Does Your Bike Have a Name?

[kfergos]

When you spend a lot of time with any object, it seems to take on a personality. Vehicles more so than other objects, I'm assuming because of all the quirks those many moving parts can develop that make it seem to be an individual. I've named three of my four bikes:

Lucy - Jamis Xenith Pro, named after her former bike racer owner
Artemis - Custom Seven everything bike
Charlotte - Specialized Hard Rock converted into an Xtracycle

I also have The Red Bike, which doesn't have so many special, happy feelings for me and therefore doesn't get a name.

Question: Is this naming bikes a girl thing, or do guys do this too?

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Question: Is this naming bikes a girl thing, or do guys do this too?

Guys do it, too. DH's first Roubaix was "Ruby" (back before Specialized made a women's version). New Roubaix is "Bones" (since it sorta looks like it has elbows). His mountain bike is "Lefty" (it has a lefty fork), his CX bike is "Frank" (named by our son), the tandem is "Double-Tap"...it doesn't have SRAM shifters, it's a Zombieland reference.