Does your bike have a name?

my mountain bike is named fish. i described her features to some friends and asked them to name her and they named her fish. my new luna that should arrive tomorrow!!!! is named Pi because pi is a circle and a circle is a symbol for balance and balance is what i strive for in my life and what i feel when i ride a bike and because i think pi is a pretty name and it s mathematical and i am a nerd like that. i have a cat named coset and i didn't name my cat but i always spell it coset and i think of her as a mathematical cat :)

I named my Specialized Vita Comp "Bella".
"Vita" is Italian for "life" , therefore, "Bella Vita" means "Beautiful Life".

Ciao

I named my Apollo Etienne hybrid Josie after the comedienne Josie Long. I don't find her funny at all but the bike is long and I struggle to get it up the 5 steps into my flat :rolleyes: I do love her though :D

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My Trek 7.6 is named Stella

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My Trek Pure Sport is named Stella as well. Tho mine is named after a beer.. Stella Artois.. there was an "incident" at pizza place here and a rather wacky waiter upon ordering a beer yelled out to the entire buzzing restaurant.. STEEELLLAAAA (Street Car Named Desire) and made me feel like crawling under the table. Now my friends all giggle when I dare order a beer- we laugh (I can laugh about it now) and mock screaming it again.

The Trek FX 7.3 is named Louisville as we drove from Cincinnati to Louisville to pick her up and give her a good new home.

Shannon

My red Felt F75 is:

'The Big Red Beast' (because it gets me into the right mindset for my training/racing when I get on a bike called 'the beast'. :)

'The Beast' (because same as above but sometimes I'm in a hurry)

'The BRB' (because...Big Red Beast/Big Red Bike, and later added the "Be Right Back' because I have a habit of saying 'Be right back' before a planned short ride and then coming back hours later because I was having too much fun.

How have I not posted in this thread, yet? My bike is Oberon (after my favorite beer), but we call her 'Oby', for short.

I'm already looking to upgrade to a speedier, higher-end Cannondale, the new SuperSix 4 Rival. DH was down at our LBS tonite picking up the roof rack for our tandem and mentioned to our shop guy that I had the new bike bug really bad and would likely be ordering another bike in then next few months. Our shop guy said we have to name the new bike "Oby 2 Kenobi." Can't argue with that. :cool:

I don't think I have posted my tri bike's name (scott plasma contessa). I did post pictures of her back in July before my Ironman. We went to the race, had a great day, and still no name.

I finally named her Pepper. Pepper is Ironman's assistant, and she was my assistant in my Ironman, thus the name. And she is pretty spunky too!

Er.... yes.
(see below)
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I don't usually name my bikes, but I have been calling my Specialized Tricross Siena. She's named after a province in the Tuscany region of Italy, and I plan to take her there for a ride when I finish my Ph.D. :)

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I just bought a new bike. I call my other bike "R.B.", short for Red Bike. I'm considering names for my new bike and wondered if other riders have named their bikes. (Or am I just crazy?) My bike is like a good friend. We'll spend lots of time together and I think it deserves a name!:)

Do you talk to your bike? (Or again, am I just crazy????):p

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My road bike is "Buffy" named for my favorite kick-*** female character, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I've been guilty of yelling at her when she flats or drops a chain. I've also apologized to her when I went 6 days without riding her.

My steelie commuter is "Red"...she's red. My mountain bike doesn't have a name--I guess I'm just not that attached to it.

Ruby Elite Apex and her name is Phoebe... not sure why. It simply suits her:)

My red bike is Puddin', and my white bike is Jessica Rabbit, but she doesn't answer to that. :rolleyes: I tried changing it to Arrow, but that didn't stick, either. She usually just gets called "my white Eddy". She seems to like the idea of being called Spike, but she gets a lot of flats, and I'm not sure I want to encourage that.

I have been known to call my Bob Jackson steel road bike "Bob". Its name is written in several places on the bike, so I cannot quite picture changing it.

We have been close enough in the past that first names were appropriate, but it has been a while. So i may be referring to it as "Jackson" until we spend some more time together.

I have also been known to call it "the blue bike", to distinguish it from my green/purple fade Trek hybrid, which doesn't seem to have a real name.

After the rides I had this week I might call my bike "Dog Racer". I've been chased by 3 dogs in the past 2 days!:eek:

Love the topic!

I never named my bikes until Sky came into my life 3 years ago. She is a Rivendell Bleriot, the color of the sky. Quite ironic as my nickname is Sky King.

I also have an Orange Sam Hillborne frame I am contemplating a new build. He is a 52 cm but the stretch with Nitto Dirt Drops is just a snare to long for me so am thinking of moustache or albatross bars and using him more for local riding, not touring. As I live in Boise, home of the BSU broncos with school colors of orange and blue, he immediately took on the name Bronco.

I've been contemplating a name for my Madone I purchased the end of last year...The only thing coming to mind was Madonna, but I am not a Madonna fan. I think I'm going to settle on Mona Lisa because Mona is short for Madonna, I guess I could call her Lisa for short. Who know's if I will actually use the name but at least she has one now :)

Update:

Stella the Trek Pure cruiser bike has found a new home, but a Mountain Bike has take her place in the stable... A Trek xCal hard tail 29er named Guinevere.

Still have Louisville the Trek FX hybrid who recently got decked out with cool black fenders for rainy days. My Specialized Ruby Elite is named "Ruby" as I couldn't think of a name for her... She is all pretty and shines like a fine jewel, so Ruby was pretty fitting.

Ruby - she is a Ruby so I just thought that was appropriate.;)

After my favorite bike, my Gary Fisher Hifi lovingly called Holly Golightly was damaged in a car wreck I got my Specialized Epic. She has a lime green/black/white frame that I have accented with purple accessories. My mom referred to her as a Mardi Gras bike but after riding the 29er a few times I have decided she is definitely a high Voodoo Priestess, so I have named her Marie Laveau. :D

And after my husband has wrecked the last two trucks I named (the only vehicles of his I named) I have told him the replacement will not have a name! But my car is still Gretchen.

I am new to riding but the naming of bikes started immediately and with a theme.

My first and current bike (A raleigh venture 3.0) is named Sally Sparrow.

I'm eyeing replacing it with a specialized vita elite and would name it Rose.

I looked at a Cannondale Quick 3 and would have named it Donna.

And the Trek 7.2... yup, Martha.

So its all the women of Doctor Who.

The name I tried to give my bike never stuck. So she's mostly just "Bike", Miss Princess Road Bike, or occasionally "Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Trails", since she's a bit of a brat, stubborn (I try to take her out for rides, and something goes wrong), occasionally thinks she's a cross bike, and most of our miles are done on the local rail-trail. We never really bonded.:o

I'd probably manage to name a bike I clicked with, though.

DBF's bike is Bikington (I named him).

It took me a while of searching to find the right name after I bought my bike in March.

I have a Specialized Ruby, that is a deep blue, with a matte finish. So she could have been Sapphire- but I kept looking. Eventually, I was looking at pictures of wildflowers and found a flower called Speedwell! The scientific name is Veronica, so her name is Veronica Speedwell- Ms. Speedy or Very Speedy for short. (Actually, as a team, we're not that speedy, but that's not her fault. She's definitely faster than her predecessor, the Fuji).

My Klein is a beautiful blue silver paint, the kind of paint job only Klein was able to do. When a friend saw her the first time he said "shiny!" and then started singing REM's shinning happy people so I have always called her Shiny.

My utopia is Flower Power because of the orange flower stickers I put on her.

I bought a "Robin's Egg Blue" Surly Cross Check that I'm waiting on. Not sure what the name will be. My Trek FX 7.3 is Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird. The Cross Check is sturdy, utilitarian, quirky, and pretty ...like a Bulldog. So I'm thinking the name needs to represent the quirky/solidness, but sound "sexy" to compensate. lol

Ideas?

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Originally Posted by Velocivixen

I bought a "Robin's Egg Blue" Surly Cross Check that I'm waiting on. Not sure what the name will be. My Trek FX 7.3 is Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird. The Cross Check is sturdy, utilitarian, quirky, and pretty ...like a Bulldog. So I'm thinking the name needs to represent the quirky/solidness, but sound "sexy" to compensate. lol

Ideas?

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Lucy?

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Originally Posted by Velocivixen

I bought a "Robin's Egg Blue" Surly Cross Check that I'm waiting on. Not sure what the name will be. My Trek FX 7.3 is Scout from To Kill A Mockingbird. The Cross Check is sturdy, utilitarian, quirky, and pretty ...like a Bulldog. So I'm thinking the name needs to represent the quirky/solidness, but sound "sexy" to compensate. lol

Ideas?

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I think Rockin' Robin

I have never named my bike...can't even come up with anything that fits...hmm. It is a Cannondale Synapse in brushed aluminum and swirly designs on it. Any ideas? :cool:

I have a bike of many different parts. And right now it has mis-matching tires. So i've thought of calling it "Ragamuffin" but that's a little long. I usually just call it "bikey bike". Which isn't much shorter, i guess. But kind of follows calling my boyfriend's car "Jeepy Jeep". Not very creative.

I just started cycling again after a break of many years. My bike is dark purple cannondale aluminum frame with some components that are probably about 20 years old. Yes, I even have down tube shifters.

It's name is Professor Plum :D

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I have a bike of many different parts. And right now it has mis-matching tires. So i've thought of calling it "Ragamuffin" but that's a little long. I usually just call it "bikey bike". Which isn't much shorter, i guess. But kind of follows calling my boyfriend's car "Jeepy Jeep". Not very creative.

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for the bike of many parts, mongerel, pot pourri, mixmatched, heinz 57, scrappie and bits (as in bits and bobs or bits and pieces) spring to mind.

My Trek pilot the one and only bike I own started out as blue bike which got shortened to BB which got lengthened to BeBe because I had a huge blue stuffed bunny in my younger years that was referred to as BB and I thought BeBe (pronounced a la francais as BeyBey)was a little leaner, meaner and more fun.

marni

My Orbea is so gorgeous she has to be female. Yes, I talk to her...usually when I'm feeling guilty because she's been leaning against the wall for a week and I'm promising we'll ride soon. I call her Charlie. It came to me after a fall mid-ride. I had some pretty bad scrapes and blood running down my leg for about 30 miles and I kept thinking "That hurt, Charlie...and it still hurts" (in a British accent).

My gorgeous mid 80s, handbuilt, 531 tubed tourer is called Lady Haydock.

She's a real refined ride in comparison to anything I've ever owned and she was built (for the lady I bought her from) by Roger Haydock (here in Accrington, UK).

FunSize...a friend has a bike made up of various parts and it's called Frankenbike :D

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for the bike of many parts, mongerel, pot pourri, mixmatched, heinz 57, scrappie and bits (as in bits and bobs or bits and pieces) spring to mind.

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How about Frankenbike?

I have a Felt Z85 that my husband named 'Black Beauty' and that she is. I have a 28 year old horse and I believe he thought if he named the bike that I would not buy another horse:)

I call "her" Ruby. It is a Ruby Elite. Guess I wasn't original. Funny thing is I picked Rubysoho as my board name loooooong before I actually bought (or even knew about) my Ruby. Seems it worked out nicely. :D



ETA ... my guy friend named his bikes. Nitro and Titan.

My Kona's name is "Bucky"

Why? Because I was re-reading one of my favorite childhood books, Watership Down, when I got him and the name of one of the characters, Buckthorn, just kind of stuck.

My Luna's name is...Luna.

I sometimes call my Bike Friday L'il Bit. Or Lil. Or Lily. Or just Friday.

On my way to pick up the Surly we ate a late lunch/early dinner, which I commented about. My DH asked, "So did we just eat 'dunch' or 'linner'?" (changing the first letters of the words "lunch" & "dinner". I responded "linner" which then got morphed into "Leonard" by DH. So now the inside joke is that my bike's name is "Leonard"!

I'm so glad it's not just me. I commented to a biking friend yesterday that my new bike needs a name, and I got the strangest look from her!

I suspect my trainer thinks I am odd for naming my car and bikes - of course he probably already thought that ;)