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:

Machin Shin was taken from "The Wheel of Time" series of books by author Robert Jordan.

Machin Shin is an Ogre word which means, "Black Wind." My first bike was black and together we were pretty fast, like the wind, so... :D

Except, I'm not so fast anymore unless going downhill. I can still decend like a demon but uphill I'm just about dreadful.

I need to ride more.

Mine forum name, which I use here and on various VW/Audi forums, is a tribute to my late paternal grandmother, a proper British lady who spent much of her adult life in Hawaii. She really wanted her six grandchildren to call her "Tutu" (Hawaiian for grandmother), but when I was 10, she said almost anything else, except "granny," was acceptable. That triggered a lifelong good-natured joust, in letters and phone calls, between "Johnny" ("Well, he is John E., you know, like his late grandfather.") and his "ever-lovin' Granny."

My avatar and motto are a tribute to my maternal grandfather's clan. Both of my grandfathers were primarily of Scots heritage.

Lotek, from the William R Gibson story Necromancer. The loteks are very Low Technology guys.
I originally took on the name when I was active in the Audiophile forums because my system
was very low tech.

Marty

I went to Cal (BA, History '89). Our mascot is the Golden Bear. Oso is Spanish for bear.

I just use my initials. I know, kinda boring... I just didn't give it much thought.

I don't use my whole name because I don't want all those hits on Google, should someone search for me by name.

My current avatar is a sculpture by Picasso, made of recycled bike parts.

I own a tattoo studio, and have been an artist for quite a while, and I used to ride a fixed gear Giant. Fixed-gear-inker :)

was having a sandwich

I fell into a swamp while paintballing. Worse part is two fold. One, I fell into a swamp while paintballing, and two.... I still got shot after I came up for air.

Cozzetti born in '52

I started on this forum under a different name but changed it to something I liked better after I realized how much time I spend here.

I used to play Open Mic nights pretty often at a couple local bars, and I'd always put a few fake names on the list before mine so they'd get announced on the stage and make people laugh a little before I got up to play.

Craven Moorehead always got a chuckle...I just changed the spelling to be more appropriate for the intarwebs.

Self explanatory but I've since moved to Tampa and the mods wont let me change it.

My son's nickname was the squirt....especially when he was younger (he is an old 11 3/4 now :O) ) I'm a dad....

squirtdad

Occupational screen name but frequently gets a chuckle so I keep it.

Don

like the celibate rifles name play on the sex pistols

Mine is probably almost downright geeky.
It's two part.
Amani, came from a name for a "story" I was "writing" in my head when I was young. It's never left me (the name or the story) but I just don't have a lot of talent for writing, so I just don't work on it anymore.
And 576, came literally, from part of a password I use to use. 678576. Stupid simple, but the 576 stuck.
And amani576 (or it's variation Amani576) was used as a password and there was a matching username with it. At one point, they switched and Amani576 became the username.
Amani576 stuck, and I've used it since.
But, I don't use any of these things as passwords anymore.
-Gene-

(And I think Machin Shin has been watching some Homestar Runner)
[And this post is #76 which is funny, too]