Congrats @wishes for picking out the winning name! My explanation for the win is simple; she got lucky.  ’Hermes’ is a name very close to home. Next step is making some cloth wings to put on the back tires! *Looks at @wishes for her artistic skills.*

I played Tanarus for many years (7?) with the handle (name) ’Hermes.’ Judge me all you want, that game was is awesome. Check out the minimum requirements for a good laugh. Gamer geeks can understand how attached one gets to the handle of a player. The name came from my healthy addiction of “base flagging.” She had absolutely no prior knowledge of this, so her name was quite the shock.

Future contests will have a better way of judging. We will most likely leave it up to the people of the internet, or get experts. This was just for getting our feet wet.

Future Contests

If you have any ideas for future contests (silly/creative/geeky welcomed), or would like to sponsor a contest, send an email to contact@realgeeksride.com. The prize does have to be something one can hold in their hand.

How to enter (2 steps):

• 1. Tweet this: Free contest to win bike gear from @realgeeksride: http://is.gd/oLYW
• 2. Enter a comment below with my new bike’s name. Make sure to include your twitter name in the comment.

The winner will be chosen by: me picking at random, me picking the best, or a poll. Still haven’t decided. @reply us if you think one way is better.

Contest ends: Thursday, March 26th at 9 p.m. EST

Winner gets: Ergon Bike Ergonomics: E1S bike grips

Visit here for more info on the grips.

Contest rules:

1 entry per re-tweet – shipping is covered by me – no horseplay or tomfoolery

Side notes: I’m testing out how this contest goes; potential for bigger and better later. I won these fancy grips at the BikeHugger.com after-party at SXSWi. Unfortunately I can’t use them, but you possibly can!

If you want your product put into a future contest, let us know!