Do you have a nickname?

**sundial** · 02-21-2008, 07:14 AM

Watching the Tour of California and hearing the different nicknames of the club riders, I was wondering........do you have a nickname?

Our little pelaton gave me the nickname of Rabbit, and lately, The Black Widow.

**z28cat** · 02-21-2008, 07:21 AM

Hey, the guys in my local club call me the Black Widow too! I wasn't sure how to take it....should I be flattered or offended??

**tulip** · 02-21-2008, 07:34 AM

Ha! I'm Thumper. I drive a vw rabbit and I'm fast off the block (and my BF says I have a cute cottontail).

**Zen** · 02-21-2008, 07:45 AM

there is a guy on one of my rides who they call DamnIt Man. I was wondering and wondering who damnIt man was and it turns out I've known him for years as Mike.

**Andrea** · 02-21-2008, 07:50 AM

Brick house

Because I used to be competitive in powerlifting and Olympic style weightlifting... Even though I'm much smaller & leaner now, I'm still muscular and heavy for my size- one day on a training ride, the guys on my team started singing the song, and ever since then, it stuck!

**Brandi** · 02-21-2008, 10:14 AM

ok I don't know why I got this one but I have had it for a long time. Sigh.....ok here it is Nunu Head. Don't ask cuase I don't know why?

**7rider** · 02-21-2008, 10:15 AM

Andrea....I'm still looking for a pic of you on your blog. I am intrigued by your sig line (not being a toothpick myself!

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No nickname for me here (that I'm aware of). Thank goodness....most of them I'm aware of seem to be born of bad habits.
- There is a guy who rides with my LBS who has the nickname "Gap", cuz....well, he's (in)famous for letting a gap open up in front of him in a paceline!
- And another guy we refer to a "Pop" - not because of his paternal nature, but because he'll sprint ahead of everyone at the base of a hill, and then *POP* he blows up (pops) and can't climb, so he soon falls off the back. But come the next hill...there he goes charging to the front again, only to *POP* fall off the back again!!!

**spokewench** · 02-21-2008, 10:55 AM

Used to call a girl Crossover Lina - could never figure out not to cross the chain over. Also, could never ride a straight line!

**LBTC** · 02-21-2008, 11:01 AM

My DH calls me Blondie - that doesn't have anything to do with biking, though. He also will refer to me as a bomb (babe on mountain bike) or a bob (babe on bike). My Santa Cruz mtb has my online nick on it "the Little B!tch That Could". And a lot of people, including cycling buds, call me "T". These all really beat "Shorty" and "Spaz" that I enjoyed in high school.

Oh, there was a ride we did once when we were in another town and did a ride with a friend of a friend - he was a fit fast climber and *he* called *me* a HammerHead.

I *loved* that!

H&B
~T~

**indysteel** · 02-21-2008, 11:14 AM

I don't have a nickname per se, but one of my riding buddies and I call each other "Girlsteiner" which is a play off of Gerolsteiner's cycling team. We started using "Girlsteiner" as code for our, um, private parts when we went over a rough patch of road and it morphed from there. Silly, I know but it still cracks us up.

My non cycling nicknames are Kick (which is what I called myself when I was little) and Diddler, which morphed from Katydid (my real name is Kate) when I was in college. Try explaining that one!

**Starfish** · 02-21-2008, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by indysteel

and Diddler, which morphed from Katydid (my real name is Kate) when I was in college. Try explaining that one!

OK, I wasn't gonna chime in with my embarrassing nickname for the world to see on the web, but after reading that one, mine is nothing!

Captain Lizard. Started out in HS during a stint as captain on a swim team. But, that was when my first nephew was born, and my brother thought it was hilarious. Over the years, he taught all four of his kids to call me that.

Once, on the sidewalk in front of their house, one of the kids was about 8, and called, "Goodbye Captain Lizard!" His little friend asked him, "Why do you call her that?" My nephew replied with a puzzled expression, "Because that's her name!" Like, duh!

**chickwhorips** · 02-21-2008, 12:07 PM

Since I dressed up as Pippi Longstocking for halloween everyone's been calling me Pippi or Pip.

Otherwise "trouble" has always followed me through the years. Not the action, but everyone seems to think I am.

**Andrea** · 02-21-2008, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by Regina

Andrea....I'm still looking for a pic of you on your blog. I am intrigued by your sig line (not being a toothpick myself!

)....

Haha- I've yet to get one up there! All of my photo albums are on Myspace, but you have to be a member on there to view them.

**limewave** · 02-21-2008, 01:08 PM

Whumpus (or Grumpus, if I'm in a mood)

Our DD nicknames:
Captain Canoe-Toe and Womper

**makbike** · 02-21-2008, 03:04 PM

There is a group in the club known as the Mad Dogs. I'm not officially a Mad Dog but I do participate in the centuries they host throughout the season. Last seaon, shortly after my surgery to remove my hair filled dermoid cyst, when one the Mad Dogs inquired about my surgery. I explained what the doctors found and that my cyst was filled with hair. Upon arriving back our cars I was given the Mad Dog nickname of "Hairball." Each and every time I hear someone shout out "Hi Hairball" I can't help but smile and chuckle.

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