Re: [CR]LIBERTAS

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:48:17 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: OROBOYZ@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]LIBERTAS
References: <156.a7f8da9.29c2c2be@aol.com>


In total agreement Dale. I tried to get Grant to go with an airplane theme after the clipper ship and the sheep. A name like the "FLYER" with the stubby Gee Bee Racer or Biplane or Wright Bros plane on the head badge. Wouldn't FLYER be a great name for a road bike?

Chuck

OROBOYZ@aol.com wrote:
>
> Grant told me about this idea a while ago and while I like the name, I vote
> for a continued search. This is partly because I am an old fart and I think
> of all Libertas bikes I have already seen when I hear the Libertas name. Yes,
> most younger folks are not going to make that connection but I just guess I
> am not crazy about using someone else's old name, even if it is defunct. Yes,
> it will be essentially a model rather than a make, but it just doesn't ring
> clean and true to me.
> Agonizing over names of stuff is tough though!
> Hey, what about "DX5100"?
> No? Now.... I kinda like that. (not!)
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina