Rich Pearson Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Not sure weather this should have gone in here or Trials Chat, but just something I suddenly thought of and thought could be interesting to get some replies to:Koxx, Aorta, Adamant, Shimano, Tensile, Onza, Hydroxx, Ribo, Tartybikes, Selectbikes, etc, all these names and thousands of others in this industry and almost every other are all... well.. kind of wierd. Yeah some of them sound cool, but I find it hard to belive Dominc (sp) Hermance suddenly sat up at 3am after a little too much vino rouge and said, "Oui! KOXX! C'est bien!"So my question is, how did all these things; shops, companies, components, signature frames, get their names?Some may ask the same of me so I'll answer what I know about Leeson for people who may have wondered:Thumper: Was what we named my bike which is a reference to my girlfriends obsession with bunnies, and my odd tendencies to bounce my knees up and down.660: 26 inch wheel (660mm = diameter of 26" wheel)609: 24 inch wheel (609mm = diameter of 24" wheel)505: 20 inch wheel (505mm = diameter of 20" wheel)Clear: Was supposed to represent the simplicity of the original Leeson frame.Leeson: Well, duh...So, anyone able to shed some light on all the other odd names out there? Post away...Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 TartybikesThink it came from Adam having a pimp bike and getting the nickname "Tart" or something along those linesMost of Deng's products actaully mean stuff dont they? like mysterious or inspiring, mythlogical? i dunno cba to wiki it round my mates house lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy d Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 'Riding' a Koxx is always quite funny (to begin with at least) but that can't be it if they're French can it.Iolo is the middle name of the guy who makes them, for anyone who didn't know already. Think that's about all the wisdom I can impart here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Well, ZOO! frames always had the names of animals, Lynx, Boa, Piranha, Pitbull, Python.Echo is the name of Deng's gf, it also means something in Chinese.Koxx might have something to do with what Vincent used to eat when he was a kid?BT is obviousMielec is the name of the city in which the frames are producedWhat about LX/XT/XTR groups? Light cross, cross terrain, cross terrain race? Dunno if that makes any sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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