login
Bike Naming
-
No new posts
|
 2008-10-20 11:45 AM |
Champion  4835     Eat Cheese or Die |  Subject: Bike NamingI just don't get it. I've never named a bike. I've owned many, loved a few and hated some other. I've worked in shops for 10 years, been a cyclist since I was a young teenager and have been riding now for over half my life. But I just don't get the naming thing. Perhaps it's because I buy and sell them so frequently that I don't get too attached? But that can't be the case because there are a couple bikes in my stable that I would never, ever sell because I love them too much, still they don't have names other then what they are. Referring to them by either make, model or style. I am the only one who is a bike nut that doesn't name their bike? |
| 2008-10-20 11:47 AM in reply to: #1754100 |
Champion 9060 Charlottesville, Virginia | Subject: RE: Bike Naming graceful_dave - 2008-10-20 12:45 PM I just don't get it. I've never named a bike. I've owned many, loved a few and hated some other. I've worked in shops for 10 years, been a cyclist since I was a young teenager and have been riding now for over half my life. But I just don't get the naming thing. Perhaps it's because I buy and sell them so frequently that I don't get too attached? But that can't be the case because there are a couple bikes in my stable that I would never, ever sell because I love them too much, still they don't have names other then what they are. Referring to them by either make, model or style. I am the only one who is a bike nut that doesn't name their bike? I haven't named any of the bikes I ever owned either, just not that creative. |
| 2008-10-20 11:48 AM in reply to: #1754100 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Bike Naming You're not alone, I can't see the point of naming an inanimate object either. |
| 2008-10-20 11:49 AM in reply to: #1754100 |
Master 1996 Woodbridge , Virginia | Subject: RE: Bike Naming my bike name is felt s22... this is my bike, their are many other like it, but this one is mine!!! FELT S22 you are not the only one.. right there with you. speaking of that i need to update my photo! Edited by momo 2008-10-20 11:50 AM |
| 2008-10-20 12:41 PM in reply to: #1754113 |
Cycling Guru 15134 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Bike Naming Never did before ....... but the two latest bikes just seemed appropriate. Guess it is my wife's influence. She always names her cars. |
| 2008-10-20 12:46 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Extreme Veteran 1234 West Michigan | Subject: RE: Bike Naming I posted this a while ago when a thread was created to help someone name their bike. During the '08 tour one of the vs. commentators kept referring to the guys' bikes as their "machines" and it really clicked for me. SO, to answer your question you are not alone in not naming your machine....  |
| 2008-10-20 1:00 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Champion 10157 Alabama | Subject: RE: Bike Naming I named my bike "Black Ice" but I just caller her "hey you". In truth, I never talk to my bike....I just ride her and leave her in my woodshop with my other tools/toys. The only place I've ever heard anyone naming their bike is here. I think if anyone actually referred to their bike with personal proper pronoun, most people would think them a little off their nut. ~Mike |
| 2008-10-20 1:07 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Extreme Veteran 518 Sault Ste. Marie | Subject: RE: Bike Naming my bike name is the legginator!! hahaa no JK....i race wih a 1990 peugeot, but yeah i havent named it or though of naming it, but the legginator is a pretty true/decent name. |
| 2008-10-20 1:12 PM in reply to: #1754392 |
Champion 4835 Eat Cheese or Die | Subject: RE: Bike Naming It's not just on BT that I've heard people do this. There was a lady at our last try club meeting who was trying to sell her bike. After she got up and told us all about the bike she then says, "Oh and her name is ____." I forget the name, but I just thought it was odd. And it's not just triathletes. I've heard in from mountain bikers and people dropping of their bikes at the shop for service asking me to take good care of whateverthebikesnameis |
| 2008-10-20 1:47 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Pro 4578 Vancouver, BC | Subject: RE: Bike Naming I haven't either. I just refer to them as the trek, the cannondale, the summer bike, the winter bike, the cruiser bike, the track bike, etc. |
| 2008-10-20 6:16 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Expert 1040 SF Bay Area | Subject: RE: Bike Naming Some people name their motorcycles too. Ships should have names but not bikes. To me, it's a bit corny. |
| 2008-10-20 6:25 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Elite 2527 Armpit of Ontario | Subject: RE: Bike Naming Lame
...IMO
|
| 2008-10-20 6:26 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Regular 118 The Land of Misfit Toys | Subject: RE: Bike Naming I named my current bike once (The Black Pearl), but then I realized that it really didn't serve me any purpose, especially considering, as Bear previously noted, that it is an inanimate object. So, I have since given up on it and it is merely "my bike." |
| 2008-10-20 6:36 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Expert 1040 SF Bay Area | Subject: RE: Bike Naming If you have to name your bikes to keep them straight, you have wayyyyy too many. I say Jeeves, fetch the Black Pearl from the garage for me as I'm in mood for a spirited ride today and the Great White Ghost is in a state of disrepair.  |
| 2008-10-20 6:53 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Expert 1019 Muncie, IN | Subject: RE: Bike Naming Mine goes faster when I refer to her as "Bikey". |
| 2008-10-20 7:34 PM in reply to: #1755274 |
Regular 118 The Land of Misfit Toys | Subject: RE: Bike Naming jeffy_101 - 2008-10-20 6:36 PM If you have to name your bikes to keep them straight, you have wayyyyy too many. I say Jeeves, fetch the Black Pearl from the garage for me as I'm in mood for a spirited ride today and the Great White Ghost is in a state of disrepair.
I have so got to get me a Great White Ghost |
| 2008-10-20 7:54 PM in reply to: #1755274 |
Extreme Veteran 448 | Subject: RE: Bike Naming jeffy_101 - 2008-10-20 6:36 PM If you have to name your bikes to keep them straight, you have wayyyyy too many. BITE YOUR TONGUE. I don't name my bikes, but never, ever should the words you have wayyyy too many and bikes be used together. Shame shame. |
| 2008-10-20 8:03 PM in reply to: #1754113 |
Extreme Veteran 694 | Subject: RE: Bike Naming momo - 2008-10-20 9:49 AM my bike name is felt s22... this is my bike, their are many other like it, but this one is mine!!! FELT S22 you are not the only one.. right there with you. speaking of that i need to update my photo! Yep, I'm with you. The name of my bike is: Trek 1500SLR My Truck name is: Duramax 2500 My mower is: Ariens However, I (we) did name our kids and dogs.
|
| 2008-10-20 8:46 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Pro 6767 the Alabama part of Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: Bike Naming Naming a bike is like naming a cat. Neither one will come when called, so what's the point, really. That's why when my girls each got a cat several years ago and named them, I promptly started to call them "red kitty" and "blue kitty" in honor of the collars they happened to be wearing from the pound. And now, that's how everyone refers to them. Sometimes they don't even get the full treatment, just "red" and "blue". |
| 2008-10-20 10:43 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
| New user 18 | Subject: RE: Bike Naming I think bike naming comes from being romantic. I think of it like naming my shoes. But then, after all... they tell men in the military to name their weapon. I think of a bike as a tool. Also, whenever I have to fix something.... I talk to it.... cuss it out... sweet talk it... Makes me understand how it's supposed to work better. But then I'm a person who named his bird dog; Julie. It was a very fitting name. I have two cats named Sam and Brian. |
| 2008-10-21 2:07 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Expert 716 | Subject: RE: Bike Naming Great, after naming my bike "Ole Faithful" last night, I feel like a dork today. Oh well, I still love my bike. |
| 2008-10-21 2:23 PM in reply to: #1757120 |
Elite 2527 Armpit of Ontario | Subject: RE: Bike Naming kaiserman19 - 2008-10-21 3:07 PM Great, after naming my bike "Ole Faithful" last night, I feel like a dork today. Oh well, I still love my bike. Naming your bike doesn't make you a dork...publicly admitting to complete strangers on an internet forum that you have named your bike makes you a dork
|
| 2008-10-21 6:31 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Regular 83 New York | Subject: RE: Bike Naming The only thing I have ever said to my bike is "oh, SH*T!" Then I hit the ground and it didn't even say sorry... so no need to name it for me... we are not even on speaking terms after that. Damn you clipless pedals... *shakes fist in the air*
|
| 2008-10-21 8:07 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
Veteran 169 | Subject: RE: Bike Naming My bike has a variety of names. Mostly when climbing a steep hill much slower than I'd like. All names are completely unprintable... |
| 2008-10-21 9:53 PM in reply to: #1754100 |
| Extreme Veteran 710 Wilmington, NC | Subject: RE: Bike Naming I'm a dork...my Quintana-Roo Dulce is named Smurfette! They look VERY similiar!! |
|
|
|
|
View profile
Add to friends
Go to training log
Go to race log
Send a message
View album
CONNECT WITH FACEBOOK