What’s In A Name?
My wife never bought into what I thought was a clever nickname for our big bike. Karate Donkey seemed like a natural winner to me, given its cross pedigree as a Surly Karate Monkey and an Xtracycle beast of burden. And Ruby’s a big Shrek fan, so it gave me the opportunity to do a little, “Donkehhhh? DONKEH!” for her. Good match, eh?
But it gets better. A couple friends, D&M from NYC, came down to visit, and I introduced D, via the internet, to the sublime Soma “Morning Rush” Bicycle Coffee Holder. There’s two reasons I love this guy:
- He agreed that I absolutely need a Morning Rush coffee holder and mug. Maybe two.
- He caught a connection between the bike and the commuter mug, and introduced me, via the internet, to Highteen Boogie.
So who’s Highteen Boogie? Why, they’re a power punk trio of Japanese women, out of New York. And what’ve they got to do with the Karate Donkey, and the Morning Rush?
I’m glad you asked.
Coffee Donkey! Coffee Donkey!
But the esteemed Mrs. Higgins is still not budging, and she’s also let it be known in no uncertain terms that I do not have the go-ahead to order my new favorite commuter mug. Or two of them. So, what would you name a black Karate Monkey, with Big Apples, and a black double kid’s seat. Oh, and there’s Pearl sparkle vinyl involved, that’s coming soon. Any ideas?
Better still, know any irrefutable arguments as to why I can’t live without the coffee cup and holder?
Tags: bicycling, human powered vehicles, Karate Donkey, snapdeck mods, surly, xtracycle
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
Pick up enough aluminum cans to cash in and buy the mug.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:01 am
Not a bad idea. Two problems, but solvable, I’m sure:
1. I don’t usually get the cargo bike by day, so I’d have to enable some kinda cargo capacity on the Trucker
2. With the price cans are bringin’ in these days (and the number of folks in DC happy to cash in on ‘em), there’s just not as many of ‘em around as there used to be.
But that just means it’ll take a little longer, it’ll make the coffee taste that much better. Thanks for the suggestion!
August 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pm
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