This is the reason my hands are full of cuts and the cement outside my front door is stained blue. I started with a late '80s Centurion ten speed that the one and only Christopher Kruse so graciously gave me, then I tore it apart. I sanded off all of the Saved by the Bell'o'licious paint and then spayed it as you see above. I bought a few new parts, cleaned up some of the old parts, and assembled what I think is a pretty sexy fixed gear machine. It was a ton of fun to build and it's even more fun to ride. I feel slightly bad for Mr. Belvedere, but I'll still take him out when I need to carry a load or in the rain. Belvedere's the SUV, this is the sports car. I need a name for the fixed gear, so please give me some suggestions. Also, I recommend you all check Craigslist, buy an old bike for cheap, and build a fixed gear of your own.
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I'm thinking literary...McMurphy (smooth)? Holden (rebellious)? Scout (just)? Walden (simplicity)?
Good job, Michael.
I was going for adjectives, and I threw in a noun to shake things up. It was intentional. Er..that should say "simple."
table sauce. that's the name of your bike!
Does that stand for "did it young"?
Well done. I think you should name it "the not the self taught man: because it's about getting it out there and doing it".
Bro, what a beauty; a work of art; a sight to behold! For goodness sakes, I want to ride that finely crafted machine.
The "Raging Bull" seems like a fitting name to me.
I took one look and thought Beelzebub. But that may have been the colors inspiring me. On second thought I would recommend Moses...cause that beaut looks like it could part the red sea or whatever stood in its way. Or it could be more Faulkner-esque in its interpretation.
3 cheers for good cameras & amazing picture-taking...
And the name is _______________!
It's obviously "the not the self taught man". That is, as long as he dutifully reads the text. Otherwise, it's simply appropriated.
Well, Sherry, I posed the same question to my students and it seems as though Tyler is not the only one who thinks it looks devilish. It's just that if I give it a name like that I'll be bound to get run over in the middle of an intersection. I like your connection to simplicity, but Transcendentalism is lame so Walden won't do. Table sauce sounds like the name of a wannabe rapper. "the not the self taught man..." requires too much explanation. Isn't Raging Bull a movie? It does have the bull look, but it rides too smooth to be bullish. I think the Faulkner theme fits, but the only Faulkner I've read is "A Rose for Emily" and "As I Lay Dying," which means I can only think of names like Dewey or, um, Emily. So, what I'm trying to say is, I haven't decided yet.
How about "The Pride of Riverside"?
"The Phantom Flyer"?
"Ron Paul for President"?
Okay, I am done.
Well... to stay with the Southern Gothic Literature vibe you are rocking with Faulkner (and to draw in some Greek myth) -- you could give her the name Orpheus (as in Orpheus Descending -- Tennessee Williams), or something like Capote -- smooth, tense, iconic. Or, my favorite, you can rock Flannery (as in Flannery O'Connor.) Also, I am advocating Scout -- which Sherry posited.
Scout was my dogs name so I have a fondness for that but then I imagine your bike sniffing in bushes and peeing on things so that's pretty weird.
Keith's Flannery nod made me think of one of her short stories called "Why Do The Heathen Rage" and I thought the last part of that mixed my feelings of the occult for your bike fitting "Heathen Rage" but it's rather long...but awesome.
You could go with something pretty self-explanatory but put in a foreign language to sound cool. Like "Rouge Noir" or if you want Vietnamese it comes out pretty fun "Đỏ Đen" dawden is how it comes out, but you have to say with a southern drawl.
When is the Christening anyway?
I think you could also go with something like Virgil or Dante. I like Tyler's foreign language idea, but I think you have to speak the language in order to really understand the weight of the name. That said, if you don't speak another language, I would advise against it. However, Mercury or Hermes would be sweet names -- they being mythical messengers. The possibilities are endless.
oh, and as far as Flannery goes, it also conjures the word "flannel" -- the same colors as your devilish ride.
You're right Kieth, Scout is a good one, and I would probably consider it further if the primary color were green rather than black. I like the messenger idea, but Mercury is too closely associated with the cheap versions of Ford vehicles and Hermes sounds too much like a sexually transmitted disease. Capote is a good thought, but I feel strange about riding the namesake of a homosexual. Dawden does sound cool, but as Kieth points out, I can't rightfully use a language I don't speak. Anyway, I've got it narrowed down to two.
Why the Heathen Rage - A modification of Tyler's suggestion. I like the multiple possibilities. For example, it may imply that the devine beauty of my bike causes the heathen to rage. Or maybe bikes in general cause the heathen (drivers) to rage. Or I could add a question mark which would address a pickup full of Arizona hicks who speed by and yell, "Fag!" as they pass.
Roquentin - From Paul's suggestion of "the not the self taught man." Paul made a strong case for "the not the self taught man," but as I uderstand it, Roquentin basically is "not the self taught man." The problem is that I need to read Nausea first, because otherwise I'm guilty of the same sin as using a language I don't speak.
So, what do you think?
Oh my. I've missed out on so much fun.
The kids didn't come up with anything great? I sense a writing assignment coming on...
I think you should read Nausea.
well, if you rode the namesake you would technically be gay. So count that out--unless you were inspired by those inbreds.
Yeah, so Roquentin is no longer an option because it turns out my uninformed perception was way off base. In actuality, Roquentin is a depressing bastard with a strong case of spiritual myopia. These are not the characteristics of Barbaro. Yes, that's right, Barbaro.
did you read it?
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