Does your bike have a name?

[dingster1]

I can't decide between Big Red or El Rojo.

[Aggie_Ama]

I have named all my cars:

-Jezebel my 1986 Cutlass that was my first car. "Angry Johnny" by Poe was very popular and since I was the first with a license my car got around alot.
-Delilah my Neon. A friend and I watched "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" before heading on a bowling road trip. We thought it to be bad karma if the car wasn't named, so we stole the name of Whoopi's character.
-Venus my bright yellow New Beetle. I miss her, she was such a fabulous car.
-Layla my Saturn Vue. It was a POS. I called it Layla after the Eric Clapton song because my Layla always had me begging. She was in the shop 8 times in 15 months.
-Gretchen is my Dodge Caliber. Because it is name that is "Anything but cute". Not that I don't think it is a bad name, it just isn't cutesy.

I call our Dodge Ram Guenther because I can! Funny thing is my mom and husband refer to the cars by their names. My husband also called my Fuji by name.

[kan]

I ended up buying the Cannondale R800 (and have started saving up for a tri bike), and when I was describing the bike to my friends, I said that it was silver, like the streak in my hair (which I am adamant is not gray). So I've been thinking of her as "the Silver Streak" ever since. What can I say? We compliment each other and so far seem to go well together.

[KSH]

This is Buttercup- SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP!

[Trekhawk]

This is Buttercup- SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP!

LOL - love the bike and the name.

Only one of my three bikes has a name. Its my lovely orange Juliana she is the flying pumpkin. It was just after Halloween when I got her and the kids said she reminded them of a pumpkin and she has been know to fly on occasion.

[sulis]

My cherry red specialized Allez is named Wolfgang (ala one of my fave composers - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). Because to me its a classic that never goes out of style.

And of course, for all my friends that think my cycling borders on obsession, rather than always saying I'm going for a bike ride, I can simply say I'm going out with Wolfgang. Then it sounds like I'm dating a sexy german guy.

[pooks]

A name, a name! Now that I'm ready to get rid of her, she suddenly has a name.

"The Beast" (as mentioned above) does fit her quite well because I've had to tame her more or less, to force her up hills, to force myself to ride her at times. She weighs almost 40 pounds!

Since we both have Dynamic brand bicycles, I arbitrarily named mine Dynah and my husband's Mick. It went no farther until tonight.

But as I was fighting my way uphill this evening "Dyna-Beast" popped into my head, then "Dyna-saur."

Even though "Dyna-saur" actually may be better, I think she will be "Dyna-Beast" in my head from now on.