EraserGirl

anthropomorphizing question: are all bikes female or just the female ones?

stark23x

I would say just the female ones. For instance, if I owned a Surly LHT, I don't think i could give it a female name. That bike seems like a guy. Named Bob. Who is never hot-tempered, but rarely lets you down. Just a nice, steady, totally dependable guy named Bob.

Sawtooth

That made me laugh out loud! Thanks.

joshuaandlauri

mine is very similar, when the chain drops or skips I call it....mother $%^&$'

Panthers007

Considering the level of abuse being hurled as invectives by Roadie's toward Hybrid-owners, I have decided to name my hybrid in reference to those who dress-up like insects and buzz around on carbon-frames.

Meet Orkin. I'll be adding steel-bars & razor-studded hubs:

bkaapcke

My recumbent; The Good Ship Lollipop. It only rides the enchanted bikeway. bk

bicycletothesun

My bianchi pista: Mr. pimp McNasty

sd_mike

Mine is named Shasta. I'm a geologist from California. The colors are blue, red, white, black, and grey. Those are the colors you'd see on an erupting Mt Shasta.

pointatopointb

my bike is called blue steel: It's blue, steel and mass produced (looks like all the others). see Zoolander for the joke.

Jeff Wills

I could name all my bikes, but, like cats, they still don't come when they're called.

CCrew

I'm going to start naming the ones I don't like after ex'es. That way it'll prompt me to get rid of them and wonder what I ever saw in riding that thing

urban_assault

Fred

Kman516

Well, apparently, someone else has named their bike "Blue Steel" so maybe I'll start slowly referring to mine as Mugatu.

GreenGrasshoppr

If I named my bikes (with female names even), my wife would throw a hissy fit

Retro Grouch 

Klein road bike = poseur points bike
Bridgestone road bike = retro grouch bike
Fixed gear bike = Sammy Hagar (it's painted red)
Tandem = love machine
Marin = beater bike (it'd make sense if you saw it)
Porsche mountain bike = Porsche (not too original but ...)

urban_assault

No one says that she has to know about the names.

Jeff Wills

Long, long ago, a bunch of bike mechanics were building a streamlined recumbent. They spent so many hours putting it together that their wives were convinced they had mistresses. When the vehicle finally appeared at the Human Powered Speed Championships (ummm... 1981, I think) it had "The Other Woman" in 10-inch tall letters on the side.

That's truth in advertising for you!

I'll try to find a picture in the IHPVA archives.

u2chin

I would've thought that many would name theirs "expensive" or the opposite "*** that gets me from point A to point B"

Profoxcg

glad to see im not that weird comming up w a name for my car and bike and other items.
BTW, Spcecialized Allez - I call her Allie

terraskye

Just make sure you get a little dog to ride with you

cookie addict

All my bikes get women’s names because like a woman, they will one day be the death of me.

2006 Specialized Allez Elite: Nikki


Custom folder: Bridget (sold last year to a 6’3” opera singe - I miss her everyday. NEVER sell a bike, no matter what your wife says!)


Specialized 29er: Olga – she strong like ox…
1895 Boneshaker: Penny


Moyer Track bike: Svetlana – sexy like only a Russian porn star can be


1979 Raleigh Supercourse (converted to SS): Gabby: For Gabrielle Reese because like her namesake, she is too tall for me, quick, responsive, beautiful, agile, sleek, and if you don’t pay her the proper amount of attention while riding her you will likely end up on the pavement broken and bleeding.

stark23x

Holy crap one of my cars is named Svetlana. There used to be a "reality" dating show called "Shipmates." Two people meeting and dating on a cruise ship for our amusement. One time this Russian ribbon gymnast named Svetlana was on. She strong-armed every moment of the dates, and she kept repeating "Vye are you commentink on me? Vye are you commentink on me?" hhen the guy said *anything - positive or negative. He literally couldn't win with her. She was a nightmare. And not good at ribbon gymnastics either.

When I got my 1992 Ford Taurus from my grandfolks-in-law (gifted! free car!) there was a small engine issue. I talked about it one day while driving. This was maybe 6 months after seeing that episode of Shipmates. So I mention how this rattle/thump was driving me nuts and SHAKECRASHBOOM the car stopped dead. Tow truck and repairs. Turns out the master cylinder was leaking onto a rubber bushing for the engine mount and I tore the whole mount loose at some point. The thump? That was my engine raising itself up almost three inches and then slamming back downward each time I got on the gas in a heavy way. I drove from New haven CT to Pittsburgh PA and back like that once.

A few days after the car was fixed I heard a noise while driving. Just some random road noise, and I was started to mention it to my wife when she shushed me. "Not in front of the car! Remember what happened?"

We made jokes and somehow ended up connecting that Russian ribbon gymnast with the car...you can't comment on her or she'll throw a tantrum. So now the car is Svetlana, and we don't comment on her when she can hear us.

caloso

My '89 Trek 660: Ol' Blue
My '00 Trek 5200: The Old Gray Mare
My '86 Gazelle Champion Mondial: The Dutch Rocket
My '08 Bianchi 928: She's too new to have a nickname yet.

cervantes3773

I'm working on a name for my '10 Specialized Crosstrail Elite. I'm currently thinking Intruder or Spektr, as inspired by Infinity (table top war game) or a suitably ostentatious name, a la something from the Imperial Navy in Warhammer 40k.

/What? I'm a nerd.

corkscrew

I lovingly call my xtracycle "The Behemoth". Granted I didn't think about calling it that until I commuted to work on it.