new pony in my stable(er...garage)

[rij73]

She's a cutie! I think "Chance" is good name, not dorky at all!

I'd still like to know more about her... year, specs. I am a bike geek after all.

Edit: Actually, I found it! http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/B...6608&Type=bike
Since the bike is from 2000, you should maybe consider new tires? What did the guys at the LBS say?

[Ana]

I always have the inkling to name the bike in accordance with the maker....so maybe something sexy and Italian?

[abvnx]

I think shes a '99. She has all Shimano 105(well, except for the BB, cassette, and the chain. as im not sure how to tell those. but they do say shimano). sorry, im not yet fluent in bikespspeak
so how do you say "chance" in Italian?

[VeloVT]

"Fortuna", perhaps??? I kind of like "Chance", though -- it's cute and sassy, like "Scout."

Of course, I'm not a bike namer myself, so I might not be any good at it .

By the way, from the angle of the photo anyway, that looks like an interesting/unusual stem/steerer arrangement. It doesn't look like a modern threadless stem, but not a traditional quill either... it that an aluminum quill stem? I'm all curious about it.

[SouthernBelle]

Pretty! Is it blue or is that my monitor?

S/he will tell you his/her name. It may be Chance!

[VeloVT]

Maybe.... FATE...

...DESTINY...

...KIZMET...

[cyclinnewbie]

Cosmo....she's all starry blue, and don't some peeps say the cosmos rule everything?

Or Karma, because you must have some darned good karma to happen on a sweet deal like that!

I love the bike...I love the color. I drove by a woman this morning riding a bike that color...I about drove off the road looking at it!