But it seems that I have a knack for bikes with bad names. My first real mountain bike was a “Bravado” which, as you pointed out at the time, means the appearance of bravery but implies a complete lack. They might as well have named it “Coward”.

Later I bought bikes called “Big Sur” and “Dolphin”. I think water-based names are silly for bikes.

I have another bike called an “Avenue Airbase”, and find this combination… confusing, especially since Avenue is the make. If it were “Airbase Avenue” it would still be weird, but at least one can imagine it. But an airbase on an avenue — that’s just nonsensical.

But apparently people don’t normally think about make and model names much. I was surprised when a comedian pointed out that “Dodge Ram” is a contradiction. I’d heard the combination hundreds of times but that would have never occurred to me.

Good luck whipping all those jerks. Jerks.