Does Your Bike Have a Name?

[Pax]

This thread is great. I just started riding about 6 weeks ago and I was just thinking on my ride today that my bike needed a name. I've already decided she's a "she" but no name has come to me yet....I'll keep thinking.

She'll let you know... when she's ready.

[Velocivixen]

I JUST FIGURED IT OUT!!! I will name my bike "Scout" after the little girl character in To Kill A Mockingbird! I relate to the girl very strongly. Scout in another way implies, to me, an explorer, upright, and so many other things....I ride my bike to explore my surroundings!

[macski]

I think Scout is perfect - as are many of the other names that show people's creativity.

I am very boring by comparison. I tried naming my bikes eg my flat bar Avanti Blade was Ava (not very original and even then it didn't stick and she is usually referred to as 'the Avanti). My Cannondale Synapse is 'the Synapse' and my Specialized Amira is 'the Amira'.

Azfiddle - I'm clearly not one to give advice on this topic but I like Sapphire for your bike. Perhaps because I have a blue burmese cat that I named Sapphire.

[hirakukibou]

All the bikes in our house have names -- although some are more inspired than others.

My Luna is named "Red" for obvious reasons.

My Fuji Supreme RC is named "Dragonfly." She was previously named "Blue" but last year on my birthday, my partner told me he secretly called her "Dragonfly." Later that day, a good friend gave me a beautiful card with a dragonfly on it. It was cosmic confirmation of the name. So, I put a small dragonfly sticker on her and the name suits her well as she is light and flies.

My 1987 Centurion Le Mans is "Centi."

My Fuji Sagres hybrid is "Rat Bike."

And my Fuji Touring bike is Tina.

Our bikes feel like family so it makes sense that they have names.

[nolemom]

I seem to have a weakness for mythology when it comes to my bikes. My first bike was Thor and my Madone is Hermes probably hoping I can take advantage of his speed.

[Thorn]

Scout is a very good name. May she guide you in your explorations.

Me?
Galanas (Welsh for blood money because she was bought with company buy-out money),
Edwina (S&S coupled bike that lives in a box "Put Edwina back in box"),
Surly (generic name for my surly commuter),

And my new winter commuter will probably be Detritus. The bike will be a Surly Troll, be used only in the cold of winter so who better to name it after than Pratchett's troll Detritus and his cooling helmet?

[Velocivixen]

It's so interesting to me as to whether or not you've named your bike, if so the name and how it came about. The poster above with "Dragonfly" had a great story!

I haven't told my bike her new name yet, so I'll have to "christen" her some how. I will honor her in hope that she will take me on many fun & safe adventures and along roads less traveled. As you may know, Scout is wise for her years.