Who has named their bike?

samartin26

Is anyone going to confess to having named their steed?

Do you have a Cannondale called Candy, or a Giant called Gigi or maybe a Specialized Allez called Allie?

Or is it naff to name? :?

Lightning

I have a Trek called Trek!

shm_uk

I interchange between 'The Bike' and 'My Bike'

(This will probably be the least interesting response you'll get to your thread :-) )

danowat

My Allez is called "the mule" as I commute on it, my Slice is called "the pain" because thats the only emotion I've ever felt while riding it!!!

sparkins1972

I did a charity ride from Berlin to Warsaw a few years ago in a group of around 100 people where we did 480 odd miles in 6 days. Was great apart from the bikes which were supposed to be new hybrids but we ended up with 2 ton mountain bikes that were at least 15 years old and atrociously maintained. My first bike had a sticker with Alan on it - after 5 miles the bike died and I had to get a cobbled together replacement which was the worst thing I have ridden - it became known as 'Alan B'stard'. Other than that I have never named a bike.

Matt the Tester

im currently calling mine shite

samartin26

shm_uk wrote:

I interchange between 'The Bike' and 'My Bike'

(This will probably be the least interesting response you'll get to your thread :-) )

I like "The Bike"... nice simple ring to it!!

clarkey cat

Bikes over the years have been called Chloe, Sarah, Emma, Rachel, The Beast, The Bitch but current bike is Tanji and god bless her and all who ride her.

samartin26

sparkins1972 wrote:

I did a charity ride from Berlin to Warsaw a few years ago in a group of around 100 people where we did 480 odd miles in 6 days. Was great apart from the bikes which were supposed to be new hybrids but we ended up with 2 ton mountain bikes that were at least 15 years old and atrociously maintained. My first bike had a sticker with Alan on it - after 5 miles the bike died and I had to get a cobbled together replacement which was the worst thing I have ridden - it became known as 'Alan B'stard'. Other than that I have never named a bike.

Nice '80s TV reference...but a bike called Alan is just weird!! :roll:

AndyF16

mainly to wind the missus, and other people up, the Colnago is known as Nigella; half Italian with an oversized front end (headtube)

sparkins1972

samartin26 wrote:

sparkins1972 wrote:

I did a charity ride from Berlin to Warsaw a few years ago in a group of around 100 people where we did 480 odd miles in 6 days. Was great apart from the bikes which were supposed to be new hybrids but we ended up with 2 ton mountain bikes that were at least 15 years old and atrociously maintained. My first bike had a sticker with Alan on it - after 5 miles the bike died and I had to get a cobbled together replacement which was the worst thing I have ridden - it became known as 'Alan B'stard'. Other than that I have never named a bike.

Nice '80s TV reference...but a bike called Alan is just weird!! :roll:

I hasten to add the original 'Alan' sticker was not my own and I found it very weird - when the mechanics rebuilt the bike I still had the old frame with the sticker on it and it was such an awful ride that it got its new name.

bendertherobot

Mine's called Greg. Tis a bit obvious, it's a Lemond.

Wooliferkins

My Geoffrey Butler tourer was Betsy but through numerous rebuilds her current incarnation is a bit of a Triggers Broom as only the rack and saddle are original

derosa

bendertherobot wrote:

Mine's called Greg. Tis a bit obvious, it's a Lemond.

Which model?

don_don

Who on earth would consider not naming their bike?!

My first mountainbike was called Flossie. She was eventually replaced by Bessie, then Doris and now Edwina.

I've had road-bikes called Bert, Lucinda and Gemima and now have a Surly Cross-check called Shania.

Honestly

CHRISNOIR

Bianca. Or 'Bianca Via Nirone 7' to give her the full name. Winds the missus up no end. "Off to give Bianca a good riding, my dear..." Etc.

secretsam

My Cannondale is "The Cannondale" or "The Road Bike"

My old steelie is "the old steelie" or "the 531"

My Spesh Sirrus (which lives in London) is "the London bike"

My children do have names, however, they are not just "the boy" and "the girl"

samartin26

Thanks....it looks like I'm gonna have to start thinking of names...for a '94 Raleigh MTB and for my future purchase of a Spesh Secteur...

samartin26

Thanks....it looks like I'm gonna have to start thinking of names...for a '94 Raleigh MTB and for my future purchase of a Spesh Secteur...

walkingbootweather

My Thorn Sterling is affectionately known as the Black Pig. She's matt black and no oil painting.

Does that make me Captain Pugwash? :shock:

martincashman

I have a Kuota Kharma '10, I call Cheryl Cole & a Carrera Virtuoso '10 I call Mary Byrne. Mary B is my comfy warm overweight winter ride with full mudguards, Cheryl's a thin and light thing of beauty for summer days.

Only thing is the Kharma can sing whereas Ms Cole quite clearly can't.

stephenswindley

I named my bike Beryl after a semi-precious stone because it was yellow and so is my bike

One Man And His Bike

Mines called "Bastard" as that's the name it gets called the most when I am out riding it in pain and wishing I was at home with some coffee lay on my bed watching something on TV.

Yet I always end up back out on it again in the same situation soon after, go figure.

Mark Alexander

Oh dear, so sad. it's a bike. That said, we should start a facebook campeign to allow our bikes in the cabin of aircraft. it is wrong that part of us is confined to the cold and dark of the hold. Bikes have rights too.

thegreatdivide

My Izoard is called Sophia after Sophia Loren. She's Italian, well built and a bit of a looker. My friends have even started calling her Sophia :shock:

Jonathand257

Claudia Winkleman. Love it!

bendertherobot

derosa wrote:

bendertherobot wrote:

Mine's called Greg. Tis a bit obvious, it's a Lemond.

Which model?

Zurich 2007. Just the frame and forks though. Nothing else original remains

ddraver

ahem...

Suzy Soda
Cindy Cindercone
Ribekka Ribble (stretched a bit there...)

My mate...

Wilma Whyte
Roxy Rigid
(and previously, Buffy (the vampire) Slayer before she died

Usually_Lurking

Henry, Dorris and Francis.

Simontheintrepid

I tend to refer to my Bianchi as the Alfa.

To paraphrase Jeremy Clarkson: 'It's the very best a bike can be...


...for 5 miles'

navrig

New Ribble Gran Fondo. Suggestions?


Granny Dribble? P'raps not.

The Fondue? Mmmm.