Steve,
Dave Tesch had a some since he worked in a bike shop. I'll try to remember a few:
Guierciotti= Gear Chucker Campagnolo= Cramp and go slow Shimano= S***mano or ShimaNO! Masi= Mousey Paramount= Paraquat Baylis= Payless Colnago= Slownago Tesch= Tush Viner= Weiner Tomassini= Thomas Ninny Rene Herse= Rene Hurts Alex Singer= SING er (pronounced with NY Jewish mom accent or Woody Allen) LeJune= Le Junk Trek= Truck Eisentraut= Eisen carp
There were others but they escape me. ;-)
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
>
> Larry mentioned:
>
> > My Astra was lugged (in the frame construction as well as up many an
> incline
> > ;-(
> > and while i do remember a gold/black, mine was that trademark teal, not
> > unlike many an upscale 'motorbeercan'
>
> It seems that every bike shop employee had their favorite bike brand
> nicknames. It would be interesting to compile a list of these names:
>
> Larry's Motorbeercan is new to me, we knew Motobécanes as 'Motobuckets'
> Olmo = 'Olmost' bikes
> Peugeot = Putrid Joke
> Gios Torino = Jesus Toledo
> Huret = Hurt gears
> Ofmega = Mega Oful
> Bob Jackson = 'Boob' Jackson
> Mercian = Mercy Me!
> Jack Taylor = Joke Tailor
>
> Any more?
>
> Steven Maasland
> Moorestown, NJ
>
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