Naming Bikes: Normal or Crazy?

[kfergos]

Do you name your bike(s)?

Mine named themselves:
Charlotte is the almost 10-year-old Specialized Hard Rock with drop-handlebars, studded tires, fenders, a rack, and serious head- and tail-lights. She's the winter ride.

Davey is the 2007 LeMond Poprad, red, speedy, and fun to ride spring through fall. He's still a functional commuter bike, though, with fenders and front and rear blinky lights.

Is it strange to feel like your bike has a personality, and deserves a name as much as a pet does?

[gnat23]

I don't think it's strange at all. I have Cheddar, my 10+ year old Trek from Wisconsin, and Brie, my strong and smooth Specialized Ruby. I think when I get a mountain bike, it will have to be Chevre, the goat cheese.

-- gnat! (Now, when you realize that some bikes are male and some are female based on their personalities...)

[sundial]

Nope, not strange at all. I have Jada the Specialized Roubaix and Carmine, the Rockhopper.

I also give my dogs people names.

[rij73]

How about somewhere between normal and crazy, such as "eccentric"?

I haven't named my bike, but my Steinway grand piano is named George. I have no idea why... seemed like a good name at the time!

[Tuckervill]

I have a hard time naming inanimate objects, but I enjoy the company of those who can. My youngest son anthropomorphizes everything--when he has to choose one thing over another, he feels sorry for the thing he didn't choose. He names enough things for both of us.

That said, my last red Beetle was named Chigger.

Karen

[OakLeaf]

I used to have a cheese grater named Alexander. As in...

Does that count?

[rij73]

I used to have a cheese grater named Alexander. As in...

ROTF!

[csr1210]

My bikes have names AND genders.

I don't really feel bad for the things I don't choose -- but I do feel really guilty if I throw away a plant -- even if it's been slowly dying away for months! I finally had to make husband carry one to the trash when I wasn't around. I really think it had just lived out its lifespan, but I still felt mean dumping it in the trash.

Back to bikes; I love the cheese theme!

Christy

[alpinerabbit]

My new ride will be named Rosita. I waited for inspiration and there it was.

[Andrea]

Gnat- love the cheese names!

I haven't named my bike, but considering that I just elevated it to "bike porn" status, I could call it Ron or Jenna

[LBTC]

Eccentric. Yeah, that's it!

My new CF Cannondale Synapse is "Little Wing" for the Hendrix song "....butterflies and zebras, and moonbeams, and fairie tales, and all she ever thinks about is riding with the wind...."

She's the first bike I've named so far, and I got her just before winter so haven't really been riding any of the bikes yet. I'm thinking my other bikes will need names soon, too, and they will likely come to me as the season gets going. I've got a Norco Torrent that is becoming my bike friday, and a Santa Cruz Juliana Super Light.....and they are all black. Some of the names that came up while trying to find Little Wing's name were:
Desdemona, Lola, Lucille, Portia, Betty, Veronica, Godiva
I'm sooooo looking forward to those early season rides as I get to know each of them again, and finally give them the names they so richly deserve.

oh, yes, I looooove the cheese theme!! And Alexander the....

hahahahaha
Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

[horsemom]

My bikes have names - my Gary Fisher Cobia mtbk is Mustang Sally, because she ain't no A-rab (I ride Arabian horses...) My road bike is a Salsa LaRaza and I call her Salsa, which is not really very original, but very fitting - she is bright blue and red, very feminine and very spicy!!!

I loved the story about making your husband take the dead plant out to the garbage!!! I would do that!

laura

[Xrayted]

there are a lot of us here who have named their bikes. My road bike is Zoom and my mtb is Pounce. Of course, when I'm actually riding them it's more like Pokey and Gumby.

[crazycanuck]

Am i the only one out there that doesn't name my bikes? My bike is a bike is a bike..

[salsabike]

I don't name my bikes.