My bike needs a name. Can you help?
05-15-12, 03:48 PM
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My bike needs a name. Can you help?
I've had my bike for well over a year now and I have not been able to come up with an appropriate name for it. Can y'all help me come up with a name?
Here's some pics.
Here's some pics.
05-16-12, 10:00 AM
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I'll give it some thought. I have names for some of my bikes.
Bianchi Veloce, her name is "Celeste". (What else would you name a Bianchi?)
Trek 900 mountain bike, "Old Red" (well, it's old and its red...)
Schwinn Prologue "StupidBike" (because that's what my daughter called it when it upshifted on a steep hill)
I used to have a Specialized Allez, her name was "Ali"
Still need names for the following bikes:
'92 Trek T100 tandem. This one needs spouse approval on the name. I wanted "The Beast" but she doesn't like that.
Port Bolivar Lighthouse by Yo Spiff, on Flickr
Benotto frankenbike (Maybe "Frank"?):
80-something Benotto by Yo Spiff, on Flickr
Bianchi Veloce, her name is "Celeste". (What else would you name a Bianchi?)
Trek 900 mountain bike, "Old Red" (well, it's old and its red...)
Schwinn Prologue "StupidBike" (because that's what my daughter called it when it upshifted on a steep hill)
I used to have a Specialized Allez, her name was "Ali"
Still need names for the following bikes:
'92 Trek T100 tandem. This one needs spouse approval on the name. I wanted "The Beast" but she doesn't like that.
Port Bolivar Lighthouse by Yo Spiff, on Flickr
Benotto frankenbike (Maybe "Frank"?):
80-something Benotto by Yo Spiff, on Flickr
05-16-12, 10:04 AM
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my sugeston: speedy... because it's not a fixie. 
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05-16-12, 10:26 AM
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Road Warrior or Mad Max 
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05-16-12, 10:29 AM
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Sorry, no, I can't. 
05-16-12, 07:34 PM
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Kert, Mad Max or just Max & The Gray Mule sound good. Any others? I live on the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin if that helps.
Thanks
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05-16-12, 10:42 PM
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i vote for
volucris
or tardus
None of the names i call my bike while struggling up a hill are fit for the company of ladies..... and some men
volucris
or tardus
None of the names i call my bike while struggling up a hill are fit for the company of ladies..... and some men
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05-17-12, 07:33 AM
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05-17-12, 07:56 AM
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Should bikes be female like ships and planes?
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05-17-12, 03:42 PM
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Oly or Sven.
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Still need names for the following bikes:
'92 Trek T100 tandem. This one needs spouse approval on the name. I wanted "The Beast" but she doesn't like that.
Port Bolivar Lighthouse by Yo Spiff, on Flickr
'92 Trek T100 tandem. This one needs spouse approval on the name. I wanted "The Beast" but she doesn't like that.
Port Bolivar Lighthouse by Yo Spiff, on Flickr
Yah, maybe I shouldn't play this game. Not my strong suite.
05-17-12, 05:21 PM
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I'm struggling. When I get my Lynskey, do I name it Lynn? But she's not Russian! That wouldn't work.
05-17-12, 05:57 PM
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What's the bike's personality? You've been riding together for a year, so you've got a sense of the terrain it "likes", the attention it needs, etc.
My Adventure 400 got its name when I noticed that my natural cadence on the bike one night was lining up with Miss Gulch's bike-riding theme from The Wizard of Oz. You know, dum-da-da-daaa-DA-dum, dum-da-da-daaa-DA-dum, DAH!
The bike has been "Broom" ever since -- in honor of Miss Gulch's alternate persona.
My Adventure 400 got its name when I noticed that my natural cadence on the bike one night was lining up with Miss Gulch's bike-riding theme from The Wizard of Oz. You know, dum-da-da-daaa-DA-dum, dum-da-da-daaa-DA-dum, DAH!
The bike has been "Broom" ever since -- in honor of Miss Gulch's alternate persona.
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05-17-12, 07:29 PM
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Lefantôme de gris?
Rolls-Canardly?
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