There have been several threads on this and I think a slight majority of us name our bikes. I name all of mine:
Miranda- the feisty roadie
Tess- My hardtail mountain bike, she is a Scott Contessa but she is so tiny just Tess.
Fiona- since sold but she was my first road bike.
Holly Golightly - my new love is my full suspension mountain bike.
And yes I talk to my bikes when I need a little extra push. "Come on Holly, we can do this" or "you're right, Miranda, I am a wimp. Let's go!"
I name my cars too and DH's last two trucks but I don't talk to them.
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09-20-2009, 05:19 PM #1
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2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"
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09-20-2009, 05:35 PM #2
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A name? My bike has a song, My Sedona:
Oo my little pretty one, pretty one
When you gonna give me some time, Sedona?
Oo you make my motor run, my motor run
Gun it coming off of the line, Sedona
I think most people know only the My Sedona refrain, though.
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09-20-2009, 05:35 PM #3
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Bizarrely, I've named other people's bikes, but never mine.
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09-20-2009, 05:41 PM #4
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My bike's name is "my bike".
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09-20-2009, 09:37 PM #5
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Same.
Originally Posted by Catriona
I think of my bike as an extension of me, and I don't generally name my body parts. A leg is a leg.
"Where does it hurt?" "It hurts in my Bianchi, doctor."
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09-20-2009, 10:01 PM #6
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mine are... my mountain bike, my litespeed, my carbon bike, and my flaming surly. Originally Posted by aeiea
someone suggested that i call the flaming surly flurly, but that hasn't caught on.
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09-21-2009, 02:23 AM #7
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My Kuota is called "my bike." My Jamis Coda is called "the Jamis." Once in awhile I call it Jamie. The mountain bike is "the mountain bike."
I generally would not make up names for inanimate objects
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09-21-2009, 06:12 AM #8
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My old 3-speed beach cruiser was "Edith" and my road bike is "Lexi". I named her Lexi because that sounds like a fast, sleek, beautiful, sophisticated name.
It helps with work excuses too. "Sorry I couldn't make it in for the first part of the meeting. Lexi needed a little extra attention this morning." When you say something like that, people won't say "Who's Lexi?" because they think they're supposed to know and they walk off scratching their heads. I can hear their thoughts "I know she doesn't have a small child. Does she? No - but she doesn't have grandchildren, either. Her niece? Whatever."
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