Do you name your bikes?

[rich p]

Where do Kember, Kilner and Kristof come from? Seem to be a like for the letter k.

KKK? I presume they're all white bikes and you ride on the hoods

 

[ttcycle]

haha - white bikes??! You're having a laaarrrff!

 

[Lotus74]

Really sorry ppl about my spelling .

 

[ttcycle]

lotus - it's no problem - if it bothers you that much there's the edit function.

 

[Lotus74]

Thanks ttcycle . Am still only learning my way round this place . Am sure ill get the hang of it soon . I think we all start naming thinks that we get a bond to .

 

[Norm]

Not names, as such, as I have no imagination, but identifiers so that the wife knows which one will be missing when I go out.

Rusty is my late 80's Viking "racer"
Clunker is a late '90s Giant Coldrock MTB, complete with rack and road tyres
Black is a Giant Talon MTB
White is a Specialized Secteur

 

[Aperitif]

Thanks ttcycle . Am still only learning my way round this place . Am sure ill get the hang of it soon . I think we all start naming thinks that we get a bond to .

Don't worry Lotus - son you'll be writing with elan...

 

[MacB]

function rules the day here:-

Surly Crosscheck - AKA commuting bike
Giant CRS Alliance - AKA weekend bike
Dawes - AKA pub bike, backup commuter, allrounder

all 3 have been called by insulting, and derogatory, terms at times, but that's more in the 'RichP abuse' vein.

 

[tomb1960]

An old Raleigh Pioneer, my pub-bike is called Roger, my Genesis Flyer is called Freda, my Hewitt Audax bike - Audrey, and my Hewitt Cheviot SE is called Betty after my mum whose legacy enabled me to buy her!

 

[Lisa21]

His name is "Bikey". Simples

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Ok not named them but here goes

Jeeves - my claud butler in pieces in the shed.
Charlie Caroli - My Birdy, cos its been referred to as a clown bike before now.
Trigger - My Cannondale american steed.

 

[Aperitif]

Very good.
You should be in bed.

 

[Baggy]

My new Kona Haole is called Terry, because he's orange and he's mine.
Poppy is a red Pearson Audax with a big letter "P" on her head tube.
Betty is a blue Dawes Horizon.

 

[Arch]

All my bikes are male, and named with the letter M:

The bike I came to Uni with became Mithras, because Mithras was a god of light, and I developed a liking for as many lights and hi-vis as I could carry once I was into cycling on a regular basis. He was eventually stolen.

The Galaxy is Mercury, because he was faster* than Mithras.

The Giant FCR, faster still*, and partly red, was Mephistopheles.

The Trike, for no real reason apart from picking something beginning with M, is Murdo.

The winter hack, a no name frame and odd bits, is Monty, short for Montgomery, because he's sort of sturdy and reliable.

*fastness of course being relative, they all have me in the saddle.

 

[rh100]

MTB - The anvil
Hybrid - Hope?