Fifty Plus (50+) - The name of the beast.

I didn't used to name bicycles. I was more into the machine age functional.........."The bike"......or "The Mountain Bike".

But as the bikes multiplied I found myself drifting into more practical names.........."The First Bike".........or..........

Since I have become a member of this forum however I find that it is more necessary to be descriptive with the bike names in a more informative way. Thus "The Road Warrior".

The new TT bike is white, and its slick so "White Rabbit"

What to call the MTB which has gone by the name "The MTB" for as long as I can remember?

I didn't used to name bicycles. I was more into the machine age functional.........."The bike"......or "The Mountain Bike".

But as the bikes multiplied I found myself drifting into more practical names.........."The First Bike".........or..........

Since I have become a member of this forum however I find that it is more necessary to be descriptive with the bike names in a more informative way. Thus "The Road Warrior".

The new TT bike is white, and its slick so "White Rabbit"

What to call the MTB which has gone by the name "The MTB" for as long as I can remember?

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after the third fall into 6" of mud in the morning.

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after the third fall into 6" of mud in the morning.

And mine ---The tandem- The Bianch-Boreas and the OCR.

I've never been good at remembering names....just ask any of my grandkids:o

I've never named any of the bikes. I simply refer to them as the Madone, 1800 or MTB.

I think White Rabbit is a very good choice for the new bike.

MTB-Little Puddin
Trek 520 - Scout
Fuji - Foo Baby
Schwinn Tourist -Cpt. Marcy

I have no names for my bikes. But I love my wifes names for hers:
Roadie: My Little Pony
Mtn-turned-hauling-commuter: Red Truck

I love the name "white rabbit"
Maybe you could use the Lewis Caroll theme for the mtn bike. Mad Hatter
Or maybe the Jefferson Airplane theme:
Crown of Creation
My Best Friend

Many possibilities....

I named my Specialized Dolce Comp "Sweet Thang."

I named cgallag's Fuji Team Pro "Mine." ;)

Cgallag named the Co-Mo "Blue Jay."

The '98 Specialized Hard Rock that hasn't been ridden in 6 mos. I think of as "Rocky," in that it helped me get back into cycling twice in 7 years -- this time for keeps.

I have to ride a bike or drive a car a while before a fitting name pops into my head. Naming my bikes and cars personalizes them for me. Must be in my genes; my mother called my dad's Citroen (that sat in our garage for over 10 years and never ran) "The French Fart." :p

I have no names for my bikes. But I love my wifes names for hers:
Roadie: My Little Pony
Mtn-turned-hauling-commuter: Red Truck

I love the name "white rabbit"
Maybe you could use the Lewis Caroll theme for the mtn bike. Mad Hatter
Or maybe the Jefferson Airplane theme:
Crown of Creation
My Best Friend

Many possibilities....

I like Mad Hatter but for obvious reasons I'm going to use 2 D's. Good one Curtis.

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after the third fall into 6" of mud in the morning.

After countless falls I have yet to be able to fairly blame my bike for one. :)

What to call the MTB? How about "Billy"? As in a Mountain Billy Goat.

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My faithful steed with a Old Glory motif I call “Betsy”, as in Betsy Ross.

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-Spoke

Mine are the red bike and the blue bike.

Funnily enough the term mountain goat is applied to those 5'6" riders over here that weigh about 120lbs and can scale any hill on a mountain bike- No matter how technical or steep they are. And they are not generally over about 17 years of age so must be linked to the early days of Puberty.

It just seems natural to me to give bikes names. They have personalities, so they need names. Madd Hatter sounds like a good one. Is it a mountain bike mountain bike or is a bike that was originally a mountain bike but now has slick tires and is only ridden on roads and bike paths?

My bikes and their names:
Bridgestone RB-1, Ribby
Fuji S-12S, Uncle Duke
Trek 970, Lugnut
KHS Milano tandem, The Red Shark

The new TT bike is white, and its slick so "White Rabbit"

This is very cool...but we'd rather you didn't encourage "him" any further.

"Him," as in, "he who owns a white bike and is unduly impressed with the pigmentation."

:)

P.S. Gracie was cool, even at 6:30 in the morning!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6xhYk9PEmXA&feature=related

It just seems natural to me to give bikes names. They have personalities, so they need names. Madd Hatter sounds like a good one. Is it a mountain bike mountain bike or is a bike that was originally a mountain bike but now has slick tires and is only ridden on roads and bike paths?

My bikes and their names:
Bridgestone RB-1, Ribby
Fuji S-12S, Uncle Duke
Trek 970, Lugnut
KHS Milano tandem, The Red Shark

Its a regular MTB that has been up geared to 26/36/48 on the chain ring. The tires aren't slicks (Kenda Kosmic Lite II in a 1.95 casing) but they aren't heavy block tread either, more XC dry than anything else. They are excellent on limestone trails, gravel roads or even traprock fill without being too bad on asphault. They have problems with loose sand and mud however when rear traction is necessary to climb. The railtrails here aren't paved, some are limestone over clay but many are graded gravel that deteriorates depending on what maintenance is performed. Pea gravel and traprock is common where it is dumped into the wet areas and washouts are also common. Most of the areas beyond that have become overgrown again and are begining to look like farm roads back into the fields. Not a lot of weekend riders back in those parts.

I have some more trails that look like what you ride on but a different tire is going to be necessary this year for those. Those trails look more like river bottoms wherever the grade gets steep enough to wash the dirt off the roots and collect the loose stuff on the slope along with the baseball size rocks. This year I had difficulties even going down hill on those trails. Too much deep sand in between the rocks. The connector road from the main trails up to my house climbs 350 feet in a half mile and its wash and river bottom the whole way. I need to be a better rider for that.

Maybe more pics this spring.

The names my bikes came with always seemed fine:

Ultimate
Tsali
Madone
Elite
San Jose
Phaser

This is very cool...but we'd rather you didn't encourage "him" any further.

"Him," as in, "he who owns a white bike and is unduly impressed with the pigmentation."

:)

P.S. Gracie was cool, even at 6:30 in the morning!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6xhYk9PEmXA&feature=related

Who dat? :D

It just seems natural to me to give bikes names. They have personalities, so they need names.

You, sir, need some help. I understand naming your kids, and naming your pets, but a bike -- well, is just a...bike! :rolleyes:

Millions of people name their cars.

Millions of people name their cars.

Why?? :)

Millions of people name their cars.

Almost 20 years ago I bought a used car from a woman, who told me the car's name.

I drive by a street with the same name almost every day...so I can't get the car, or that woman, out of my mind! :mad:

Because machinery, if not given the occasional pat on the head will skulk around behind your back and conspire to make your life miserable.

Ps: you need to talk to plants too.

Mostly call them by their model names, e.g. Sprint, Traveler, Racer, etc. But a couple are distinctive enough to have nicknames, the Dahon folder is the Pound Puppy, the green Sportabout is Kermit. Then there is the Campy Trek, the aluminum Trek, the Trek mountain, the doubleboinger, the 2-speed, the beater.

You, sir, need some help. I understand naming your kids, and naming your pets, but a bike -- well, is just a...bike! :rolleyes:

And I suppose your Mother is just a Mother. ;)
(Don't get mad, it's a line the Fonz used when someone said his motorcycle was "just a motorcycle")

I don't need help, but your bikes deserve better. :(
If you knew Ribby like I know Ribby, you would never suggest she is "just a bike".

...I don't need help, but your bikes deserve better. :(
If you knew Ribby like I know Ribby, you would never suggest she is "just a bike".You are starting to sound like the guy that got arrested for knowing his bike a little too well.:eek:

:fight:

You are starting to sound like the guy that got arrested for knowing his bike a little too well.:eek:

I read about that, crazy world, or what.:eek:

I didn't used to name bicycles. I was more into the machine age functional.........."The bike"......or "The Mountain Bike".

But as the bikes multiplied I found myself drifting into more practical names.........."The First Bike".........or..........

Since I have become a member of this forum however I find that it is more necessary to be descriptive with the bike names in a more informative way. Thus "The Road Warrior".

The new TT bike is white, and its slick so "White Rabbit"

What to call the MTB which has gone by the name "The MTB" for as long as I can remember?

I currently own two bicycles. The first is a Trek Navigator 3.0, the bike I first learned to ride on. I now use it as a commuter, with a rear rack, panniers, and handlebar bag. His name is Excelsior, named after the Longfellow poem about a young man carrying "the banner with the strange device."

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/526849748_bac08eec6b_b.jpg

The second is a Trek 7.5 fx, named Roark, after the hero of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. Those who may have read the novel will recall that Howard Roark was uncompromising and refused to design buildings as others did, but instead had form follow function. I can't compromise and have my bikes set up like other bikes; they have to function with my form. Also, it's a red bike and Howard Roark was nicknamed "Red" in the novel.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g11/tourmaletguy/MyPhillyrideandstuff064.jpg

Roark doesn't have a rack yet. I'm having him set up with a rack, fenders, and a 36 spoke wheelset for the cross-country tour I'm riding in 2008.

My new bent arrives on friday. A mate has ridden her and described the riding position as the 'begging hampster'. The urge to call her the 'hampster' is very strong ... but it doesn't feel right.

Ah well, we'll get to know each other on the roads ahead and she'll teach me her name. I just hope it's a name I can use in front of my mum :eek:

Richard

You, sir, need some help. I understand naming your kids, and naming your pets, but a bike -- well, is just a...bike! :rolleyes:
Yes. My bike is called --- my bike.

You, sir, need some help. I understand naming your kids, and naming your pets, but a bike -- well, is just a...bike! :rolleyes:

I've had someone argue that there's no need to name a bike, because it won't come when called.

Millions of people name their cars.

All of my cars have had the same name - the Neilmobile.

I've had someone argue that there's no need to name a bike, because it won't come when called.

In that case, my wife's ****** cat doesn't need a name. :p

I've had someone argue that there's no need to name a bike, because it won't come when called.

That's true enough, but the names are for the sake of the humans involved.

brown Bianchi: Italian stalliion
red Capo: Der Rosenkavalier
white Capo: Edelweiss
Peugeot: Piglet

red Capo: Der Rosenkavalier


From the reference to Haydn in your signature line, I'd expected a bike to be named Die Schöpfung.

My new bent arrives on friday. A mate has ridden her and described the riding position as the 'begging hampster'. The urge to call her the 'hampster' is very strong ... but it doesn't feel right.

I would be hesitant to name it "The Hampster." It might inspire thugs to mug you & dogs to bite you. Especially if you take to wearing a furry hampster helmet.

I call my beast 666. When it fails to hop over 6 inch curbs and such, or when it chooses to dump me down the side of a hill, it seems quite appropo.

Who dat? :D

Your worse than the kids. Everytime I get the woodstock DVD out they wonder how Woodstock near Oxford in the UK managed to get so many Americans visiting it.

Only ever got there by Video and now DVD but probably the one the regrets of my life that I never got there.

Only ever got there by Video and now DVD but probably the one the regrets of my life that I never got there.
I don't see it. You can get nekked and slop around in the mud anytime you want to. I imagine if you light up a J they'll look the other way as well.