Naming Bikes: Normal or Crazy?

**kfergos** · 03-10-2008, 11:54 AM

Do you name your bike(s)?

Mine named themselves:
Charlotte is the almost 10-year-old Specialized Hard Rock with drop-handlebars, studded tires, fenders, a rack, and serious head- and tail-lights. She's the winter ride.

Davey is the 2007 LeMond Poprad, red, speedy, and fun to ride spring through fall. He's still a functional commuter bike, though, with fenders and front and rear blinky lights.

Is it strange to feel like your bike has a personality, and deserves a name as much as a pet does?

**gnat23** · 03-10-2008, 12:06 PM

I don't think it's strange at all. I have Cheddar, my 10+ year old Trek from Wisconsin, and Brie, my strong and smooth Specialized Ruby. I think when I get a mountain bike, it will have to be Chevre, the goat cheese.

-- gnat! (Now, when you realize that some bikes are male and some are female based on their personalities...)

**sundial** · 03-10-2008, 12:11 PM

Nope, not strange at all. I have Jada the Specialized Roubaix and Carmine, the Rockhopper.

I also give my dogs people names.

**IFjane** · 03-10-2008, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by sundial

Nope, not strange at all. I have Jada the Specialized Roubaix and Carmine, the Rockhopper.

I also give my dogs people names.

I have one bike - her name is Godiva - because she is naked (so naked, in fact, that her pink hubs glisten in the sunlight

). I, however, am clothed when I ride her.

And two of my four cats have people names;

Robbie and Lucy.

**rij73** · 03-10-2008, 12:12 PM

How about somewhere between normal and crazy, such as "eccentric"?

I haven't named my bike, but my Steinway grand piano is named George. I have no idea why... seemed like a good name at the time!

**Tuckervill** · 03-10-2008, 12:53 PM

I have a hard time naming inanimate objects, but I enjoy the company of those who can. My youngest son anthropomorphizes everything--when he has to choose one thing over another, he feels sorry for the thing he didn't choose. He names enough things for both of us.

That said, my last red Beetle was named Chigger.

Karen

**OakLeaf** · 03-10-2008, 12:55 PM

I used to have a cheese grater named Alexander. As in...

Does that count?

**rij73** · 03-10-2008, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by OakLeaf

I used to have a cheese grater named Alexander. As in...

ROTF!

**kfergos** · 03-11-2008, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by rij73

How about somewhere between normal and crazy, such as "eccentric"?

I like that. It sounds much nicer than "crazy."

**Trek420** · 03-11-2008, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by kfergos

I like that. It sounds much nicer than "crazy."

Eccentric is when you're rich and crazy, we're just crazy

that's normal.

**rocknrollgirl** · 03-11-2008, 07:33 AM

Good Lordy, I hope not, mine are all named. AND my cycling buddies refer to them by name:

My XC racer is Gidget, small and fiesty
My all mt bike- Bob- tough, dependable, can take a hit
My city bike- Bluebell-she wants to be urban, but just can quite get there...
My new road bike is yet unamed....

The DH has:
Babe, the great blue ox
His new 29er is Gandalf the grey.....

**Melalvai** · 03-11-2008, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by Trek420

Eccentric is when you're rich and crazy, we're just crazy

that's normal.

Are you sure crazy and normal are mutually exclusive?

**wannaduacentury** · 03-13-2008, 04:56 PM

I haven't named my bike, but my Steinway grand piano is named George. I have no idea why... seemed like a good name at the time!

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I love that- George

music lover here. Jenn

**wannaduacentury** · 03-13-2008, 04:57 PM

My silver road bike is named Casper (like the friendly ghost) and my black mtn bike is named Lava Lake b/c the color is called Lava and I thought of volcanos. kinda cool I think. Jenn

**crazycanuck** · 03-10-2008, 04:28 PM

Am i the only one out there that doesn't name my bikes? My bike is a bike is a bike..

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