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Naming My Trike

 

 Well,  this is a photo of a trike the same model and of similar vintage to the one I am off  to see this week. The restoration project was undertaken by "Smoothie" pn the bentrider forum. 

Coincidentally,  I  was browsing an ebook this morning by Bryan J. Ball the founder of Bent Rider Online.  One of the chapters discussed the issue of naming trikes.  Apparently,  at least in the US, many trike riders name trikes while naming diamond framed bicycles is fairly uncommon. 

Since I've been hunting for a used trike in good condition,  within my budget,  I've never not considered naming it "Greta". Of course it's after Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, whose effort and tenacity on the issue I greatly respect. My thinking behind the name has altered slightly after watching a recent three party doco about her in 2019 and into Covid times. One of the messages Greta insists that people take on board is to not follow her,  but to "get behind the science". Yes,  her critics were right,  those Fridays of school have really dented her intelligence. Not!

Anyway,  my trike.  The model is a GTR, I can't not call it Greta. So to appease the Greta,  I will call my trike Greta and think of this more as recognition for the movement of school children around the world pressing world leaders to take strong action against climate change  

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