Who's "Roadeo"? On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:48:17 PM UTC-8, grant wrote: > > The A. Homer Hilsen was going to be the Honus Wagner until the heirs of > Honus--through the law firm that represents the estates of Michael Jackson, > Marilyn Monroe, Sammy Davis Jr., and Honus--and others---at the last minute > before the signing of a deal which would have earned them $40 per bike > sold--well, the got greedy, wanted more, wanted to be able to buy an > unlimited number at our cost, basically got riduculous. So I said See You > Fine Folks and then they backpedalled, but too late. We came up w ith a > name that nobody owned, and it was AHH. > > Betty Foy is the mom and hero in The Idiot Boy, a long poem by William > Wordsworth. I liked the poem so much I memorized it (can't say it all now), > and in that phase I named the bike. I kinda wish it were a genderless name, > or maybe a boy's name, which women don't mind buying as much as guys mind > Betty Foy. So we have Yves Gomez for that. YG was a mix of unlikely first > and last names, but Dave her found an Yves Gomez in Europe. We offered him > a great deal on a frame (below cost), but no answer. > The wife of a customer, frame owner, is Elizabeth Foy. She's been by, but > didn't bite on the bike named for her even at half off. Oh well. > > My wife's now deceased sweet old aunt's last name was Hillborn without the > E. I like the name Hillborne anyway, and Sam is a good strong name, and we > went to names in the first place to sound less generic, less "Strada > Excelsior" or whatever. Mount This, Excellerata, Le French Mtn > > On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 10:10:24 PM UTC-8, Michael wrote: >> >> Are these real peeps, or just creative bike names? >> >> A. Homer Hilsen >> Betty Foy >> Yves Gomez >> Samuel Hillborne >> >> >
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