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- noun cycling A
motorized bicycle for paced cycling events such askeirin .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Japanese keirin is not the event competed at the Olympic Games where it debuted in 2000 and the pacesetter rides a motorised '' derny ''.
News On Japan 2010
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But I'd only want them if they smelled like two-stroke engine smoke, or alternately, like fat, cigarette-smoking derny drivers.
BSNYC Thursday Fun Quiz! (with announcement) BikeSnobNYC 2008
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In the second attempt van Velthooven led straight and Dawkins hugged his wheel behind the motorised derny bike pacemaker.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010
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I like the 15 lap derny sprint, a kind of mega keirin, but with a much higher swing off speed for the derny - Jesper went early, grabbed a big lead but died - the crowd loved it, though.
PezCyclingNews.com 2010
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PEZ: What do you do in the summer, when you're not derny driving?
PezCyclingNews.com 2010
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And when the race did get start Hoy was unable to lead from the front as he likes, instead settling in behind the leaders as the derny, a motorbike that guides the cyclists round the track, picked up speed.
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The cabin collects another win as Michael Smith Larsen takes the derny - Martyn wants the glory of taking his cap and towel round and I have to do the 'personal photographer' thing for him.
PezCyclingNews.com 2010
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My camera battery began to die on me tonight, usually it lasts a whole six on one charge, but I've taken so many pictures of Martyn that it's feeling the pace - tonight I had to snap him pushing off Franco, in the derny.
PezCyclingNews.com 2010
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In the second attempt van Velthooven led straight and Dawkins hugged his wheel behind the motorised derny bike pacemaker.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By LOGAN SAVORY 2010
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When the derny did peel off and the riders began to sprint for home Hoy still had some work to do.
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