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our team name

Playground sign at Tunnel Park

You may have noticed our unique team names which contain mixed alpha-numeric characters. This text type is known as “leet” (or “l337″), a screen-based semi-encrypted method of typing which originated within the internet community. Comic strips such as Megatokyo and online web forums have brought the use of leet-esque vernacular into public use.

As for Team N3kk1d: our riders have been known to disregard general cyclist clothing gear such as jerseys while participating in the Bike MS event; if the weather is decent, you may catch them shirtless (“nekkid”). However, this practice usually does not extend to the entire team, and our name is meant to be tongue-in-cheek.


  • Learn more about leet and its history on Wikipedia
  • “Dialectize” our website using The Dialectizer by Samuel Stoddard
  • Universal Leet Converter / Decoder by Robert Ecker

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