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Stupid Names for Bikes

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  • February 5, 2019 at 12:33 pm #29345
    Crookie

    I have a Pinnacle Arkose. I looked it up and it is a type of sandstone with 25% silica in it. So can we look forward to the Cannondal Oolite sometime soon or the Specialized Lower Greensand?

    This is getting dafter by the minute with tyres called 2bliss! I mean wtaf is going on? 

    I can accept a bit of marketing, after all Ford had a Cortina which went well and an Edsel which didn’t so there is something in a name.

    Bonkers!

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  • February 14, 2019 at 1:21 pm #935125
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    Simon E

    My favourite – not stupid,

    My favourite – not stupid, but I love it:

    https://twitter.com/nedboulting/status/918517437783474177

    February 13, 2019 at 5:29 pm #935123
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    Me_

    I don’t disagree with your

    I don’t disagree with your general point, but 2Bliss tyres are called that because they are tubeless which isn’t that daft

    February 13, 2019 at 3:22 pm #935121
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    henryb

    I quite like the silly

    I quite like the silly Pearson bike names

    February 7, 2019 at 9:26 am #935119
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    HarryTrauts
    brooksby wrote:
    Remember that old Simpsons episode about the Canyonero?

    And the Persephone.

    February 6, 2019 at 4:23 pm #935117
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    DanaColby85

    Pinnacle’s range has a lot of

    Pinnacle’s range has a lot of bikes named after minerals: Laterite, Dacite, Monzonite, Dolomite, Arkose. I asked a geology expert or two what the theme might be but they hadn’t a clue. Rather looks like someone opened a geology book and picked out names of rocks at random.

    February 5, 2019 at 10:20 pm #935115
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    Rahario

    As a kid I had a Giant mtb,
    As a kid I had a Giant mtb, model name Boulder. Presumably named after the place in the USA, but I may as well have been wheeling a rock to school…

    February 5, 2019 at 8:44 pm #935113
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    StraelGuy

    And who can forget the

    And who can forget the infamous Chas Roberts D.O.G.S B.O.L.X back in the day .

    February 5, 2019 at 7:13 pm #935111
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    simonmb

    Cove and their ‘G-Spot’ does

    Cove with their ‘G-Spot’ do it for me.

    February 5, 2019 at 7:10 pm #935109
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    HoarseMann

    I used to ride a Peugeot

    I used to ride a Peugeot ‘Black Mamba’ in the late eighties. Thankfully I was too young to know that is a common name applied to a more ‘adult’ object for riding.

    February 5, 2019 at 7:05 pm #935107
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    Rick_Rude

    Once you’ve had a Super Tuff

    Once you’ve had a Super Tuff Burner it’s all downhill. 

    February 5, 2019 at 6:44 pm #935105
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    IanGlasgow

    Numbers are a shit idea.
    Numbers are a shit idea.
    I’ve got a BMC AC02 ONE, it’s a completely different bike from the AC01 TWO. Obviously.

    February 5, 2019 at 3:40 pm #935103
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    brooksby

    Remember that old Simpsons

    Remember that old Simpsons episode about the Canyonero?

    February 5, 2019 at 1:24 pm #935101
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    Kendalred

    I’d rather a bike have a daft

    I’d rather a bike have a daft name if it’s memorable – rather than those that have the boring letters/numbers

    But then again I’ve just bought a Planet X EC180 frameset, so I’m a complete hypocrite. I could always take a paintbrush to it and call it ‘Stramash’ or ‘Shazoom’ or something.

    Besides, it doesn’t really matter what the word means, especially if 95% of the population won’t understand it.

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