Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word knobbies.

Examples

  • Mountain bike tires, or as Mathew likes to call them, "knobbies," give you less traction. winter riding site that includes a "Reasons to Ride Your Bike in the Winter" sheet.

    blogTO 2010

  • Roadies whizz by like gazelles; frustrated mountain bikers hunch over their riser bars like pensive gorillas as their knobbies thrum away on the pavement; and that group of guys who don't ride and hang out by the benches all day with their Colnagos and Mercatone Uno jerseys preen like peacocks, their unworn Vittorias as yellow as the day they bought them back in 1998.

    Archive 2010-02-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • Roadies whizz by like gazelles; frustrated mountain bikers hunch over their riser bars like pensive gorillas as their knobbies thrum away on the pavement; and that group of guys who don't ride and hang out by the benches all day with their Colnagos and Mercatone Uno jerseys preen like peacocks, their unworn Vittorias as yellow as the day they bought them back in 1998.

    Wild Kingdom: The Primal Nature of Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • I independently invented the MTB in 1974 when I put knobbies on my Raleigh folder and circled a dirt lot BMX track continuously for 4.5 hours I was a compulsive child.

    Curation Myths: Some Assembly Required BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Good thing they only take 15 mins and a zip tie to swap in and out if I want to run knobbies.

    Synthesis: Putting It Together BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • I don't think knobbies will liven up my commute but if I see anymore construction grafiti: CBYD it will be too soon.

    The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: The Dog Days BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • They were also knobbies, which I had consigned to the recesses of my parts bin as they had become excessively worn.

    The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: The Dog Days BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • This is a "shingle style" monster with ornate eave trim and turned knobbies up under the gables and such, and they have finished about 2/3 of the multi-hued color scheme.

    When all you have is a hammer... jhetley 2007

  • A masheen is a collection of wheels and turn-knobbies and lever-bangers and tube-zoomers that, when all put together, DO SOMETHING!

    The Hand of Chaos Hickman, Tracy 1993

  • Patsey, now very repentant, brought his catapult, Bugsey his alleys, his loveliest "pure," and the recumbent lamb set in a ball of clear glass; Tommy surrendered his pair of knobbies.

    Purple Springs 1921

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • knobby tires

    January 12, 2013

  • Hello My Dear! how are you i am interested to be your good friend can you please send me an mail to my mail box so that i can tell you about me and give you my pic ( beccadd15@yahoo.com )

    i will be waiting you in my mailbox ok.

    January 13, 2013