Any very fast, lightweight, high mpg vehicle which resembles a cross between a motorcycle and a car. It has a car-like front end, ie, two steering wheels in front, a windshield, and two car seats, often taken from an actual car. And a motorcycle rearend. A motorcycle engine, placed amidship, and a single motorcycle wheel&tire in the back. They are rear-wheel-drive.
Trikecars handle MUCH better than the old ATV 3 wheelers or motortrikes with a Motorcycle front and a car-like rear end.
A perfect example of a trikecar is the T-rex (or the extinct Tri-Hawk).
The only trikes with 1 wheel in front, and 2 in back that handle really well are those that LEAN. The CARVER is a perfect example. Much like GM's old Lean Machine show vehicle.
A perfect example of a trikecar is the T-rex (or the extinct Tri-Hawk).
The only trikes with 1 wheel in front, and 2 in back that handle really well are those that LEAN. The CARVER is a perfect example. Much like GM's old Lean Machine show vehicle.
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Making someone believe that fitness, the gym, etc. are the answer to all of life's problems.
The act of creating a perceived gang or tribe and using rhetoric to brainwash it's members into subscribing to or even promoting your product or service. This use of rhetoric to make your product or service the key to all happiness and success is common practice in the fitness industry (most notably crossfit), with many gyms and fitness establishments even incorporating said rhetoric into their branding and marketing, making them indispensable and vital to their customers' ability to function by taking away all sense of individuality and replacing it with a mob mentality of belonging and strength in numbers. In short, brainwashing people and making fitness and exercise into a cult in order to profit from it.
Coined by marketing containing words and phrases such as "join our gang", "come and be a part of the family", "this is where you belong", "your second home", etc.
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Making someone believe that fitness, the gym, etc. are the answer to all of life's problems.
The act of creating a perceived gang or tribe and using rhetoric to brainwash it's members into subscribing to or even promoting your product or service. This use of rhetoric to make your product or service the key to all happiness and success is common practice in the fitness industry (most notably crossfit), with many gyms and fitness establishments even incorporating said rhetoric into their branding and marketing, making them indispensable and vital to their customers' ability to function by taking away all sense of individuality and replacing it with a mob mentality of belonging and strength in numbers. In short, brainwashing people and making fitness and exercise into a cult in order to profit from it.
Coined by marketing containing words and phrases such as "join our gang", "come and be a part of the family", "this is where you belong", "your second home", etc.
Also: tribewashed
"I was at the gym all the time, I totally thought it was the answer to all my problems. They were tribewashing me for months."
"I keep seeing all these insta posts trying to tribewash me into thinking I need that shit to be a better person..."
"I keep seeing all these insta posts trying to tribewash me into thinking I need that shit to be a better person..."
by Gilbert Wirrel June 9, 2018
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