http://www.rivbike.com/blogs/news_post/194
Sounds similar.
Aaron Thomas wrote:
An undeniably cool name and worthy woman to commemorate, but perhaps a
mixed message for a bike. At least one biographer quotes her as saying
to her daughter:
You must not ride too much on your bicycle.
See (p.
oops...I take it back :)
On May 7, 2010, at 12:57 AM, Aaron Thomas wrote:
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Well, maybe the Simple One ought to be nomenclature free?
But I draw the line at the headbadge, it ain't a Rivendell without a
cool headbadge!
I'm convinced that Rivendell is appreciative of the expertise I offer
in such matters.
-JimD
On May 6, 2010, at 9:31 PM, CycloFiend wrote:
The correct answer is, as always, Blunderbuss.
-W
On May 5, 1:20 pm, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote:
Top Ten Names for the next Rivendell Bike
10. Travelino
9. Henri Torres
8. Vagabondo
7. Hugonaut
6. Velocipes
5. Navigador
4. Luis Rotundus
3. F. Murray Abraham
2. Uniped
Johnathan Swift is rife with options as well
Houyhnhnm, Brobdingnag, or my personal favorite:
Balnibarbi
In Gullivers Travels, Balnibarbi is a fictional country where
science is utilized for foolish ends
In Biology, the Balnibarbi is an extinct genus of wait for
it trilobite!
On May
-Jim W. (LLAP)
p.s. It could say LLAP on the headbadge or seat decal maybe.
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p.s. It could say LLAP on the headbadge or seat decal maybe.
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You all realize, after
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You all realize, after all this, that the next new Rivendell bicycle will
have no name. Just a moniker-free headbadge.
- Jim What hath we wrought?...
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Princess Bride quotes yes!
If you walk up to my six year old daughter and say:
No more rhymes, I mean it!
She'll reply:
Anybody want a peanut?
Perhaps the next Riv should be the R.O.U.S. Grant's never done an
acronym Riv, has he?
On May 5, 9:30 pm, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote:
Oh, to be On the Road with:
Sal Paradise and
Dean Moriarty
Joel
On May 5, 9:28 pm, rcnute rcn...@hotmail.com wrote:
The Beatnik!
Ryan
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Oh, to be On the Road with:
Sal Paradise and
Dean Moriarty
Joel
Yes!
Gnossos Pappadopoulis and Ignasius P. Reilly would be other good names
from literature.
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On May 6, 12:31 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
On May 5, 8:40 pm, SFF jgre...@earthlink.net wrote:
Oh, to be On the Road with:
Sal Paradise and
Dean Moriarty
Joel
Yes!
Gnossos Pappadopoulis and Ignasius P. Reilly would be other good names
from literature.
Other classics from literature:
Buck Mulligan
Queequeg
Really, both Ulysses and Moby Dick are rife with possibilities. Anyone
for a 'Pequod'?
Shawn
On May 6, 12:44 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote:
or J.J. Yossarian
On May 6, 12:31 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
On May 5,
I'm hoping for a Capt. Spaulding -- a bike fit for an African
explorer.
On May 6, 1:59 pm, soapscum smula...@gmail.com wrote:
Other classics from literature:
Buck Mulligan
Queequeg
Really, both Ulysses and Moby Dick are rife with possibilities. Anyone
for a 'Pequod'?
Shawn
On May 6,
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 14:11 -0700, Jim M. wrote:
I'm hoping for a Capt. Spaulding -- a bike fit for an African
explorer.
Wouldn't that be Schnorrer?
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Hooray, hooray, hooray!
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my
pajamas I'll never know.
Bike naming - for the really big frames - Fezzik.
Eric Platt
St. Paul, MN
On May 6, 4:37�pm, Steve Palincsar palin...@his.com wrote:
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 14:11 -0700, Jim M.
Rocinante would be pretty awesome—the name of Don Quixote's horse,
and John Steinbeck's camper in Travels with Charley.
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An actual gender-agnostic mixte: the Pastorale
On May 5, 1:20 pm, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote:
Top Ten Names for the next Rivendell Bike
10. Travelino
9. Henri Torres
8. Vagabondo
7. Hugonaut
6. Velocipes
5. Navigador
4. Luis Rotundus
3. F. Murray Abraham
2. Uniped
how about..
Chautauqua (for a long haul country/sport/touring)
Mountain Goat (for a 29er single speed)
Bonnie / Clyde (for hers/his 29er mixtes)
Be Seeing You (for a penny-farthing or 96er)
Cutter (in the same family as a Rodeo, but more fun to beat out of town carbon
racers with)
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Rocinante would be pretty awesome—the name of Don Quixote's horse,
and John Steinbeck's camper in Travels with Charley.
That's the name of my touring bike. 'Cept I spell it differently.
On May 6, 8:31 pm, Annette Lein alein...@earthlink.net wrote:
For a mixte.Emmeline Pankhurst
On May 6,
I once had a girlfriend who bought a rattle-can black no-label bike she
named Boo Radley.
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Rocinante, or Rose, was the name of Dervla Murphy's bike in Full
Tilt, IIRC. Dervla would also be a great bike name and a suitable
honor.
On May 6, 7:29 pm, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote:
Rocinante would be pretty awesome—the name of Don Quixote's horse,
and John Steinbeck's camper in
You all realize, after all this, that the next new Rivendell bicycle will
have no name. Just a moniker-free headbadge.
- Jim What hath we wrought?...
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Singlespeed
An undeniably cool name and worthy woman to commemorate, but perhaps a
mixed message for a bike. At least one biographer quotes her as saying
to her daughter:
You must not ride too much on your bicycle.
See (p. 52):
Daddy Claxton
LA Freeway
Manila John
Mongo Santamaria
On May 5, 11:20 am, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote:
Top Ten Names for the next Rivendell Bike
10. Travelino
9. Henri Torres
8. Vagabondo
7. Hugonaut
6. Velocipes
5. Navigador
4. Luis Rotundus
3. F. Murray Abraham
2.
Superfluous Tuboleo
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Daddy Claxton
LA Freeway
Abe Vigoda
Archie
Dick Van Patton
Maude (women specific Geo)
Alan Hale
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Randommeur.
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 12:55, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
Abe Vigoda
Archie
Dick Van Patton
Maude (women specific Geo)
Alan Hale
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On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 12:54 -0700, Dustin Sharp wrote:
Superfluous Tuboleo
Clearly, that's going to be one of the double top tube models.
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Superfluous Tuboleo
perfect. it really rolls of the tongue nicely. tough to fit on a
downtube, but would look great on . .. well, a superfluous top tube.
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Abiyoyo
Inigo Montoya
Loch Leven
Border Reiver
Carnomore
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Top Ten Names for the next Rivendell Bike
10. Travelino
9. Henri Torres
8. Vagabondo
7. Hugonaut
6. Velocipes
5. Navigador
4. Luis Rotundus
3. F. Murray Abraham
On May 5, 12:55 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
Archie
and the matching Mixtes, Betty and Veronica (Taiwan)
the Waterford versions are Charlotte and Emily
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Abiyoyo
Inigo Montoya
Loch Leven
Border Reiver
Carnomore
On May 5, 12:20 pm, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote:
Top Ten Names for the next Rivendell Bike
10. Travelino
9. Henri Torres
8
So, for example, if there were an endless stream on the meaning of
trail or planing, you could say,
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it
means.
On May 5, 3:36 pm, Dustin Sharp paleo.v...@gmail.com wrote:
I think I would be compelled to buy just about any frame Riv
On a related note, simply Mongo would have worked for the
Hunquapiller. Think: Blazing Saddles.
On May 5, 12:22 pm, reynoldslugs be...@perrylaw.net wrote:
Daddy Claxton
LA Freeway
Manila John
Mongo Santamaria
On May 5, 11:20 am, Bridgestone alancr...@mac.com wrote:
Top Ten Names for
Archie
and the matching Mixtes, Betty and Veronica
I was thinking Archie Bunker. I guess you could call the matching
mixte The Dingbat.
I remember in the Hilsen intro Grant mentioned contemplating naming
the it after Ebb on Green Acres.
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Or Meathead.
On May 5, 4:59 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
Archie
and the matching Mixtes, Betty and Veronica
I was thinking Archie Bunker. I guess you could call the matching
mixte The Dingbat.
I remember in the Hilsen intro Grant mentioned contemplating naming
the it after Ebb
Eowyn - women's specific road bike (shorter top tube for starters)
This suggestion is not original to me.
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Or Meathead.
On May 5, 4:59 pm, Mike mjawn...@gmail.com wrote:
Archie
and the matching Mixtes, Betty and Veronica
The Beatnik!
Ryan
On May 5, 8:26 pm, Lynne Fitz fitzb...@comcast.net wrote:
Eowyn - women's specific road bike (shorter top tube for starters)
This suggestion is not original to me.
On May 5, 5:02 pm, Aaron Thomas aaron.a.tho...@gmail.com wrote:
Or Meathead.
On May 5, 4:59 pm, Mike
On May 5, 5:02 pm, Aaron Thomas aaron.a.tho...@gmail.com wrote:
Or Meathead.
That would be perfect for the Hunqa.
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I have to agree. Most of these name choices leave me cold (I read such
threads only to work myself up into a lather of righteous annoyance, but
never mind) but for Inigo Montoya, I'd have to buy one, too, or at least
get the decals to slap on my other Rivs.
Patrick My name is Inigo Montoya. You
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