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Community => Member's Gallery => Topic started by: hoogie on January 12, 2004, 02:02:22 AM
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My Trek 520 is named "Elway" ... when I bought it in Colorado Springs, I was told it was a nice shade of Bronco Blue, and John Elway was the QB back then ...
My new Thorn Nomad has got one yet ... but front runners are "not@work", "nazgul"
Nazgul being the big black winged beasts in Lord of the Rings, and the sound my Avid Shorty 6's make when pressed hard are about the same sound as a Nazgul makes!
my new recumbent ended with 'oddzilla' ...
cheers hoogie
timaru/oamaru, new zealand
http://www.hoogie.co.nz
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Thorn Nomad is known as Wurzel as he is the Big Tourer = B.T, = telecom = Wurzel Gummidge and the magic telling bone.
All of my bikes and trikes have names. Some of them make some sense!
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My vintage Trek 520 is "Too Tall Jones" and my wifes Bridgestone 400 is "Blueberry". Ahhh, the joys of silly things!
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My black Nomad is Night Stalker.
NSDQ
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Our Thorn Adventure tandem is called holly (she's green)
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I call my racer the No.1 Girlfreind!!
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Just to resurrect the topic I have used operatic names:
Brünnhilde is the name of our main tandem. The current Brünnhilde is the second one. Brünnhilde is one of the Valkyrie, as in Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The Valkyrie carry the souls to Valhalla, ie heaven. If riding tandem is not heaven what is?
Siegfried is the name of our second tandem, low back tandem, named again from Wagner’s Ring cycle. Brünnhilde gave up immortality to marry Siegfried.
An old half bike of mine was called Turandot – from Puccini opera of that name. The legend was that Turandot tortured her lovers. And if riding a 1 in 4 hills isn’t torture what is?
For our dearly departed triplet we called her Mikado, as in “three little Dee’s”
Rather then stick with the name of BOB for our Yak, Senior and Junior management named her Yasmine.
I have yet to decide on a name for my new baby, but one has 3 weeks after the birth to register the birth and name!
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Wurzel has moved on. Mondo (The black and cream Nomad) is still with me though and this time he WILL STAY!
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Mine's a WAAP bike - Wing and a Prayer. So far, that prayer has always been answered!
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We waited for our little girl to be born before deciding on her name, but I've already come up with a name the Raven AT I just ordered...
See http://www.sjscycles.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=383.
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My 2004 red Thorn Raven is called "RedSquare", in reference to its colour and rough/solid attributes... of course. Love the bike by the way.
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I give bikes I buy new male names, ones I buy second-hand female ones. So far, I've got:
Basil - a green 1999 Copenhagen Pedersen.
Sybil - a black 1981 Raleigh Royal Roadster, with rod brakes and a 3-speed S.A. Dynohub.
Manuel - a red 2004 Brompton T6. The inside of the steering tube hinge looks like the face of a red devil. Manchester United (Man U) are the red devils. Devils live in El. Put that together, and you get Manuel. Having named that, I retrospectively renamed the other two on a 'Fawlty Towers' theme.
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No.
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When we bought our Thorn Trident Triplet, our kids decided to call it 'Trevor the Triplet'. However we recently discovered that Trevor is in fact female. This was bought to attention recently when touring in Denmark when on a number of occasions locals pointed to Trevor and said 'tre saette' - Danish for Three Seats. The pronounciation of 'tre saette' sounded like Tracey. So 'Trevor the Triplet' is now known as 'Tracey the Triplet'.
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I've decided my Raven Enduro will be christened Singer as it sounds like a sewing machine in 7th gear...[:)]
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My Thorn Catalyst is called Cat but as we are in Chile I may change her name to Puma.
I also have a time trial bike called Psycho, racer called Turd ( cos its brown and sh1tty) A mountain bike called Cape etc etc
george
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At the base of Butser Hill in Hampshire on my old Tourer I changed onto my smallest chainring in preparation for the steep climb ahead. The chain promptly fell off and jammed in between bottom bracket and crank. That's when I named my bike "F*****g Bast**d". I'm sure it's a fairly common name for a bike.
As I get used to the new Raven I should always try to remember these Derailleur 'quirks'.
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My Raven is called Thorny and my Trek is called Trekky - I've tried a Vulcan mind melds on it :-)
Originality was never my strong point.
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I like this thread. Why'd it die? :-\
My fuji was named " Squidword " for the character in sponge bob square pants and for the fact of how it felt like jelly with more than 14 kg.
My Moulton is named "Pip" from Great Expectations. I wanted something very british for my forest green very upright yet smooth gent. He doesn't mind being a bit different and doesn't complain.
One old (94) Universal Alpina 6.3 sitting in the corner is referred to as "Obie" - My daughter loves this bike and the name both so it should see many more years, I hope.
Until I made a horrific mistake in 2004 and threw it out (I was never going to cycle again - of course) I had owned my bright (Tonka?) yellow Peugeot named Frodo. I think it was a PY-10 model but am not sure. It had been bought in South Africa for my 17th birthday and looking back the bike was the equivalent of a first girlfriend. Ahhh how the years obliterate the bumps! This took me places in fact adn in mind. This is the bicycle which made me think of myself as a cyclist. I had read tolkien two years before and it really fit.
Many others were never named. I can hardly remember any of them now, even the grossly expensive bling bling bikes of the hour. Is that just a coincidence?
I have some ideas for my in the womb, Thorn Nomad nomad. I feel it works better for me if I wait until the character of the bike beckons a name.
Hopefully, half mad from a nine hour ride and sweating terribly, the clouds will part, I will have a narrow beam of sunshine hit the road in front of me just as the road starts to head downwards into a gently curving delight with fresh green grass and singing birds - and the name will come. And it will be good. Oh, and did I mention that it will look and smell just like it does after a gentle spring shower - but the road will be dry? Yeah. I'm waiting.
Alternately I may have a few beers and pick one. ;)
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Pavel,
Don't forget the Angel Chorus -- there has to be a chorus of angels to top it off. It. will. happen. :D When it does, we want pictures!
Thorn Nomad nomad
Nomad Squared?
Best,
Dan.
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Thats a good idea. Do you think Angels can work aperture priority and bounce the flash off of the parting clouds?
;D
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Do you think Angels can work aperture priority and bounce the flash off of the parting clouds?
<nods> Sure! Take a look at what happened the day mine arrived... :D
Best,
Dan.
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Very nice shot indeed Dan.
My RST has been named Bessie by my better half, the joking implication being that I had a mistress every time I went on cycle-tour! ;D
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initially called my Nomad Halle Berry cos it's black and beautiful....but have renamed it Brian cos we go everywhere at a snails pace
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In an unexpected twist of the subconscious ... my Nomad now has a name.
Alas ... it is ...
... Atlas.
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it is ...
... Atlas.
<shrug>*
Sounds like a wonderful name, Pavel. There's even a mountain range of the same name to explore!
Best,
Dan.
*ref. for Ayn Rand fans. ;)The novel's title is a reference to Atlas, a Titan of Greek mythology, who in the novel is described as "the giant who holds the world on his shoulders".[3] The significance of this reference is seen in a conversation between the characters Francisco d'Anconia and Hank Rearden, in which d'Anconia asks Rearden what sort of advice he would give to Atlas upon seeing that "the greater [the titan's] effort, the heavier the world bore down on his shoulders". With Rearden unable to answer, d'Anconia gives his own response: "To shrug".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged
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I hadn't read the book but was aware of it as several english major friends keep recommending it.
I hope Atlas "shrugs" off any trepidation at the base of hills to be conquered, loaded with Carradice bags a bulg'n, and Ms. Rohloff a whirl'n in those bottom gears.
I'd hate to have to rename him - Bonked! :'(
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NO!
I've put a reminder in my calendar for 1 year on from today.
Perhaps I'll have asked it's name by then.
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:D
Well, make sure you keep the bottom bracket well adjusted - or it will keep talking to ya, and click doesn't seem like an auspicious name! ;)
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Raleigh Elegance with childseat and DT swiss rim: "The Beast"
Charge Hob with super silent shimano freewheel: "Shinobi"
Thorn XTC: Em...undecided, Vista maybe?
Still amazed at stability of XTC it just doesn't give a **** about potholes, side-winds or anything.
Whether it's the frame or wheels or tuning or Thorn's propitiatory frame sizing or the a class frame work no idea but it rolls like nothing will disturb its path.
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My green Nomad Mk.1 is called Shermy because she's built like a Sherman tank... I always imagine her human incarnation to be an indistinguishably sexed but ultimately female East German shot-putter from the eighties. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that...
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That's actually a brilliant description ;D
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I'm working on it.
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After a Mountain Pass maybe??
Pete..
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This year I got very very sick in an Sudan Hospital, Got Kidnapped out of the Hospital by the staff from Tour d'Afrique put into a plane (Kenya Flying Doctors) to Nairobi Kenya. Once in Nairobi hospital they find out wot was wrong with me and I started to get better after a few weeks. Being away from Home and not knowing anyone, My Aunt got hold of the New Zealand Consul about Me being ill in Hospital. Tom can to see me, He was Hon. Consul to New Zealand. Tom Diju Owuor went well beyond call of duty by coming to see Me two or three times a week plus Tom's Wife and Children came in to See Me to, Once I got out of Hospital and was an Out Patient (still in Nairobi) He still came around to see Me.
I was in Nairobi for over 8 week's, Tom was a Big help and became a friend.
Well last week Tom died, a sad day.
I'm going to Name My New Touring Bike after Him, TOM.
I'll be thanking of Him when I'll out cycling (Be it in NZ or Overseas)
Thanks Tom.
Pete.. :(
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I call my bike Lucky Eddie.
A pal of mine with the same brand of bike called his Hagar.
He took Hagar from UK to New Zealand. Hagar and Lucky Eddie are Dawes Sardars.
Is it right to transfer names when one changes bike? I could always go for Lucky Eddie 2 when I buy my Nomad.
Correction really.
I didn't buy a Nomad.
I bought a second hand Raven.
So I have called her "Old Bird"
I still my Dawes Sardar, Lucky Eddie. Difficult to part with a friend.
Matt
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My RT is named Seymour Black. (It's an upright bike.)
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Is it right to transfer names when one changes bike?
I think so, Matt. If you feel a bit uncertain about it, you could always use a close variant. For example, my last Honda Civic was Sparky. This one is Spunky. The next will likely be Spanky.
Your next bike could always be New Eddie till he's been around awhile and then he could simply be Eddie.
By coincidence, a friend of mine called his bike Eddie Eagan...or that's what I thought he said. I figured it was in honor of the 1920s-era American sportsman ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Eagan ). Turns out, it was "Eddie, Again", his second bike with that name.
My RT is named Seymour Black.
Love it, Holly! Sounds just right!
All the best,
Dan. (Call me anything except late to the dinner table...)
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The things we think of when we have too much time on our hands...
First bike with a name was my mid-80's Eclipse Countryman, a lovely green bike that saw me well through a couple of years of long-distance touring, and many years since then, and has recently gone into retirement. The first "foreign soil" it rolled on was Spain, and it was a great pack mule, carrying a heck of a lot of weight. So, the name Paco seemed appropriate, also inspired by the great guitarist Paco de Lucia.
My most recent addition is a black Thorn Sherpa, bought second-hand in Stockholm, which just happened to turn up when I decided I couldn't do without a new bike. At the moment, my current interest is in all things Chinese, so the new bike is called H?i B?om?, the Black treasure horse (???). The name is taken from the Ferghana horses, reputedly loved and desired by the early Chinese dynasties. They were called heavenly horses, but also known as Hàn xuè b?o m? (Sweat blood treasure horses). Another fun detail is that, in China, the popular way of referring to BMW is b?o m?!
As I said, the things we get up to... :)
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Welcome to the Forum, Jeff, and thanks for the wonderful "naming" stories!
Congratulations on H?i B?om?, your new black Sherpa, as well! They're wonderful bikes, and it would be terrific to see more of yours in the Forum's Gallery where they are a little underrepresented at the moment.
Best,
Dan. (...who thinks "Black Treasure Horse" is a wonderful name in any language!)
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I have named my new Thorn Tour "The Batmobile" because it is the first name I used to decribe it when Marina (the wife) asked me which bike I was taking out. The strapline I have for the bike I use when riding through traffic and is stolen from the other cartoon bat hero Batfink and it is "my wings are like a shield of steel"
My Mk 1 Nomad is called "Brego" after the horse that Aragorn rides to the Battle of Helms Deep in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Although the horse has seen too much battle it still stands up to be a trusty companion. A bit like my trusty Nomad
As a nice aside to this tale the actor who played Aragorn actually had such a connection with the horse that after the filming he purchased the horse and took it home with him.
Cheers
Andy
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most of the time it's
HONEY
and a lot of the time it's called
AH come ON .
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Given the R&D links to ripio I thought it might be helpful to mention some regional names which might be appropriated: Patoruzu, Condorito, Güemes, Pampero, Zonda, Moro, Morotina, La Chacha.
My experience of ripio was on a single speed Phillips many decades ago, but not on proper Patagonian headwind fighting tours. A loaded Thorn bike, at altitude, on ripio with a headwind must be one of the supreme R&D tests - also for the tent!
Hopefully one day I will manage Bariloche to El Calafate on Ruta 40.
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my new red RST is going to carry the monicker " Rocinante " though in this case it is the rider that is old, broken down and beyond his abilities. Yeah, that fits.
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Hi Pavel,
My Sherpa which was a stunning black and silver steed was also named ' Rocinante ', I must admit after i built it , it did not do the tours I was hoping to do, so, may your dreams of faraway places and adventures be fulfilled.
Safe journeys.
Regards