The A. Homer Hilsen was going to be the Honus Wagner until the heirs of Honus--through the law firm that represents the estates of Michael Jackson, Marilyn Monroe, Sammy Davis Jr., and Honus--and others---at the last minute before the signing of a deal which would have earned them $40 per bike sold--well, the got greedy, wanted more, wanted to be able to buy an unlimited number at our cost, basically got riduculous. So I said See You Fine Folks and then they backpedalled, but too late. We came up w ith a name that nobody owned, and it was AHH.
Betty Foy is the mom and hero in The Idiot Boy, a long poem by William Wordsworth. I liked the poem so much I memorized it (can't say it all now), and in that phase I named the bike. I kinda wish it were a genderless name, or maybe a boy's name, which women don't mind buying as much as guys mind Betty Foy. So we have Yves Gomez for that. YG was a mix of unlikely first and last names, but Dave her found an Yves Gomez in Europe. We offered him a great deal on a frame (below cost), but no answer. The wife of a customer, frame owner, is Elizabeth Foy. She's been by, but didn't bite on the bike named for her even at half off. Oh well. My wife's now deceased sweet old aunt's last name was Hillborn without the E. I like the name Hillborne anyway, and Sam is a good strong name, and we went to names in the first place to sound less generic, less "Strada Excelsior" or whatever. Mount This, Excellerata, Le French Mtn On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:10:24 PM UTC-8, Michael wrote: > > Are these real peeps, or just creative bike names? > > A. Homer Hilsen > Betty Foy > Yves Gomez > Samuel Hillborne > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/4WVlCCUrMPYJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
