The Naming of Bikes

[Bad JuJu]

Working on the holiday weekend, Kitsune? So sad! My bike and I will ride a couple of miles for you and MizCakes.

[pooks]

Wow -- I'm so impressed, and what fun!

I named my bike Dynah (because it's a Dynamic) and my husband's bike Mic. Neither of us actually uses the names, though.

However, I do think I might use Blue Streak, for the same reasons already named. Ha!

[Lise]

Great poems!

I just got the name decals I ordered for my dear Green Hornet. I'll take pictures and post them for you all!

[Kitsune06]

Lise- where'd you get the name stickers? I've long been considering putting stickers over the name brand lettering on my bike (theft deterrent, to a point) and those would look good...

Ok... not *entirely* about bike naming, but I tried, I really did.

A cyclist glides down the road
in panniers a heavy load
pedaling with effortless grace
and a little smile on her face.

She stops quick at the traffic light
And -geez- she's quite the sight.
With steel frame between her thighs
in rearview mirror, she sees my eyes.

"Morning!" I grin and nod
quite the awkward, staring clod.
"Hey" she smiles and pedals off
leaving me in dust to cough.

I hammer then, to match her speed
muscles grumble for my greed-
an easy ride is work enough
why bother with this "faster" stuff?

We meet at the following signal
Impressed, she suppresses a giggle
"Not too bad on a mountain bike."
I ask if it's a race she'd like.

She smiles, sits back on her seat
says there's someone I should meet
On the top tube, it's engraved
"Valkyrae takes you to your grave"

I arch an eyebrow in askance
She slips into racing stance
Says aside to her new prey
"If you really want to race today."

"Your bike's name is valkyrae?"
A little voice, I know it's me.
She nods and suddenly Val whispers
"I'll eat your frame" through her shifters.

"What?" I peer at the 'cycle
my racer's heart is turning fickle
Again it whispers "You're dead meat."
From the steel down between her cleats.

Handlebars turn with soft sigh
the headlight's cycloptic eye
peered at me, and in distain
clicked her perfectly well-cleaned chain.

"Maybe I'll take a rain check on that."
I feel nervous as a frightened cat.
"Someday," smiles the friendly stranger
and departs upon her steed of danger

"Valkyrae." I whisper and release the brakes
Trying to goad reluctant Miz Cakes
She'd wanted to race, and told me so
and no one was going to tell her "No."

Suddenly I'm sent flying
past the steel I'd been eyeing
Valkyrae, who'd unnerved me to the core
was soon a speck and nothing more.

I feel a yell within me rise
"Woo!" I shouted to the skies
Miz Cakes takes a curb with a little hop
when we make our usual stop.

"You know, hon, that wasn't a race,"
I say with perfectly straight face,
"Your little claim to victory sparked
while your archnemesis was parked."

Miz Cakes just sat tall and proud
pretending I hadn't said that aloud.
She knows she's far more sleek and scary
without the dork she has to carry.

[Lise]

Funny poem, Kit!

I got the decal from www.bikenames.com

It wouldn't cover anything--but maybe the site has that option.

[hellosunshine]

and the dashund!wot an ace dog!is it yours?



the bike,MALE OR FEMALE?

[Bad JuJu]

Whoa, Kitsune--that reminded me of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," with the scary Valkyrie taunting you and MizCakes, like Death.

Our poor bikes, eh? Stuck with their slug-legged riders while they aspire to valiant deeds!

[Kitsune06]

Glad you guys liked. I don't write a lot lately, but it was such a neat topic that I really wanted to contribute something.

[KnottedYet]

Nice poem, Kits!

I think it's kinda funny that you had a Valkyrie taunting you and Miz Cakes, and I just named (dependent on if it suits her) the Waterford after a Rhine-Daughter. Not quite a Valkyrie, but sort of related...

wanna race, little girl? <evil leer>

[Lise]

and the dashund!wot an ace dog!is it yours?
the bike,MALE OR FEMALE?

The doxie is not mine--but looks a lot like my Schatzi in her prime. Unfortunately, all the pix I have of her are from her later years, when she mostly lay on the bed and stared at you with her old dog eyes.

The bike is female, although a very tough one!

[DebW]

Great poems, Kit and Knotted. Now I've even learned something about Norse mythology (never heard of Valkyrie before, I'm so uncultured).

[Kitsune06]

Nice poem, Kits!

I think it's kinda funny that you had a Valkyrie taunting you and Miz Cakes, and I just named (dependent on if it suits her) the Waterford after a Rhine-Daughter. Not quite a Valkyrie, but sort of related...

wanna race, little girl? <evil leer>

Only if you have full panniers, just like the chick riding the steel-framed Valkyrae... and stop at some point so I can pass you...

Sometimes I *swear* I can hear Miz Cakes sigh with frustration when I'm huffing and puffing and about dying crawling up a hill.

...Weren't the Rhine-Daughters called Rusalki in Russian, or am I totally confused?

[pooks]

LOVE the poem, Kit!