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Old 09-15-08 | 09:38 AM
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I have a powder blue Giant OCR3 named 'Ole Blue".

A Nova Randonee named "The Traveler"

And a Marin Belvedere named "Rain Bike".
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Old 09-15-08 | 10:03 AM
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I really like the Uber bak! Thats sweet! How do you steer it?
See that big stick that's perpendicular with the seat? You either push that left or right and the whole box moves along with the two wheels.

https://www.cafe-velo.com/ This guy has one. He runs a fully stocked cafe out if his.
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Old 09-15-08 | 10:21 AM
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Old 09-15-08 | 01:12 PM
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Old 09-15-08 | 01:33 PM
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My green townie is called "Kermit".

My touring bike is called "Tipsy" because it falls over a lot.

My rain bike is called "Grimis" because it's purple and has fat tubes.

My chopper is called "Dewey" (spelled D-U-I) because that was the design inspiration and purpose.

I have 4 other bikes without names that are simply referred to by their make/model name or style.
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Old 09-15-08 | 01:44 PM
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My mid-90's Mongoose hybrid beater is Sophia III after the main battle tank in the classic videogame, Blaster Master:



My 1992 Schwinn Criss Cross commuter is only a few days old to me, and is yet unnamed.
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Old 09-15-08 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mijome07
Too bad the company's not called "Motobekeg"

Anyway, I've had this idea that I'd like to build my own bikes from the frame up and give them fake manufacturer names, like "Customarek CX1" or some nonsense like that.
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Old 09-15-08 | 02:26 PM
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My normal commuter is named Andre. Since it is a Giant, i figure this way he can be "Andre the Giant."

My winter/beater commuter is named sushi. It's a Fuji, and since fuji is such a Japanese name, I thought it needed to be named something very Japanese. "Sushi" got the nod.
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Old 09-15-08 | 03:22 PM
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My Trek Pilot that I use for commuting is called "Transformer" because I used to have to put on and take off all of my commuting gear on a regular basis since for a long time, it was my 'only' bike.

My new Orbea Onix (mine for all of 2 days) is not yet named. Something will strike me eventually.
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Old 09-15-08 | 08:56 PM
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My Surly Steamroller is named "Stanley" ,After the Stanley Steamer carpet cleaning company. I can still hear the jingle in my head:

"Stanley Steeeemer!!!
Tough on dirt, gentle on carpets!!"

My 80's Ross 290s is simply "The Ross"
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Old 09-15-08 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lizzylou
My new Orbea Onix (mine for all of 2 days) is not yet named. Something will strike me eventually.
`Grats on the fresh purchase!
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Old 09-15-08 | 09:02 PM
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I keep trying to give my bikes names but nothing ever sticks.
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Old 09-15-08 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
I think I'll name the rock at the end of my driveway, and maybe that piece of wood lying in the ditch down the road too.
I don't name inanimate objects.
A simple 'No' would suffice. Or no answer at all....

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Old 09-16-08 | 03:32 AM
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Diego.....


No name yet - anyone have any suggestions? Since she's a 'noble steed' we'd considered "Donkey", as in from Shrek.....
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Old 09-16-08 | 07:07 AM
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Jacob, after the biblical patriarch.

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Old 09-16-08 | 09:44 AM
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Big Brown. She got the name because my wife can't keep track of my bikes by brand so I called her BB and it stuck.
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Old 09-16-08 | 09:55 AM
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My daughter named her bike T-REX.
It's a Trek 800 and she wants me to alter the lettering on the downtube, (add a hyphen and make the "K" into an "X"). One of these weekends, I'll have to see if I can pull it off.
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Old 09-16-08 | 10:05 AM
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Hey-call it Cavallo! That is Horse in Italian-and sounds a lot cooler then "horse"
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Old 09-16-08 | 11:01 AM
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My Dahon Mu P8 folding bicycle is the first one I have ever given a name. Since Mu sounds close to mule, I call it Pepe. That's from a line in the movie Romancing the Stone: "They told you I had a car? They're such comedians. They meant my little MUle, Pepe."

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Old 09-16-08 | 11:13 AM
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Kona Dew answers to the name of Thug.
Surly Cross Check has earned the moniker Mule.
Cannondale Synapse prefers Shiver.

They tell me these things.
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Old 09-16-08 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Rollfast
Both are also Volkswagen model names for the mid 70s take on the Nazi German transport vehicle sometimes used as an officer's vehicle IIRC.
I knew VW had "The Thing", didn't know they had a "Thing 2". No connection in any event.
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Old 09-16-08 | 12:09 PM
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I have named my bike Gunmetal because of its dark gray color....
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Old 09-16-08 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by girljen
This is the Little B*tch, after the Specials song of the same name.
Nice...!
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Old 09-16-08 | 12:46 PM
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My commuter is called UAV (Urban Assault Vehicle) but is sometimes called TTIT, for "Tougher Than I Thought".
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Old 09-16-08 | 07:32 PM
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I call mine "Batman"

The name originally came from the PO, but I kept it b/c it fits well.

BATMAN


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