Do you name your bikes?

[indysteel]

I do, but I'm not sure why exactly. I started calling my Bianchi "Sprout" after my BF at the time referred to her as the little green bike. I got a new bike just last week and haven't quite settled on a name. My current BF and I have thrown a bunch of stuff around. For whatever reason, he referred to the bike jokingly as "Nugget"--I think because it's really small--and I have a feeling it might stick, mostly because it makes me laugh.

I don't refer to my bikes all the time by name. It's much more sporadic than that. Usually, I just call it "baby" or "The Bike." I will say that I do feel very emotionally attached to them, in a way that I'm not attached to my house or car.

[salsabike]

No.

[limewave]

I don't. But DH does.

[roadie gal]

I tend to name only living things. My bikes have handling quirks, but not real personalities. I'll refer to them as "the road bike", "the tri bike" or "the mountain bike".

But... a friend of mine had a Ford Expedition SUV that was a light gray. That car was so big it deserved a name. So it became "Moby".

[SJCzar]

Definitely !!!!

Since I always refer to my bikes by their names, and not the make, even the people at my LBS know who's who. They actually named one of them for me when I purchased it there.

Road Bike - Natalie Jean
Mountain Bike - Naomi Grace
Single Speed - Newton Henry

[Karma007]

My new bike is still kind of in between. It's real name is "My Alibi" (after my grandfather's boat) but it is generally referred to as "Bicycle", as in proper noun. "I'm taking Bicycle out". I would like something catchy, but it has to fit.

[sundial]

Carmine the mtb was a very bad girl--she threw me and caused my friend to have PE's. Bad girl! Bad, bad girl!

[GLC1968]

No, but I've tried. I even tried to name cars in the past, but the names never stuck. I loved my last car more than a human should love a hunk of metal (I cried when I traded it in), but yet I could not get a name to stick.

Same for the bikes. We just refer to them by their model names: Isis, Classic, Tricross, Roubaix, etc Luckily, there are no repeats at the moment.

We suck at naming anyway. Our dogs have two of the most popular dog names ever. And our cat is named 'Kitty'. We really need to branch out a bit, I think.

[7rider]

We just refer to them by their brand or model names...same thing with the cars.

[fidlfreek]

I name things that I feel a connection to. And I definitely feel that w/ my bikes! Especially apparent now that I've sold my first bike, who I miss dearly. Her name was Sexy Purple.

Currently my road - the Look 585 - is affectionately known as Frenchie. I'm getting a Surly 1X1 setup like a townie this weekend. And I'm thinking her name is going to be Sparkle. Though we won't know til we bond. I also name my BFs bikes - Great White - the white giant mtb who has white richie bar and stem, and Super Sonic Speed Machine - the Scott Addict.

Its all about emotional connection.

[crazycanuck]

Oddly enough, I thought of this thread this morning when i went past a street sweeping vehicle..named "betsy"

[mtbdarby]

You know, I figured you couldn't have your private parts on something for long periods of time and not give it a name

mtb - rockhopper is Ba-Loo (like the Jungle Book)
road - trek 2100 is Marguerite (she stops for them!)
hybrid - diamonback is The Hulk. The name doesn't quite fit and may morph now that I put fenders and a rack on him. Makes him feel more femine

[djgafi]

never thought about it, but "baby" would certainly be it!

[arielmoon]

My bike is named Dara (as in Torres) and my car is named Sookie (as in Stackhouse).

[redrhodie]

Sookie (as in Stackhouse).

I love True Blood!