tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post9013157742371416018..comments2024-03-18T10:19:55.782-04:00Comments on The Velo ORANGE Blog: Handlebar nameVelo Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835615331417822722noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-73992040858378872112008-10-31T14:33:00.000-04:002008-10-31T14:33:00.000-04:00production mixte - "la flaneuse"! just one s, s'il...production mixte - "la flaneuse"! just one s, s'il vous plait, for the feminine version of flaneur (what a great name!) :)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12897832838205190031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-49567620859923581512008-10-17T12:35:00.000-04:002008-10-17T12:35:00.000-04:00I can not wait for these bars to be available!I can not wait for these bars to be available!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-46236267162899239422008-10-13T21:33:00.000-04:002008-10-13T21:33:00.000-04:00"production mixte the Flaneusse"I'm excited! City..."production mixte the Flaneusse"<BR/>I'm excited! City or Randonneur? When will this be available and how much? Pictures?Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133559481025950356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-70799439587629407432008-10-09T21:13:00.000-04:002008-10-09T21:13:00.000-04:00> l suggest belle-de-nuit in competition with b...> l suggest belle-de-nuit in competition with bridget bardeaux for a feminin name.<BR/><BR/>The Bridget Bar-deaux is awesome. Unfortunately, i think it would be mis-used on a bar that's simple and flat. But maybe Chris can start working on a new design!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17100227166103506687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-74042655756720860442008-10-09T10:40:00.000-04:002008-10-09T10:40:00.000-04:00l suggest belle-de-nuit in competition with bridge...l suggest belle-de-nuit in competition with bridget bardeaux for a feminin name.<BR/>Bien le bonjour from Parisde boissieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03448632511212378640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-9576082250028915112008-10-08T21:57:00.000-04:002008-10-08T21:57:00.000-04:00I think that anyone who spells espresso "expresso"...I think that anyone who spells espresso "expresso" shouldn't be rewarded in any way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-15710200043404690972008-10-08T20:18:00.000-04:002008-10-08T20:18:00.000-04:00The Bridget Bar-Deaux name would probably be much ...The Bridget Bar-Deaux name would probably be much more appropriate for a lovely, 1950's style curvaceous Randonneur drop bar. <BR/><BR/>Maybe one with "exaggerated" curves and a deeper drop ? (!)<BR/><BR/>Ooh-La-La !<BR/>Regards,<BR/>Gen'l. Melvin DeGaulleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-29952730284534966732008-10-08T15:16:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:16:00.000-04:00"Super happy fun bike bar" sounds good to me! :-)"Super happy fun bike bar" sounds good to me! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-12296500354318343512008-10-08T15:03:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:03:00.000-04:00How bout engrish? I mean Ostrich does it already. ...How bout engrish? I mean Ostrich does it already. Call it the super happy fun bike bar.<BR/><BR/>Still think you V-Oers missed the boat with Small Cargo Bar (small cargo, get it? s.cargo (c'mon escargot)).<BR/><BR/>Okay. I'm sorry.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497208652868804286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-72334065747355967732008-10-08T15:00:00.000-04:002008-10-08T15:00:00.000-04:00Wow -- I'm now glad I didn't enter the name contes...Wow -- I'm now glad I didn't enter the name contest. "City Bar" would have led to my crushing humiliation....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-32144996265415225942008-10-08T13:23:00.000-04:002008-10-08T13:23:00.000-04:00OK- how about Da Jia? Taichung? Song Chaing? Guanz...OK- how about Da Jia? <BR/>Taichung? <BR/>Song Chaing? <BR/>Guanzhou?<BR/>Yiching<BR/>Chern Shianq?<BR/>Hakka?<BR/><BR/>I kinda get where you are coming from. For example, Trek should not mane their new all weather city bike, the Portland, as they don't manufacture it in Portland Maine? <BR/>(Not that's it's a terribly well speced rain bike- smallish tires, hardly any clearance for fenders, so they had to spec flat fenders to make it work. No kickstand, no rack, no bags, no lights.....WTF)<BR/><BR/>or the Bianchi Castro Valley? <BR/><BR/>We would have to take Marin bikes to task as well, for their disingenuous smearing of NorCal's birthplace of mountain biking with shoddy $5,000 mountain and road bikes. <BR/><BR/>Lets not forget about Masi, Torelli, and Derosa either; most- if not all- of their bikes are now made in Taiwan or China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-8852428687783438912008-10-08T12:56:00.000-04:002008-10-08T12:56:00.000-04:00Well, Belleville is a fine name, but isn't it a bi...Well, Belleville is a fine name, but isn't it a bit disingenuous to name a Taiwanese copy of a French bar with a French name?<BR/><BR/>I'm really not being contentious, just thinking that a Chinese (or even American!) name would be more honest than trying to evoke a lost Gallic nostalgia.<BR/><BR/>It seems no different than placing a "Motobecane" decal on a China-manufactured downtube.<BR/><BR/>I assume that the French original can no longer be sourced from France?<BR/><BR/>RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24415034.post-84013847786374942602008-10-08T12:31:00.000-04:002008-10-08T12:31:00.000-04:00That was fun, i love naming contests. please do ...That was fun, i love naming contests. please do another one in the future.joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770953459245442575noreply@blogger.com