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Old 12-28-22, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Polaris OBark
Shouldn't this be in the veloperversions sub-forum?
Or the Bike Penthouse Forum?
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Old 12-28-22, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
We need a thread: " Do you give human names or nicknames to your bikes ? "
We have had that. Naming a bike isn't as weird as some of what has been suggested here.

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Old 12-28-22, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by big john
We have had that. Naming a bike isn't as weird as some of what has been suggested here.
I think I'll get worried when I see someone start a thread asking if your bike has any nicknames for you.
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Old 12-28-22, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
Or the Bike Penthouse Forum?
Dear Bike Penthouse Forum, I never thought that this would ever happen to me...
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Old 12-28-22, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Milton Keynes
Dear Bike Penthouse Forum, I never thought that this would ever happen to me...
I was a coed at a large, midwestern college….
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Old 12-28-22, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Milton Keynes
Dear Bike Penthouse Forum, I never thought that this would ever happen to me...
Originally Posted by indyfabz
I was a coed at a large, midwestern college….
One day, twin sisters rode up on a tandem and asked if I had any lubricant...
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Old 12-28-22, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Koyote
One day, twin sisters rode up on a tandem and asked if I had any lubricant...

Ever ride a triplem?
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Old 12-28-22, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
I think I'll get worried when I see someone start a thread asking if your bike has any nicknames for you.
If only I had seen this suggestion first.

indyfabz will have to do it.
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Old 12-28-22, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Koyote
One day, twin sisters rode up on a tandem and asked if I had any lubricant...
I asked them their names, but their bike hadn’t given them ones.
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Old 12-28-22, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
I think I'll get worried when I see someone start a thread asking if your bike has any nicknames for you.
If you stare into the abyss give your bikes nicknames, the bikes give nicknames back to you.
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Old 12-28-22, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by csport
If you stare into the abyss give your bikes nicknames, the bikes give nicknames back to you.
You’ve been hearing voices from your bikes again?

That’s not good.
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Old 12-28-22, 04:20 PM
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I joined a facebook cycling group once. It turned out to be a vehicle for older men with beards to post selfies with their bikes and what the bikes were named. I supposed it got weirder but I promptly left the group when one dude posted a picture with the caption, "This is my new bike. I dub her venom. She bites" with a little snake emoji. Not only did he name the bike, he assigned a gender to it.
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Old 12-28-22, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
I joined a facebook cycling group once. It turned out to be a vehicle for older men with beards to post selfies with their bikes and what the bikes were named. I supposed it got weirder but I promptly left the group when one dude posted a picture with the caption, "This is my new bike. I dub her venom. She bites" with a little snake emoji. Not only did he name the bike, he assigned a gender to it.
You mean bikes aren't called "she" like ships?
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Old 12-28-22, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Milton Keynes
You mean bikes aren't called "she" like ships?
I wouldn't think the average Fred is as lonely as rickets afflicted sailors were.
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Old 12-28-22, 09:43 PM
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Something tells me I'm going to be needing a VPN to be seeing this thread again! With Firefox incognito mode!
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Old 12-29-22, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
I wouldn't think the average Fred is as lonely as rickets afflicted sailors were.
Heh. Hadn’t heard the term Fred in so long I had totally forgotten about it. Poised for a comeback?
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Old 12-29-22, 06:28 AM
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I admit it is fun to "toy-around" with the language, but try not to mis-characterize what I meant by "intimacy" or "relationship".
Maybe I am a bit of an idealist and romantic, and maybe I am more attached to my bikes than I should be to any material object, but it is not outrageous to believe that each bike has its own "personality", that, for me, can only be understood, experienced and assimilated through significant use, in either pace or duration. I find it unfortunate that some have degenerated the conversation to innuendo.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
I admit it is fun to "toy-around" with the language, but try not to mis-characterize what I meant by "intimacy" or "relationship".
Maybe I am a bit of an idealist and romantic, and maybe I am more attached to my bikes than I should be to any material object, but it is not outrageous to believe that each bike has its own "personality", that, for me, can only be understood, experienced and assimilated through significant use, in either pace or duration. I find it unfortunate that some have degenerated the conversation to innuendo.
In order for something to have a personality it needs to have a life in it and be alive...What your talking about here is " anthropomorphism ".
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
, but it is not outrageous to believe that each bike has its own "personality", that, for me, can only be understood, experienced and assimilated through significant use, in either pace or duration. .

Sorry, but I find pretty much all of that wildly overstated to the point it is "outrageous" or at least "ridiculous". Your choice of words made this even worse--having an "intimate relationship" with an inanimate object borders on the delusional and, yes, it really sounds funny..

I also think your OP posed something as a dilemma that really wasn't. Even if the above is true, that you have too many bikes to do this is a classic humblebrag "complaint."
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
Heh. Hadn’t heard the term Fred in so long I had totally forgotten about it. Poised for a comeback?
I've not ever owned the caliber of bike or kit to experience it.
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Originally Posted by 1989Pre
I admit it is fun to "toy-around" with the language, but try not to mis-characterize what I meant by "intimacy" or "relationship".
Maybe I am a bit of an idealist and romantic, and maybe I am more attached to my bikes than I should be to any material object, but it is not outrageous to believe that each bike has its own "personality", that, for me, can only be understood, experienced and assimilated through significant use, in either pace or duration. I find it unfortunate that some have degenerated the conversation to innuendo.
Psst. You are not fooling me, pal. Your choice of words was deliberate and calculated. I hope the attention has made you feel good.
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
I've not ever owned the caliber of bike or kit to experience it.

Depends which definition of "Fred" you're using--there's at least two, and they are distinct and somewhat contradictory.

There's Fred the bodger, who rides the hell out of old bikes and homebrew kit/equipment, and then there's Fred the lifestyle guy, with all of the latest and bestest.
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I'd guess I'm too middle of the road to be in either of those camps.
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Originally Posted by Chuck M
I'd guess I'm too middle of the road to be in either of those camps.

Middle of the road makes you John Forester, definitely not a Fred.
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Middle of the road makes you John Forester, definitely not a Fred.
Well-played. Kudos!
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