Regarding the names....In general , I find the gendered names of the frames a little annoying. I always cringed that the earlier mixte was the Betty. Applying masculine names to the other "normal" bikes is equally problematic. I love the names Atlantis, Saluki, Cheviot, Hunqapillar, etc. Love the name Appaloosa, I would be happier without the Joe in front. Same goes for the Sam. I think Clementine is an awesome name and I wish both the L and H were Clementines.
On Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 1:13:15 PM UTC-4, masmojo wrote: > > I have a Clementine & of any issues I might have with it, the name is not > one of them. But, then again the first bike I ever got new, was a Royce > Union 3speed in a ladies step through! My friends made fun of me for a > week or so, but I could wup any of them on their Stingrays in a race, so > that diffused a lot of their comments. > > To a Rivendell enthusiast the names are just what they are, but I did get > a bit of pause from the police officer when I told him the name of my > stolen bike was a Rosco Bubbe. > > The average Joe is going to assume a girls name on a step through frame > denotes a ladies bike. When the giant Clem L's came out I sent a link to my > very tall friend; without even looking at the size he responded that his > wife didn't need a new bike! > > Preconceptions are hard to undermine. > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
