What's the name of your bike?
08-29-14, 04:01 PM
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What's the name of your bike?
Admittedly, I haven't named my bike. But..... I was wondering what have folks named their bikes and why they chose a particular name.
08-29-14, 04:17 PM
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Synapse. I've only named one bike and it was a bike I lived on and with for 2 months riding cross country. Its name is Fred and he is retired just like me.
08-29-14, 05:20 PM
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John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt. Its name is my name too.
Whenever we go out, you can hear the roadies shout...
Whenever we go out, you can hear the roadies shout...
08-29-14, 05:41 PM
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You should ask this on the women's forum. The only folks I've known who admitted to naming a bike were women.
08-29-14, 05:47 PM
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08-31-14, 06:38 PM
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Still working on that. But haven't found the name that fits the green goddess of bikes
09-01-14, 05:41 PM
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Shadowfax after Gandolf the Grey's steed and the Lord of all horses of Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Actually because it's silver and black and has a big red "S" on the front that reminded me of another bike named Shadowfax. Fourty plus years ago I worked part time for the Univerisity of Washington as a student projectionist ie. AV guy. The AV department had a old black Schwinn 3 speed with metal baskets front and back that we could use around campus when needed. When they first got it one of the students saw the big white S on the front and promptly christened it Shadowfax and the name stuck. It was even listed in the inventory by that name.
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Actually because it's silver and black and has a big red "S" on the front that reminded me of another bike named Shadowfax. Fourty plus years ago I worked part time for the Univerisity of Washington as a student projectionist ie. AV guy. The AV department had a old black Schwinn 3 speed with metal baskets front and back that we could use around campus when needed. When they first got it one of the students saw the big white S on the front and promptly christened it Shadowfax and the name stuck. It was even listed in the inventory by that name.
John
09-01-14, 08:50 PM
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I call my bikes by their brands, I don't have any repeat brands. There are too many bikes to name otherwise.
09-01-14, 09:05 PM
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My trek ds is white and I started riding it in late winter. I call it the snowtrooper. My road bike is nameless thus far.
09-01-14, 10:31 PM
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Beyonce. A friend came up with it as a play on the brand and it stuck. My go-to bike:
The Mule. My ugly mutant fixed-gear drop-bar mountain bike that is set up for all weather and hauling things:
The Mule. My ugly mutant fixed-gear drop-bar mountain bike that is set up for all weather and hauling things:
09-02-14, 01:48 AM
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I think if I were eight years old I might name my bike.
I also do not have a name for my car or my refrigerator.
I also do not have a name for my car or my refrigerator.
09-02-14, 05:03 AM
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In this picture you see, front to back: The Gotham, The Bacchetta, and The Alegro. Of course, I also named my cat "White Cat." Yes, White Cat is white.
09-02-14, 09:04 AM
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which one.. the 2 frames & thus bikes, not from a brand name company are different in lots of ways..
2 are red ... 1 Italian the other rising sun Japan red.
I can tell them apart..
2 are red ... 1 Italian the other rising sun Japan red.
I can tell them apart..
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All my vehicles are named Sally, in honour of Gerald Durrell's donkey Sally. Of course, that gets a bit confusing, so I usually refer to them as: lets take the car or I'm taking the bike.
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I has a yellow dahon classic a couple years ago and a bike naming thread prompted me to name her Daisy. Her bigger, but younger, brother(06 Dahon Boardwalk) got named Donald.
09-08-14, 11:01 AM
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Decided to call my bike Bertha. She's got big tires, a big frame and a big rack. Seems like a good sturdy name.
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