Does your bike have a name?

[KayTee]

I, too, have a bike named Fred, a fast and ultralight '02 Fondriest Carb Level with Campy Record 10 and all kinds of carbon fiber bits hung all over him. When I ride him I feel like a fred. I bought him after a particularly good season but have been on a downhill slide since then.

PeeWee is my '06 S&S-coupled steel IndyFab Crown Jewel - for my Great Adventures, get it? And Barbie, a.k.a. Barbie's Playbike, is my winter bike, a 1990 SLX steel Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra pictured below. She was repainted last year (and named for) her original Team Weinmann colors. What looks like blue paint is actually a deep purple. Quite flamboyant, but she rides and handles like a dream, and I love her.

And some call our tandem The Mothership.

[pooks]

Way cool colors, there!

[pooks]

KSH, I just noticed your post -- Buttercup is one hott bike.

Do you have trouble keeping those yellow tires yellow?

[kellichou]

I have a Trek 7300 hybrid, bright red. Even though I wanted to give it a female gender, the name Marcel has stuck. I have an obsession with Marcel Proust, and so this Marcel can take me on adventures on the bike trail and around town.

So like Sulis, I can say, "I'm going out with Marcel," and friends & colleagues will think I'm going somewhere with a hot Frenchman or something.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

So like Sulis, I can say, "I'm going out with Marcel," and friends & colleagues will think I'm going somewhere with a hot Frenchman or something.

Hey you guys, I love this idea! I have a blue Rivendell Rambouillet (Rambouillet being a village in France reknowned for their sheep breed), and I've had a terrible time trying to name it. I've always sensed it was a boy bike. In 2005 DH and I visited Quebec and loved learning some French. Now I'm going with the French theme and going to look up sexy French male names- I bet one will jump right out at me! (a name that is, not a French male...)

Thanks for the obvious-but-not-obvious idea!

[Cyclo Kitty]

My commuter is called Pale Horse, it's a white Fisher Aquila with panniers and I have a work situation that sometimes required me to be Wyatt Earp to some Ringos.

My 'cross bike is the Sea Snail, because it is a Cannondale. It's turquoisey blue, which is sea-like, but I'm the snail

I have a green Raleigh Superbe three speed step-through I call Mrs. Slocombe, since she often had green hair on Are You Being Served?

And my single speed conversion blue Bianchi that's not done yet is called Frankenbike, or just plain Bikey. Good Bikey.

My husband's Kona Kula is the Weasel, because it moves really fast.

I sure do love my bikes....!!

[pooks]

Mrs. Slocombe! I love it!

[IFjane]

I, too, have a bike named Fred, a fast and ultralight '02 Fondriest Carb Level with Campy Record 10 and all kinds of carbon fiber bits hung all over him. When I ride him I feel like a fred. I bought him after a particularly good season but have been on a downhill slide since then.

PeeWee is my '06 S&S-coupled steel IndyFab Crown Jewel - for my Great Adventures, get it? And Barbie, a.k.a. Barbie's Playbike, is my winter bike, a 1990 SLX steel Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra pictured below. She was repainted last year (and named for) her original Team Weinmann colors. What looks like blue paint is actually a deep purple. Quite flamboyant, but she rides and handles like a dream, and I love her.

And some call our tandem The Mothership.

KayTee! I'm so glad you posted a pic of Barbie! I know I talked about my bike's name somewhere - possibly on the "IF Riders" thread....

My bike (the only one as of now, though I am trying to save my pennies so I can catch up with KayTee ) is named Godiva. Not because of the chocolate, but because she is an IndyFab Ti Crown Jewel and she is totally naked. Not a speck of paint on her. Now if her rider only had long, flowing blonde hair to go with it....oh yeah, and then there's the girlish figure, too

[Gidiup]

I name my bikes too. My hybrid (Specialized Crossroad) is named "Blu". My road bike (Specialized Allez - '02)(now my husband's) is named "GO" Allez is French for Go, right? And my new love, Ruby (Specialized Ruby Comp '06). She came with her name. My husband contributes to my biking madness by letting Ruby stay in our living room. I can't help it. I like to look at her when I'm I not riding. My husband even asked if Ruby enjoyed the ride when I get back. I think this all started when I was a kid and I thought of my bike as being a pet horse. (much less expensive, by the way). Ruby and I are going on our first century in June as part of the MS150 ride.

[Celeste]

My husband contributes to my biking madness by letting Ruby stay in our living room. I can't help it. I like to look at her when I'm I not riding. Ruby and I are going on our first century in June as part of the MS150 ride.

Me Too!! I keep Celeste in my living room as well when not riding. She is just so pretty to look at and it keeps me motivated to keep riding.

I also am going on my first Century ride in June, but to Lake Tahoe. I am nervous and excited all at the same time. Good luck to you on your ride, Gidiup!

[Fredwina]

I have three Bikes:
A cannondale road bike, which either goes by the Old Grey Mare (even thought it's actually Sliver w/ red accents) I got it on 9/11/2002, and it has about 17,000 miles on it, so it's old, but it get where I want to go.
A Cannondale Mountain bike - which is Captain Peg Leg It has the Lefty "fork".
A Bike friday - which is just Friday, although some think I should call the Folding tank - it's quite heavy , and built with some very low gears.

[stella]

I, too, have a bike named Fred, a fast and ultralight '02 Fondriest Carb Level with Campy Record 10 and all kinds of carbon fiber bits hung all over him. When I ride him I feel like a fred. I bought him after a particularly good season but have been on a downhill slide since then.

PeeWee is my '06 S&S-coupled steel IndyFab Crown Jewel - for my Great Adventures, get it? And Barbie, a.k.a. Barbie's Playbike, is my winter bike, a 1990 SLX steel Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra pictured below. She was repainted last year (and named for) her original Team Weinmann colors. What looks like blue paint is actually a deep purple. Quite flamboyant, but she rides and handles like a dream, and I love her.

And some call our tandem The Mothership.

KayTee: BEAUTIFUL bike! my so has a Merckxx, I love how they look. The colors on yours--georgeous! how long have you had her?

[KayTee]

KayTee: BEAUTIFUL bike! my so has a Merckxx, I love how they look. The colors on yours--georgeous! how long have you had her?

Barbie was an eBay bargain about 6 years ago. She had cruddy parts and wrecked up paint, so we upgraded components gradually and then decided that she really needed a repaint so she could look as lovely as she rides. I ride her every winter and on some social rides - she's heavier than my other bikes, so I get a better workout riding her. Hope your son enjoys his Merckx as much as I do this one!

[Hub]

The Giant in my avatar is named Boo-Sikki- because my brother (nicknamed Boo) gave it to me, the Trek 5200, on semi-permanent loan is Old Blue. Brother's Madone is called the Sacred Madone.

[Zen]

I have toyed with the idea the idea of naming my bike Myvagina for the intrinsic comedy value.
But i think i'll just go with Serenity.