Originally Posted by Artkansas

I don't name my bikes beyond the labels on them since they were made. But I do admit that while writing one article about riding local mountain bike trails on my 25 year old streetified Hard Rock, I did see myself as a bit of an old fool like the Man of La Mancha, so it made sense to regard my bike as Rocinante, imagining it to be a fine warhorse while it was really an old plowhorse.