Mine is a reference to something I found amusing in a documentary I like called 'The Cruise.' If you like NYC, it's worth checking out.

My first name, initial of last name, and year of birth.

I don't get the avatars. Why is cb400bill's icon a British Petroleum logo?

BP are my initials.

unworthy one...'cause I am.
Actually came about long ago when my first ISP wouldn't accept my entire too-long last name so I kept the last 6 letters and tried other prefixes until this one was accepted.
My avatar is by Marcel Duchamp.

I am a volunteer firefighter and a few years ago I got a mug with "Firefighter" printed in several languages. Pompiere (Italian) is easier to spell than Ugnishumun-odhikari (Hindi). I don't have any Italian bikes, so maybe I should change to Sho'bo'shu (Japanese).

You are correct, sir!

That was just a pic that a bike club friend had attached to a message he sent out to the group.

http://web.mit.edu/nlerner/Public/Bikes/MonkeyBike.jpg

I needed a change from the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile.

Neal

Ever since a day in the mid '70s when my father, driving home from town, passed me also heading home on my bike, about five miles away. Apparently he was impressed with the speed at which I arrived after him, because he's laughingly called me Rapid Robert since then. As a young man in Northeastern Iowa in the early '30s, he knew the famous baseball pitcher of that name. Despite his hatred of essentially all things sports related, his use of that name as a greeting for me to this day is a real treat every time I hear it.

Back when punk rockers were renaming themselves with morbid, hostile or offensive names (e.g., Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten) some friends and I had an on going list of potential punk names. Noah Scape was a favorite of mine. It was either that or Colin Sick.:p

Great idea for a thread! My name is Dave Gardner, but when coming up with a handle for web forums, tried to come up with something that defines me. so the "geek" comes from my IT computer work (along with my general geeky/dorky/nerdish nature) and the "runner" comes from my 25+ years of running. "geekrunner" just rolls off the tongue! My avatar of a roadrunner with running shoes represents my membership to my old hometown's running club, the Club Kokomo (IN) Roadrunners, where I cut my teeth in competitive road running and racing. I use "geekrunner" for most of my other forum memberships, except for the occasional site that uses my email address, and our local mountain bike club's site, where I just screwed up and used my real name inadvertently.

As always, your geek :D

Can't sing a lick.
Can't dance, either.

But you look good in a bow tie :thumb: .

I don't post much but........I've had this handle for years. Spent many years affiliated with the B-17 Texas Raiders.


http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...7-markings.jpg

My reason might be too lame to bother mentioning, but since everyone else did, so will I.

My first email account (about 1991, or so?) at a university was assigned to me as: jgedwa@indiana.edu. From the first letter of my first name, the first letter of my middle name, and the first four letters of my last name. So, since then, I have often used that string as my on-line identity.

jim

Bionicycle is a combination of Bionic & Bicyclist... About a year before I joined the forum I had my left hip replaced,(ergo the start of my fondness of Mixtes, and step through frames). My wife used to joke and say I was going to be the new Bionic Man, but I used to say.. "no I would be more like the description of Darth Vader.. He's more machine than man now, twisted and evil..." But, somehow the Bionic thing won the day: I could never seem to come up with anything that sounded good using a Darth Vader reference...:( My doctor says I'm going to need some more metal replacement parts in the not too distant future, so I guess it's a good name for me. :)

I just used my initials and my birthday. I've been using it since I got my first email account about 13 years ago and it stuck. I've tried to use different names but I can never remember them. I can no longer sign into an upright bass forum I used to frequent because of this.

Bump; this is too good to stop here !

Nickname given to to me by the sister of my roommate at the World's Championships.

my nickname from high school. I use it wherever possible online. I'll put my first name in front of it if some tea leaf has half inched gnome.

Good question! Must have had one-too-many German beers that day!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/4...5213f862a8.jpg

Because I own one.

I joined Bikeforums shortly after getting a Frejus that was previously owned by my wife's great uncle - Malcolm.
That comment about having to pick a username on the spur of the moment was right on.
I almost went with Raymond Luxury Yacht, but as my wife is quick to point out - there's no reason to prove your a geek.
My name's Scott.

"Meister", according to Wiki, originally meant "master" in German. When brought over into English, it was applied as slang for "being aptly skilled". Since I'm a tinkerer and mechanic, and I've been messing around with bikes for a long time, I thought "bikemeister" was a good name ID.
Plus.....I think it sounds cool!

My first born's initials.

The Topps candy and trading card company produced a line of product parody cards in the 1970's called Wacky Packages that I collected when I was a kid. I still have that old collection. This one, a spoof of Black Crows licorice candy, is a favorite.
http://www.wackypackages.org/sticker...ler_images.jpg

Mine means "Bicycle Fanatic" in Urdu.

Interestingly, the "Wacky Packages" were overseen by none other than Art Spiegelman, who later won a Pulitizer for "Maus", and does occasional covers for the New Yorker, maybe because his wife is art director there (okay, not only, but it sure helps...)

Ummm, yeah, sure. My Irish is not very good but... ;)

I loved those things!

Though I got rid of mine years ago, I was nuts about those as a kid. We used to trade those at school. Most of the time I'd buy individual packages, but every once in a while I'd have enough saved to buy a whole box. I'd unwrap each package, keeping the stickers and throwing away that rock-hard gum. Who knew they'd become valuable? :rolleyes: