[CR]Gipiemme : The worst name for a bicycle company ??

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: Donald Gillies <gillies@cs.ubc.ca>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:37:48 -0800 (PST)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Gipiemme : The worst name for a bicycle company ??

Can anyone think of a bicycle manufacturer whose name sounds worse in English than "Gipiemme" ?? With a name like "Gipiemme", why not introduce a series of bicycle cables called "Snapiemme" and perhaps introduce a line of paints called "Chipiemme" ??

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA