Having received mild chastisement for my use of 'Quiver', which I freely use for my snowboards, it got me wondering what the correct collective noun is.
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having had similar castigation for stable, I now go with 'shed'
What should I call mine? There's five of them, but I don't have a shed.
A Fleet would seem a fitting collective noun for bikes...
...in my opinion.
An overdraft of bikes?
selection/few 😕
A Pride of Bikes
or possibly
A fettle of bikes
my bikes
our bikes
your bikes
🙂
A chain...
An overdraft of bikes
I like your thinking. 🙂
A spin of
How about 'a crank of bikes'?
Maybe that'd be better for a collection of those that use 'em - a crank of riders.
A ride of bikes?
A stay of bikes?
A mount of bikes?
A straddle of bikes?
I gotta log off now.
some bikes?
I LOLed at "quiver" - it's the association with the skill and heroism of an archer that I just can't fit with the overweight desk-jockey keyboard-warrior.
"fleet" as in "Fleet of carpark battleships" would be my (now) second choice.
I'm liking "crank" or "straddle"
A [b]stoke[/b] of bikes? A [b]gnarl[/b]?
Always been [b]fleet[/b]for me, but I do like the [b]Overdraft[/b] suggestion. It wouldn't really apply to my collection of mongrels but how about a [b]Bling[/b].
What is wrong with just calling it a collection of bikes?
...Hareem
What is wrong with just calling it a collection of bikes?
Nothing, it's just prosaic, tedious and unimaginative when there are so [i]many[/i] slightly camp collective nouns you could use instead. 🙂
A gaggle?
A posse?
A tangle?
These days? A theft of bikes.....
A 'rust' of bikes.
These days? A theft of bikes...
a haul of bikes?
A crash of bikes?
A rattle of bikes.
These are all taken...
A gaggle? of girls on a hen night
A posse? of blokes on a stag night
A tangle? of swingers
A boutique of bikes.
A shed/garage* of bikes.
*Delete as appropriate.
A rush of bikes
Post-ironic, slightly ****y collective nouns for bikes. Don't think I can top "quiver", to be honest. 😕
What about:
A suite?
A 'plex?
A pod?
A mangle
A stable
metal gang bang.
Pair 😉 and that's still one too many.
A load of bikes?
Some bikes?
or even... Bikes?
How about a:
Mince
Wiggle
Plethora
Niche
Jey
Crud
Gnarrrrrr
There you go....
a hoon of bikes
A tranche of bikes
Bunch?
Hoard?
Niche?
Based on my riding abilities and the mess in my garage I think my collection of bikes is a "stack"
Great Thread ! 🙂
So far, I like:
[i] A Pod [/i]
or
[i] A Fleet [/i]
[i]An Overdraft of bikes [/i]
Made me laugh.
😀
Cheers.
Luminous
A shop of bikes or embarrasment of bikes
A mid-life of bikes?