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11-22-14 | 11:41 AM

notenoughdaylig

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favorite name?

What's your favorite name for a bike? Right now Hakkalugi ranks #1 with me.

11-22-14 | 11:49 AM

sloar

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I don't know about favorite, but I've used POS the most.

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11-22-14 | 12:44 PM

elboGreaze

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Are we talking about the real name, or the one we call it when a knuckle is gouged on the chainring ?

11-22-14 | 04:23 PM

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How about a Fuji Finest? Can you get any better than "Finest"?

11-22-14 | 08:06 PM

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Always been a favorite

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11-22-14 | 08:21 PM

sloar

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Bikes: they change so much I'm tired of updating this

^^^^ that's got my vote!^^^^

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11-22-14 | 09:21 PM

Wildwood

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Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?

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11-22-14 | 09:55 PM

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My favorite name is Legnano, buy the why of it fails me. I just like the name and the way it sounds. My favorite decal, depicting name is...

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11-22-14 | 10:24 PM

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I'm not sure if this was the intention behind either name, but whether we're talking the modern Soma Fabrication, or the 80's "Soma" -branded bicycles that were built by Kuwahara, I think it's totally fitting that a bicycle should be named after a powerful mind-altering drug that makes the user feel good (happy, content, or enlightened).

11-23-14 | 01:23 AM

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Hard not to like the Fat Chance name

11-23-14 | 01:40 AM

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Bikes: A green one, "Ragleigh," or something.

^Yeah "Fat Change" is a pretty good name. Riding a bike can change you from fat to somewhat less fat, after all

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11-23-14 | 03:36 AM

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I don't have one, but this bike model name came to mind:

Kona Sutra.

11-23-14 | 10:37 AM

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It.

"it's fast"
"it's old, so leave it alone"
"it's steel"
"no, it's not from a landfill"
"get any closer, and it will kick your ass"
"no, it was not expensive"
"it's none of your business"
"yeah, I'm into old sh...
...it"

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11-23-14 | 12:09 PM

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elboGreaze

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Land Shark , gotta get one...

11-23-14 | 07:32 PM

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Ildefenso Soler, an Uruguayan cycling champion who lent his name to a line of production machines.

11-23-14 | 07:36 PM

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Peyote, now that's a cool bike name.
Or Jimson Weed
Or Baggio Bellflower (maybe by Zunow)
The possibilities are endLSD

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Originally Posted by lasauge

I think it's totally fitting that a bicycle should be named after a powerful mind-altering drug that makes the user feel good (happy, content, or enlightened).

11-23-14 | 08:40 PM

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None other than Flying Merkel

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11-23-14 | 08:52 PM

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As model names go, I think "blue streak" is pretty good, though I gather the actual model didn't live up to the name.