Do you name your bikes?

[blackhillsbiker]

My Kona is Firefly. She has lots of blinking lights for commuting. Fireflies always make me smile. The name suggested itself one night when I was biking around the lake and I saw the flashing of her lights on the water.

The new Giant MTB is Sliver. She is silver and has gotten under my skin.

I always named my guitars. I currently have Pete and Arlo. I have a little Yamaha mission trip/beater we refer to as the "guitar to be named later." At some point it will tell me its name.

I have one daughter who names everything, and two who don't. All our computers have names (it's a Mac thing, I think). My iPod is Elinore. Even my DH refers to these things by their names.

Deb

[cylegoddess]

My Subzero is Artemis( blue and white) and the new Orbea Onis is supposed to be Nepthys( egyptian goddess of perfection, seeing shes a Orbea and carbon, hehe) but I have a feeling 'she'is a 'he'.
I dont call them by their names though, they are just 'the bike'.

I tend to name animals badly as well - being 'kitty' , puppy', 'bunny' and then nickname them( the rabbit was memorably - 'snuggle puff'!)
I tried naming my cars but that didnt work either.
However, the bike has a name that IS hers.
When I told BF, he said he thought of his bike as his 'mistress' - always needing little presents, to be taken out etc - he renamed her 'Ishtar' ( we both study mythology)but he just refers to her, as the 'bke'.