then! I remember piggy pags. Grin

juicy0 · 14/12/2019 19:16

A seater!

maddiemookins16mum · 14/12/2019 19:16

Backy or Backsy.

bornonasunday · 14/12/2019 19:17

A backy or a crossy if you’re on the cross bar in the front

danmthatonestakentryanotheer · 14/12/2019 19:17

A 2-up

CatherineCawood · 14/12/2019 19:17

Croggy north yorkshire

alphajuliet123 · 14/12/2019 19:19

Croggie where I'm from in N Yorks, backie where I live now in W Yorks.

UltimateIrritant · 14/12/2019 19:20

A Doubler - South

user1498572889 · 14/12/2019 19:20

A backie. I broke my nose giving my mate a backie down a hill and went over the handle bars 😂

Pannalash · 14/12/2019 19:20

Croggy

Toddlerteaplease · 14/12/2019 19:21

Croggy. ( Leicester)

Stayinyourfridge · 14/12/2019 19:22

Backy (Hertfordshire)

WorkingAsHardAsICan · 14/12/2019 19:23

Backie

TopOftheNaughtyList · 14/12/2019 19:23

Wow, 6 pages and only one other person called it a Sadler like me. I'm in my 50s and South East.

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