Re: [CR]Gipiemme : The worst name for a bicycle company ??

(Example: Framebuilders:Mario Confente)

From: "Tom Martin" <tom@wilsonbike.com>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20040214022425.95822.qmail@web11907.mail.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Gipiemme : The worst name for a bicycle company ??
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:37:47 -0800


Worst names for component manufacturers?

Translations from Mandarin to English take the cake:

-GoodHorse Leather- They make handlebar tape in Taichung -You Shun fork company - Hopmore bearings -Suctech bar ends -LeadTech handlebars (you could pronounce it LEED tech or Led tech....)

or in spanish: Gordo forks

And many of these companys have been producing parts for over 20 years (and for many of our vaunted 'high end euro and US brands) so it is kinda on topic.

Tom Martin
Oakland CA


----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Rafael Rednor
To: Classic Rendezvous
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CR]Gipiemme : The worst name for a bicycle company ??



> > ...but shortly after I pointed this out to 'Nanni'
> > Pinarello, they stopped using it on their bikes...
> Of course that brings up a further question. In Italian,
> doesn't "nanni" mean "dwarfs"? Or is that "nani" (i.e. with
> one "n"? Or is it that in Italy people are more likely to find
> such an appellation endearing?
> Best regards,
> Fred "Rafaelito" Rednor - Arlington, Virginia
>
>
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