and the winner is.......

....Soots!

Soots is the new name of my Xtracycle. Soots was one of the names submitted by Rebecca. Thanks Rebecca. I've got your shipping information and the bottle in on the way! BTW, Rebecca choose the sport bottle, as she'll be using it on her bike, of course.

What goes into picking a name; I have no idea. I compiled a list of all the names submitted, went through all of them over and over again, and Soots just really struck a cord with me. It’s quick to say and write, which is nice for when I’ll be making mention of it on my blog and in real life, and I think it could be turned into a pretty sweet logo. That's the next step. Design a logo around the name Soots. Wait a minute, hhmmmm…..logo design contest for another bottle…..hhhhmmmmm. I suppose I still have two more bottles to give away........

Anyway, below is the list of the different names that were submitted. Some very creative and excellent work on everyone’s part. Thanks to everyone helped out, I really appreciate it! A quick count shows there were 80 names submitted!


Names Submitted:

big blue butler
the loaded ninja
black Zephyr
Black Borealis
The Juggernaut
The Sherpa
Bertha

Christa had a whole bunch of names to submit:
· Framer (like Cramer but related to bicycles and photography)
· Black Magic (I'm assuming that's a black frame.. if not, substitute colour of choice in list)
· Black Devil
· Blackie the Good
· Good Steed Blackie
· Bicycycycle (bye - si - si - sickle) - for the stretched out in the middle thing
· BottleBaby (obscure reference to the contest, and fun to say)
· Pronghorn
· Workhorse
· Cruisemeister
· The Pickup
· LongHaul
· The Semi
· The Btrain
· The Wasp (esp if you get more yellow gear.. but also 'cause our bikes are wasp-waister)
· Stretcher
· Rickshaw
· Velocipede
· Phaeton
· GoTrain
· GoBuggy
· GoSter
· Hauler (Holler/ Holla')
· Lank
· Lanker
· Lanky The Wonder Bike
· Anything with "The Wonder Bike" attatched at the end
· Submarine (got there from 'substantial' - these are substantial bikes :)
· Sim (like Simple, but simpler)
· Puddlejumper (checking out your blog posts tagged "life is good" {life IS good} and dig the photo of green boots in a puddle)
· LTT (Long Tail Trucker)
· Antioxidant (Free Radical?)
· The Makeover (change your look, change your life)

Rebecca also came up with a bunch:
· Felix the Cat
· Soots
· 8-Ball
· Beast of Burden
· Jackass Jenny (Jenny is another name for "donkey".. apparently.)
· Chunky Monkey
· Beetle
· Beetle Juice
· Cat in the Hat
· Rufus
· Charles
· Steely Dan
· Blavod

There was :
· Black Beauty
· Mr. Wiggles
· The icegields Flyer
· THe colonel
· Muleteer
· Almost Vintage
· lil’ lugger
· Herc
· The Iron Lama
· Black Capsule
· Green Man Machine
· Gorilla
· The Black Canary
· The Merry Crankster
· Thumper
· Smudge
· The Black Duck

Elaine had a few:
· Black Beauty
· The Hauler
· Cargotronic
· The Hornet
· Frankenstein
· and she calls her X the behemoth

Rounding out the submissions were:
· The Black Station
· Black Magic
· Igor
· Adrastea - Greek goddess whose name means “unyielding”

As you see, there are some excellent names beyond what I've chosen. With my mind drawing a blank when it came to naming my Xtracycle V3.0, I'm so glad there are others, who can be creative at will.

Again, thank everyone for your input!

Cheers.

Contest: First Ever

Update: Hey everyone, thanks so much for the great names that have come in. The response has been overwhelming. So many great names, I wish I had more bikes. I'm going to leave this open until mid next week. At that time we'll close the idea box and make I'll make my choice and announce it here. I'll also list all the names that came in. Obviously the winner will be contacted and I will gather necessary information to get the prize shipped off. Again, thanks so much for the response. The creativity of the names blows my mind. Cheers.

First ever contest for Jerome’s Bike Blog! Oh boy, this is big. I'm looking to find a name for my Xtracycle version 3.0, and nothing has come to me. When this bike was posted on the Xtracycle gallery, it was mentioned that I was looking for a name. That generated 2 responses. Now, maybe with a little more at stake, I might just get some ideas.

You can have your choice of 1 of 3 brand new SIGG water bottles. One is the classic Swiss Logo Sigg. One is the new “wide mouth” Sigg, and one is the sports bottle. You get your choice of one of these bottles, and I will mail it to you, anywhere in the continental US and Canada.

So, give me your ideas of what you think this bike should be named. I’ll choose the winner based on which one strikes a cord with me, and that name will become the name of my Xtra V3.0.

So far, I’ve been given:

· “Yellow-horned something”
· Honker

So, submit something that would be welled suited as a bicycle name, and enter for a chance to with a Sigg. Sweet.

Send your entries to : jeromebikeATgmailDOTcom

Cheers.