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how many on here have a name for their bike? if you do, what bike is it, what name have you given it.. and why?
btw- I do not but one of my mates calls his bikes Norma and Ian, weird
I tend to call mine 'Anthem' 'Road bike' or 'hardtail'
mate at work calls his road bike Debbie.
He has always had a thing for Debbie Harry and he openly admits this is the only way he gets to 'ride Debbie' 😕
[b]wierdo[/b]
It's as bad as calling your bike a 'steed'.
the Cove
the Epic
the road bike
the cross bike
...
i also tend to call mine road bike,turner,blue pig,crosser and the monkey
'steed of supreme domination' usually.....
Sad I know but the only way I could afford my Cotic Soul build was due to the death of my Aunt, she left me some money so my bike is known to me as aunty Mary. 😳
1) big bike 2) little bike 3) frankenbike 4) wife's bike 5) brompton 6) fun bike
and that's that... I'm not very imaginative me 🙂
Yeti, Hardtail (aka Cove, aka Handjob), Dog-walking bike and Road Bike.
No pet names, cos that's be silly.
Sad I know but the only way I could afford my Cotic Soul build was due to the death of my Aunt, she left me some money so my bike is known to me as aunty Mary.
That's all right, I think. I did a road ride with a chap recently who rides Colnagos. He has contacts at the factory so, instead of the usual "Ernesto Colnago" siganture on the top tube, he has his mother's name: Dorothy Louise. She's also deceased and, he said, he did it because she would have been amused to know he was a cyclist.
Mine are altogether more prosaic:
Winter road bike: "No.1 bike"
Summer road bike: "good bike" or "race bike"
Cotic Soul: "Cotic" or "mountain bike" or "black bike"
Kona lavadome: "Kona" or "singlespeed" or "purple bike"
Track bike: "track bike"
Road fixed: "fixed bike"
I decided ages ago that if it had a name it should be something pretty and inappropriate, like Samantha Dekerf.
But as I've only got one, it's usually referred to as "it" or "my bike".
I'm a girl so I'm allowed to name my bikes.... FS is Black Beauty (and is black), HT is Piglet (steel aka pig iron, and with pink bits), Roadie is Flicka (as in the horse not the photo hosting website).
The OH has Stumpy (cause it is) and "The Beast" (old heavy HT).
Am I really really sad?? 😕 🙄 😀
Jeff... well its actually jeff 1.5 it got upgraded
All my DH play bikes have been called Phil.. Phil1 and Phil2 both are no-more.
However I'm soon to be getting a more xc race style bike, what shall I call that?! I'm thinking quite a camp name as can't imagine an XC race bike being butch now not like Phil!
And my car is called Paul... me and my wife like the term personification!
The mountainbike, the crosser, the road bike. The pile of crap in the corner my retro bike.
I have a Boardman so, naturally, I call it Stan
january
february
march
april
may
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So ... are your bikes male or female?
My single speed kona caldera is called 'black bastard', because it's wheels are black, it's frame is black,it has black P2 forks and it's a complete bastardisation.
All mine thus far have been Male, but new one might be Female as its made of plastic 😉
"ya****a"
well I often find myself saying "come on ya****a" when on a gut busting climb.
[i]So ... are your bikes male or female? [/i]
christ. Mine are just a collection of metal and rubber. They have neither chromosomes nor genitals.
cinnamon_girl - Member
So ... are your bikes male or female?
Even I'm not that sad!
Similar lack of imagination here:
The Inbred
The fast bike / The condor
The commuter / The touring bike
The IF 😉
*Dog bike
*Posh Bike
my sub5 is called "the princess of darkness"
my evo4 is called "evo"
they are both female.obviously.
clearly i need help.
btw like the aunty mary tale.
Bike naming is silly. As opposed to trail naming which is perfectly all right. My road bike is known as "The Essex Lightening", but was named by someone else with more than a nod to irony. I liked that.
Generally if I'm addressing a bike directly it's something like "Shift Gears you Chainsucking, Recalcitrant, Mule Headed BStard".
The Big Dog - Cannondale Rize
Race Bike - Scott Spark
Singlespeed - Cotic Simple
Road Bike - Gary Fisher Triton (singlespeed)
Looks like that makes me normal, rather than boring.
i call all my bikes jessie after my nan who left me money to buy a bike when she died. she loved cycling
🙂
One is referred to as The Pitch or The FS another The DMR or The Hardtail and finally The Trek or The Road Bike.
Im thinking mine is going to be called Evie May after my daughter who is 1 today!
With ref to Alex my bike is sometimes called "**** this im diching these ****ing SPDs"
I never do though
Just like Aunty Mary and Jessie, our tandem is called Nancy as she was only bought due to a small inheritance when my Grandma died.
My mum thought it pretty funny, Grandma, although being brilliant, was never known for getting muddy and she could never ride a bike!
It's a nice way to always remember her.
Love you Gran!
Rob
I call mine "my bike" as I only have the one.
This isn't full metal jacket chaps!
'Her outdoors' covers most
I think of my steel hardtail as Neil Young? Dunno why
My FS is more Danni Minogue
Lucifer
Thor
Loki
and Graham
Actually I made that up. Who would seriously name their bike?
Ahem 😳
My old FS was known as "The Sofa".
The Ti is known as "The MLC".
The latest is known as "The New Girl".
The singlespeed is known as "Dirty Little Inbred".
The other one doesn't have a name.
Yeah, so go on, point and laugh 🙄
*points and laughs*
No names, but when missus asks me to move bike/s or enquires "are those new shiny bits on your bike????" she referes to them as thus:
Big bike (Rocky Mountain Switch 2)
Green bike (On One SS)
Blue Bike (Curtis FR)
New Bike (Cotic Soul)
Skinny Bike (Bianchi)
Gold bike (Kona Dew Delux)
Which is fine by me as I can just about remember my kids names let alone naming my bikes.
wombat - MemberI have a Boardman so, naturally, I call it Stan
Not Greame?
T'Bogey (green Genesis Altitude)
T'Rat (Roadrat)
T'Goose (Mongoose)
Nick you racist! 🙂
Steph broke my elbow
Cindy left me on crutches
Boo Boo was sold on
Stella was stolen, after that I couldn't give any names because I got attached it it hurt when the bastard/s stole Stella so now it's
Six six and the hardtail.
My Mrs bought me my Inbred frame as an engagement present (well she did get a ring!) so its called Ballard, which is her maiden name.
Other bikes just called what they are called, although I might try to come up with something better...
Similar to Sturmy, my Blur is called Hilda after my dearly departed Grandmother who left me a bit of money with instructions to enjoy it. And enjoy it I do, as often as I can. I'll never part with it.
Also, "The Big Lad" Ellsworth Moment
"The Rat" Cotic Road Rat
"The Thug" Chameleon
"The Lady" Ribble 653
"The Mrs's Bike" Old Frankenbike built from bits.
mountain bike
road bike
folding bike
GF calls her bike Merl (Merlin Hard-tail, imaginatively).
the shared pub bike is called the beer bike.