Perhaps a little crazy, but awfully catching and convenient. My road bike is named Myrtle (started as a joke, but boy did it stick...) and my vintage Schwinn is named Lulu. It's more fun to say "Lulu and I are going to Target."
DH's knockaround road bike is called Omar.
But the rest of my family thinks I'm nuts.
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03-13-2008, 05:49 PM #1
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03-13-2008, 06:26 PM #2
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My bike is a Schwinn cruiser from the early 80's. I bought her from the local newspaper for $50. I've been riding around for a couple months now but she's so heavy! (This is why I am transitioning into road/commuter biking) Out of frustration I called my bike, who was previously named Panchito, a "Big *****." Afterwards I started laughing and decided that from then on her name would be Big-B. So there it is.
My guitar amp (25 watt Fender) is named Gloria. Funny huh? I seem to think so.
My car (white Scion XB) is named Stormy-T because the car looks a lot like a storm trooper from Star Wars.
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03-13-2008, 06:36 PM #3
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Bike names
I just recently got serious about naming my current ride. Her name is Shirley. She's a silver Trek 7300fx with rack, fenders etc., a real pack mule to carry all my stuff.
Her name was selected for two reasons. Here at MU-Vet School, we have had several teams of mules that serve as the Vet school mascots. One set of mules a few years ago were named Jill and Shirley. Since I refer to my bike as my pack mule, she became Shirley. The other reason in corny...I always say she will "surely" get me where I'm going.
My daughter (age 11) just got a new bike (light blue Trek 7.2fx) I'm trying to talk her in to naming the new bike Laverne so we can have Laverne and Shirley. She doesn't see the humor!
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03-14-2008, 05:06 AM #4
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That would be hilarious, but you'd have to show her an episode, I think! Then again, I wonder what an 11 year old of today would make of Laverne and Shirley... When I think back to all the shows I was hooked on as a kid, it makes me feel ancient!
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