http://i.imgur.com/4h57zNV.jpg < - this comes up every once in a while. This was reposted on the cycling74 fb page about a week ago, iirc?

I remember visiting their site back in the late 90s and I still love banana seats!

My website / blog "SynthFan.info" once did an interview with Darwin Grosse from Cycling ’74 where this question was also addressed. You can check the interview here:

http://synthfan.info/2011/09/17/my-interview-with-cycling-74/

And when asked "Where did the name of your company come from" this is what he had to say:

"Well, the word "Cycle" is important to the beginnings of Cycling ’74, because the cycle~ object was one of the first objects (from MSP, the company’s first product) that was used for testing audio capabilities of a computer.

It just so happened that there was a Schwinn 1974 catalog on the table when a company name had to be decided upon; since the idea of 74 cycle~ objects was sort of a great dream, and the (somewhat goofy) pictures of the Schwinn catalog were so cool, it just naturally developed from there.

Of course, now doing 74 cycle~ objects is a no-brainer for any computer, and we no longer are using "appropriated" Schwinn catalog images for our website, but it was a cool (and very typically Cycling ’74) way of kicking things off."

Let’s Re-Cycle~, to be in phasor~.

;>)

http://re-cycle.com/History/schwinn_pubs/swn1974_cat.aspx