Naming Bikes: Normal or Crazy?

[LBTC]

Eccentric. Yeah, that's it!

My new CF Cannondale Synapse is "Little Wing" for the Hendrix song "....butterflies and zebras, and moonbeams, and fairie tales, and all she ever thinks about is riding with the wind...."

She's the first bike I've named so far, and I got her just before winter so haven't really been riding any of the bikes yet. I'm thinking my other bikes will need names soon, too, and they will likely come to me as the season gets going. I've got a Norco Torrent that is becoming my bike friday, and a Santa Cruz Juliana Super Light.....and they are all black. Some of the names that came up while trying to find Little Wing's name were:
Desdemona, Lola, Lucille, Portia, Betty, Veronica, Godiva
I'm sooooo looking forward to those early season rides as I get to know each of them again, and finally give them the names they so richly deserve.

oh, yes, I looooove the cheese theme!! And Alexander the....

hahahahaha
Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[horsemom]

My bikes have names - my Gary Fisher Cobia mtbk is Mustang Sally, because she ain't no A-rab (I ride Arabian horses...) My road bike is a Salsa LaRaza and I call her Salsa, which is not really very original, but very fitting - she is bright blue and red, very feminine and very spicy!!!

I loved the story about making your husband take the dead plant out to the garbage!!! I would do that!

laura

[Xrayted]

there are a lot of us here who have named their bikes. My road bike is Zoom and my mtb is Pounce. Of course, when I'm actually riding them it's more like Pokey and Gumby.

[rij73]

My new CF Cannondale Synapse is "Little Wing" for the Hendrix song "....butterflies and zebras, and moonbeams, and fairie tales, and all she ever thinks about is riding with the wind...."

I had a friend in elementary school named "Little Wing"... All of us kids didn't know the song of course, so we thought it was a Native American name! Poor kid, having to explain that all her life...

[MALcontent]

My town bike is Esmerelda, because I hear the Wicked Witch of the West song from the Wizard of Oz in my head when I ride it. I've had my road bike for 8 years now, but a name has never materialized. I just got a new mountain bike and will be trying out names as we become better acquainted. I name cars too. The green Subaru I owned for 10 years was Violet.

[firenze11]

Ever since I went into an LBS and they told me the bike would pick me I knew mine would have to have a name. (Not sure they meant it in the "bikes have souls" kind of way I took it though) Although I haven't found one that sticks just yet. Jake is ok, but Kona named him first. And yes, it's a him. For sure.

My first car was named Felix. Everyone who knew me knew to call him Felix and not the Volvo.

LBTC - I love that name! (And the song, of course)

[sandra]

I love my PedEgg so much that I would name it and marry it if I could.

Oh wait. This is about bikes. Yes, I named my beautiful Red Lotus Blossom.

(if you don't have a PedEgg, rush right out and get one. Don't spend another day without one )

[sundial]

Sandra, LOL!

I think I'll name you the Sweet Potato Queen.

[Meaux]

I named my bikes!!
The Specialized Hard Rock is Babe (as in, the blue ox)
the Giant OCR3 is Babette, because it is the diminutive Babe
and the Orbea is the La Nina de Espana. Because that is what she is.

Both of my cats have people names, Annabel Lee (for the Poe poem) and Vladimir (as in the Impaler, although, I think his real full name was Wladislav).

I named my husband's bikes, too, much to his chagrin. (Bevo and the Stormking)

[sandra]

Sandra, LOL!

I think I'll name you the Sweet Potato Queen.

I am THE Sweet Potato Queen wannabe.

[Zen]

Sandra, LOL!

I think I'll name you the Sweet Potato Queen.

Oh I named her that a long time ago.
I have this mental image of Sandra in some small town parade, sitting an one of those old web-type lawn chairs with her tiara and a sash, waving to her subjects from the back of a flat bed pick-up.