Meandonneurs... Fantastic word. I also really like mountonneurs. Nice job, Mr. Wordsmith. I wonder how many embroidered patches and pins could be sold... Hmmmm.
On Sunday, March 23, 2014 8:44:01 AM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I love the socialist pun but well understand why you'd keep looking. I > wouldn't joint a group with that name because of all the inherent harm to > humanity socialism causes. > > Bell n' Ham Grinders (A bell shaped like your local mountain getting rug > by a pig). > Garvelly Gravel Grinders > > I don't know if such a wandering randonneur word exists, but what about: > Meandonneurs > Wandonneurs > Vagabonneurs > Mountonneurs > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:08:29 PM UTC-6, bo richardson wrote: >> >> three or four of us, so far, ride together on weekends >> we go from bellingham to edison for lunch and then up >> colony mountain and sometimes garvelly road and around >> lake samish and back to bellingham >> 45 lovely miles >> >> >> we are sort of a club and need a name >> >> we are social and not competetive >> >> colony mt is so called because there was a utopian community >> there in the early twentieth century >> supported by socialist labor unions and such >> >> our best name so far is >> colony mtn socialists >> >> or gravelly road grinders >> >> we are not randonneurs >> we are pass hunters because we have to go up the hill >> to get home, otherwise flat is nice >> >> is there a french or german bicyclist category which >> would describe pleasure riders who couldnt compete >> and dont >> >> Radler? >> >> self deprecating but not self loathing is the proper tone here >> >> FWIW we have a 68cm atlantis >> a 54 rambouillet >> a 54 miyata 1000 >> and a 53.5atlantis so we are motley as well as >> involuntarily uncompetetive >> >> thanks >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
