I’m not sure what the question is. Are you asking for our adviCe, or asking us to adviSe you?
Gnarway?
Are there no trees in Norway?
I genuinely didn't realise that was the company name. Way too long. Is there any company outside of hairdressers with pun names which consist of more than one or two words? Jeez, even the thought of having to type that into an email address fills me with fear! anus@anyexcusetoridenorway.com?
Agree with above, whats wrong with just "Ride Norway"
Agree with above, whats wrong with just “Ride Norway”
+1. You can still use the slogan "Any Excuse to... Ride Norway" on t-shirts and branding and the like. Reads better in my opinion than "Any Excuse to Ride... Norway"
Ride Norway is taken already. You can’t go for the low hanging fruit. But any excuse to ride is a fine strap line underneath. You just need something catchy for the main title.
Fjord Explorers?
Bike Norway?
Watty
I’m not sure what the question is. Are you asking for our adviCe, or asking us to adviSe you?
And the difference is..?
Advice is a noun and advise is a verb.😉
bikenorway.com is £1700 and norwaybike.com is £10 as is bikefjord.com . I'm afraid fjordexplorer.com is also £1700.
Whatever you choose, get a name that is catchy, easy to remember and has both Facebook and Twitter accounts available. Then focus on the logo. I rather like the line "Any excuse to ride", but it is a strap line not a company name.
Advice is a noun, advise is the verb of giving the said noun.
It's amateurish and complicated to reproduce, and the typeface looks like you designed it too. Pay somebody to do it for you. Get an art student to do it if you don't want to pay full commercial rates. As somebody has already said, an amateurish look isn't necessarily a bad thing for a guiding company, but I'd still get a professional to do a cleaner, easier to read and reproduce job.
Pronounced differently too. Advise is pronounced "advize."
I suppose the subject is kinda correct if it's a contracted form of "can you advise on..."
(Edited for typo, apologies)
[i]Advice is a noun and advise is a verb[/i]
Pronounced differently too.
I know that. It wasn't the question. Duh
[sneaky edit]
[i] Advice is pronounced “advize.”[/i]
No, advise is pronounce Advize. Advice is pronounce Advice.
Aurora rides - maybe a styalised mtb constellation over a fjord/pine forest with the strap line any excuse to ride Norway.
Advice is pronounced “advize.”
I'd have said advice is pronounced advice to rhyme with dice or mice, i certainly wouldn't use a z. Advise is to my mind advize to rhyme with wise or dies. Potato potato though i guess.
I’d have said advice is pronounced advice to rhyme with dice or mice, i certainly wouldn’t use a z. Advise is to my mind advize to rhyme with wise or dies.
That's precisely what I was saying, yes. (I wasn't suggesting spelling it with a 'z'!)
Ah, shite, I see what you mean, that was a typo. I'll go back and correct it.
Something along these lines ?
or maybe something incorporating chain links? Maybe 3 x chain links to form the N of Norway, or maybe to form a mountain silhouette similar to this?
or this
Anyway, good luck with everything
I’ll go back and correct it.
You should have just edited it then pretended i made it all up, that's the way things used to work pre-update anyhow.
I think tyres or chains on a logo looks a bit cheesy. It is trying too hard to tell you that it is a cycling company.
As a previous poster stated, think about your 'brand' and in particular if you can get those names on Instagram, Facebook and web domains - no point in spending a lot of effort and money to find those names already taken. It'll probably eliminate lots of options. A dot.no domain will be a darn site cheaper than .com but bear in mind that web domain registration rules could change post Brexit.
In terms of the logo, doesn't look like anything to do with Norway - colours too warm and typography is weak. Norwegians love their national flag - why not include that if you don't use the name?
Mountains need more jagginess
Ace Norwegian Uplift Service ?
Name change needed.
Imagine collecting punters from the airport, you would get fed up saying it.
It will get shortened to Ride Norway anyway, or as in A Quick Release - AQR. AERN, AETRN
Vehicle graphics (What I do) It would be tricky to make this big enough to read from across the airport car park or the street. Most vans and minibuses would suit a longer, landscape format.
It would look OK on a sweat or T, but the van is likely to be your most visible asset.
So, Mr Anus.... how you enjoying our advise?
So, Mr Anus…. how you enjoying our advise?
Probably feels like we're all being arseholes tbh
Riding with Anus in Norway, we'll ride right up the cracks!
What about "Ride Lights" as a name (referencing Northern Lights) which fits with supported bike tours. Could have slogans like 'Nordicing around' or 'Norway I'm riding that'.
Anyway... better do some work for my employer now.
Fjord transit
In line with the fjord puns...
Unfjordgettable MTB
Norway You'll g Olso with Us! erm Ltd.
IGMC
On the contrary, you’ll go Slartibart-fast
IAGMC
Fjord Prefect was a bit of an arse.
Hope it is afjordable. Perhaps a discount for birthdays, to encourage fjord fiestas
Bloody hell it was a typo! Advice is what I was asking for and thank you for all of it, I wasn't expecting so many responses! I appreciate all the comments but I think, in typical fingers in the ears fashion, in the end it probably won't change much from the middle of the 3. Some useful points in there regarding scalability and colours which i'll take on board and I enjoyed the puns! (favourite has to be Fjord Escort) but as someone else said I think any bike parts in the logo are just cheesy, I don't think a logo necessarily has to 'say' or show what the company does, most logos in the world don't do that, but they are catchy and become synonymous with a brand. So no chainlinks or tyres i'm afraid.
Lets see... A couple of things to explain which people have mentioned a lot.
The name - we have registered the company as Any Excuse To Ride Norway with an 'official' shortened name of Ride Norway, so both will apply and in lots of instances we will only need to write Ride Norway. The name has come from the fact I have had a blog/website for years called Any Excuse To Ride which also has social media channels linked to it, we thought it would be sensible to continue that since we already have quite a following via the website, Facebook and Instagram all under the name of Any Excuse To Ride. So yes I already own the domain and social media handles.
The irony of lots of people saying it doesn't look like Norway have anything to do with Norway is that it is actually a trace of the view straight out our kitchen window but never mind...
I've also thought about changing my username now that i'm going to be a business owner but i'm thinking that it is almost an advertisement in itself as it always seems to garner some attention! Hopefully enough of you will trust that i'm no anus in real life to book a holiday with us in the future anyway 😉
We didn't really intend it to but once we got it to this point we kind of thought it looked similar to the vintage rail posters for places to visit in the UK... anyone?
Ace Norwegian Uplift Service ?
I see what you did there.
Weegie Riders.
We started with looking for a short word (4 or 5 letters) in the local language. Check the domain name is free and off you go. Much easier if your email is bob@sykkel.nor.
In our case Leku is basque for home.
