Reading all the posts about different bikes got me thinking about their names. What bike do you think has the best name? Personally, I lean towards Litespeed’s line of bikes…Vortex, Saber, Blade, Firenze, Bella, Sienna, Tachyon (as a Star Trek geek, easily one of my favorites). I also like Softride’s Rocket.
Least favorite would have to be something along the lines of P2K, Trek 2200, etc. (mind you this is no reflection on the actual bike, just the name).
What do you think are the best names and what are some you haven’t seen yet that you would love to have along your top tube? (I can’t believe Hyperdrive hasn’t been taken…Oh wait, Lucas would probably sue. Or maybe it’s because it didn’t work half the time
I like names that are not that obvious. Why Blackberry for a smart phone, why Starbucks for a coffee. I actually don’t even know why Starbucks, but Blackberry has a whole philosophy behind it that relates to the product. Naming something light a feather or something fast a Jet fighter is so lame. I agree that names like P2K or R2.5 don’t seem very special, but all have a specific reason behind them that have nothing to do with the letters and numbers. But since we decide not to really talk about it very often, it’s logical that I like the names a lot better than you do. But that’s OK.
If I do refer to the Kuota by anything other than ‘the Kuota’ it’s ‘Halle’, because it’s black and it’s a dream to ride.
Gerard, you guys should come out with the Cervelo Gerard, just to shake things up a bit.
And yes, it took me the better part of 4 months on these boards to figure out that the name under the funky green bike in all those TriMag Cervelo adds was you.
Maybe the ‘Cervelo Vroomen?’ it sounds fast, right?
I for one would like to know the origin of the model numbers/names, particularly R2.5. I’ll guess that R is for Race and perhaps 2.5 for the first frame weight in pounds? For the P2K, did it first come out in the year 2000?
I for one would like to know the origin of the model numbers/names, particularly R2.5. I’ll guess that R is for Race and perhaps 2.5 for the first frame weight in pounds?
Nope. It was the first frames that was (in part) developed with CSC’s and Riis’ feedback (of course we had started development a few years earlier). We wanted to somehow acknowledge that, but without naming it after CSC or Riis. So we took the ii as a Roman numeral for 2, and an S is basically the same shape as a 5, so that it spells R2.5 or RII5. The period (which we call a “silent dot”, whatever that means) is just to make sure people wouldn’t say R twenty-five. But yes, it is also a road frame and it did weigh around 2.5 lb. at that time.
“We wanted to somehow acknowledge that, but without naming it after CSC or Riis. So we took the ii as a Roman numeral for 2, and an S is basically the same shape as a 5, so that it spells R2.5 or RII5. The period (which we call a “silent dot”, whatever that means) is just to make sure people wouldn’t say R twenty-five.”
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love this site.
… which we call a “silent dot”, whatever that means …
The “silent dot” separates “cool” from “posers.” Cool people will say “two-five”, whiles posers will say “two point five.”
I thought this thread would be about naming one’s bike - the factory “stock” names don’t do much for me either.
My no-weld chopper bicycle is named “St. Vincent de Hose-Clamp” … is that what you were going for???
Thanks Gerard, that is the first interesting thing I have learnt today, and to celebrate that I shall call it a day and go down to the gym! I will also stop calling it a R two point five instantly, and check for an explanation of the P2k on my return.
For a tri-bike my vote would go to Quintana Roo . I think it´s a lovely name, and I like the fact (as far as I remember) that they just chose it because it sounded cool. So it has nothing to do with the mexican city.
For a mountainbike it has always been Jeff Lindsays “Mountain Goat Whisky Town” . I often consider buying one of the old steel frames just because of the name.
Oh, and for overall I would vote for Moots with their Vamoots, Psychlo-X, Mootaineer, Rigor Mootis …
I lived in China a few years back and had a bike named “Flying Pigeon” while my wife rode a “5 Rams”. Both were beach cruiser style and weighed about 100 lbs each - solid steel frame I think. Typical Communist issue bicycle. Good fun.
