Why? Coffee named bike

[crazycanuck]

Umm..Why? Why? Why did one bike brand name one of thier bikes after a type of coffee?

It was a (not sure of brand now) cappucino. I saw it whilst waiting to cross the street yesterday.

Interesting. Nice bike. The guy on the bike was nyah.

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[mimitabby]

yours is not to reason why...

no really, someone thought it was a cool name and thought it might sell a bike!

[Bluetree]

Hmm.. Cappuccino seems to give off the vibe as filling and frothy. For speed, "Espresso" would seem more appropriate for a bike.

A few years ago there was a top race horse named after Italian coffee.. Medaglia d'Oro (he was a son of a mare named Cappucino). I can think of a few more, but not so famous... Espresso Buzz, Coffee Monster, Java Jitters. Then there was another horse named Kona Gold. His owner/trainer claimed he was named after the Kona coffee. Those who were acquainted with the trainer knew otherwise... :p

[mimitabby]

Isn't there a bike named Kona too?

[Bluetree]

Couple of manufacturers - including Trek - make models named Kona. Most (if not all) are tri-specific.
Prob the only time you'll see men on bikes with flowers all over it!

[KnottedYet]

then there's the bike manufacturer named "Kona", based here just north of Seattle.

My Kona Dew is made by Kona.

[Eden]

Kona has got a Hawaii theme going with a lot of their bikes - though I'm not sure where they came up with "Jake the Snake" for their cyclocross bike.

You want to see interesting/odd names look up VanDessel bikes sometime.
My husband just got his new "Dragstrip Courage" - a track bike - but I think my favorite is the "Hellafaster" road bike. (cool it didn't get ****'d)

[SalsaMTB]

KHS has two folding folding bikes. The names are Mocha and Latte

[pyxichick]

My favorite name for a bike is the Karate Monkey from Surly.

But then I just like to say mon-key!