Best bicycle names
07-12-17, 07:52 AM
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While not a name per se, I used to like reading and saying the Italian text on the old Campagnolo toe clip box:
However, I think google translate is not entirely correct on this one:
https://translate.google.com/#auto/e...to%20scarpetta
I don't know Italian, but I think they're saying "Superlight toeclip with entry tabs" as a loose translation.
Edit: More on topic, I like the name of Surly's "Karate Monkey" and others. Also Salsa has a lot of cool names for their bikes as well.
However, I think google translate is not entirely correct on this one:
https://translate.google.com/#auto/e...to%20scarpetta
I don't know Italian, but I think they're saying "Superlight toeclip with entry tabs" as a loose translation.
Edit: More on topic, I like the name of Surly's "Karate Monkey" and others. Also Salsa has a lot of cool names for their bikes as well.
Last edited by ptempel; 07-12-17 at 08:00 AM.
07-12-17, 12:06 PM
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Dragging it back off topic, Cincinnati band "Naked Karate Girls" gets a lot of attention on local marquees.
Back to bikes, Tommasini Sintesi sounds like a blessing from the Pope. And VooDoo should have made a second generation Wazoo, the VooDoo Wazoo Two.
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07-13-17, 05:20 AM
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A few weeks ago I saw bike named Liv Envie. I had to look it up.
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07-13-17, 02:16 PM
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I'd buy a bike just to be able to say "I rode a Giant Iguana to work today". Similarly, a mountain bike called the Giant Boulder. "Had some problems, had to carry my Giant Boulder down the hill".
For me, the opposite case is Specialized. Just doesn't sound right, perhaps because it's an adjective. Same with Blue, or Public. "My Blue bicycle is black and red". "Where's the Public bike?" "Someone stole it."
For me, the opposite case is Specialized. Just doesn't sound right, perhaps because it's an adjective. Same with Blue, or Public. "My Blue bicycle is black and red". "Where's the Public bike?" "Someone stole it."
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07-13-17, 03:37 PM
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Among the MTB's I've been shopping, I think my favorite is Evil Insurgent
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