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Ordinata-
I mean, sure. The thing for me is that the name just really isn't a good look, especially when you have to say it out loud. I don't want to be a huge killjoy or anything, but I don't think it reflects especially well on the forum. The culture here has usually seemed pretty on top of social justice, so I'm surprised the 'HHSB' name hasn't really come under much scrutiny.
Fibreglass
Yeah. I like the bikes as much as anybody else but I think the term should be retired. I was explaining to one of my friends who is new to cycling what makes a bike, for lack of a better term, sick, and pointed him here and to the HHSB thread. He asked me what it stands for. Telling him that it means 'hip hop slave' was a bit uncomfortable.