Does anybody "name" their bike...?

TommyB61

My Orbea's called Maria, after a Spanish ex of mine from a few years back *sigh*

Bazinga!!!

stevenw wrote:

Never named a car or motorbike before but my Colnago has a sticker on it that says Julie. Julie was my partner of 25 years who passed away in November 2011. Without her hard work and support I wouldn't have had any big boys toys!! (Must be going soft in my old age).

Definitely the most worthy name reasoning so far. Makes my potential name choice of "Rhianna" sound a little pathetic. :oops:

dastrass

My orange five is called kylie and Scott cr1 is dannii. Always a pleasure to ride either of them no matter what the weathers doing !

Lysander

My bike is called Black Bess after Dick Turpins horse

smoggysteve

I'm tempted to get the wife to change her name to Bianchi. Got to get priorities straight.

ianbar

who doesnt name their bike?

caad 8 is named "caddy"
enigma echo is called "lizzie".....after the wife keeps her sweet :-p

term1te

I used to have a bike called Gavin, don't know why, just sort of fitted. Gavin has now been turned into a piece of art. When I emigrated I gave a few old frames to a colleague who makes art out of old steel bikes. I've often meant to see what he made Gavin into. I had a really nice F W Evans light weight tourer, which I now wish I’d kept, could be a coffee table now for all I know.

My commuting bike is occasionally called Claude, because it cost a lot of Monet, it is also based on a Claud Butler (dalesman?) frame. The single speed is called Francesco, because it is a Moser.

Davdandy

As a male i couldn't name a bike a blokes name.That would be make me gay wouldn't it? :roll:

Lance9109

My Bianchi is called The Celeste Princess - my wife is jealous of her and my daughter is totally ashamed of me when she hears me call her that. My Felt mtb is called Floyd.

simona75

My Orbea Orca is called Shamu

lawrences

pastey_boy wrote:

Bazinga!!! wrote:

pastey_boy wrote:

I have 5 bikes and I call them all Keith !!!!!!

Interesting name choice pastey_boy. Why Keith???

Keith is taken from a trio of awesome names, the others being Trevor and Clive. All three are at the very top of name awesomeness but Keith just shades it for the ultimate name ever , but please bear in mind that the above view is my opinion and others may chose Trevor or indeed Clive.

I used to have a rowing boat called Clive. I don't name my bikes though.

e17blade

My Rose is called ...obviously... Rose. And by the whole family too, as in....

"You love Rose more than me don't you?"

and

"Please stop playing with Rose and play football instead Dad!"

Kellym82

My Cannondale Synapse 7 Sora is called 'Sora the Explorer'.... I know, I'm incredibly sad!! :roll:

asprilla

My S1 was called Lee after Maggie Gyllenhaal's character in Secretary; every time I rode her she begged to be thrashed.

None of the current stable have names other than Cyclocross, good bike, commuter, fixed, hack, etc.

metronome

My Summer bike is called Clemency Burton Hill.

peacock1987

My hybrid is called, Percy Pinnacle.

When I get my first road bike, it will either be Suzie Specialized or Trevor Trek.

peat

Mine's called 'The Pantie-dropper'.

mtbcommuter

My Giant road bike is called "Brienne" (after the rather lofty lady in Game of Thrones)

I've also got Harriet the hybrid and Dianna the mountain bike (as in Dirty Dianna)

:oops:

dadmcstuffins

The Steed, but I ride it like an ass though !!!!!!

65_bezzer

My Wilier Izoard XP is called Charlotte. I bought her from Wales and she's cute, like Ms Church

My cycling buddy's Merckx EMX-3 is called Tin Tin. No explanation needed there!

whitestar1

Whitney is my second bike. Had an MTB for 2 years and then moved over to road. Whitney is my B'Twin Triban 7 and we are in love! Don't care if any one calls that sick or worse. I love cycling and I love my bike hence the name and sex. So you are not alone to name your bike. Check out the decal I got done for her -

Bazinga!!!

whitestar1 wrote:

Whitney is my second bike. Had an MTB for 2 years and then moved over to road. Whitney is my B'Twin Triban 7 and we are in love! Don't care if any one calls that sick or worse. I love cycling and I love my bike hence the name and sex. So you are not alone to name your bike.

Nice!!!...true devotion whitestar1...Remember, "treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen" doesn't work for bikes (I think). :?

forward_loop

Toulouse (le trek)
Herman the german
Heavy mutha
Orville
Osbourne

Mtbs have no names .......

Schoie81

Ha ha, I've had one bike for almost two years and never named it, but i've just bought a second bike so my first thought was I need names for them now. Bikes have got to be females - all machines are female!! Ask Eddie Stobart!

So my Giant MTB has become Gina T (I'll let you work that out... ) still working on a name for my new Road Bike though....

volociroldster

Never thought about it before so i asked the bike. Bike said, "Can't you ****ing read?" I did and therefore i take it his name is Claud. Come on folk's, how many of you seriously thought about this until the question was asked...

Snarlypig

Mines called 'crotch hammer' after the old seat until I upgraded to specialized

LittlePlums

My hybrid is called Alex as my wife hates the name and so I wasn't allowed to use it for any of our children.

My Italian mistress is called Gabriella (that's my Bianchi, not my real Italian mistress).

My mate calls his Bianchi Edoardo. I think he has issues regarding his sexuality. Bikes should be girls.

hipshot

Congratulations on creating The Lamest Thread of 2013.

There was some stiff competition, but you just pipped it

Bazinga!!!

hipshot wrote:

Congratulations on creating The Lamest Thread of 2013.

There was some stiff competition, but you just pipped it

Thanks for that. Just the kind of reply a new bikeradar member wants to hear. Nothing wrong with a bit of fun. Must be great to be you.

hipshot

Yes, it was a bit mean spirited I suppose. I take it back.

It just made me laugh, I couldn't help it.