[CR]Bike Name

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: "Art Smith" <ahsmith49@cox.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <CATFOODRTwCnzDJdk7l00003536@catfood.nt.phred.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:10:37 -0700
Subject: [CR]Bike Name

I'd vote no on Liberatas for the main reason that it's not an original bike name. The Latin connection carries with it too much pretense for me.

Darwin carries with it too much political baggage, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. My dog's name is Abbie Hoffman.

I've always enjoyed the names Flow Cycle (Silver King) X-53 (Western Flyer) Red Feather (Dawes) Golden Arrow (Raleigh) Excelsior (Schwinn) and the like.

I don't particularly like bikes named after their makers. Sorry. But I think Bohemian and how it relates to the builder's name is genius.

There is a bike called the Elgin Gull.

Art Smith
Phoenix