Have you named your bike?
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chekmarks posted 10 weeks ago.
the old bike was kimbo, after kimbo slice. basically it didn't look like much but it would still kick your a**, and sometimes mine. i haven't named the new one yet, it'll come.
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SDtriman posted 10 weeks ago.
Mine is named Crush, from American Gladiators. She moves great and crushing the competition.
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jsk85 posted 10 weeks ago.
I haven't actually named mine, however I know it's a male since I refer to it as boy when I'm talking to it. That's right, I talk to my bike.
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kylie posted 10 weeks ago.
Well there is the little one bike (R3/fun bike) and the speedy one bike (PX tri bike/workhorse) and the dirty one (mtb). I just refer to them that way.
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ChunkyB posted 10 weeks ago.
kylie wrote:
Well there is the little one bike (R3/fun bike) and the speedy one bike (PX tri bike/workhorse) and the dirty one (mtb). I just refer to them that way.
Yeah, my wife refers to me as the dirty one. Hopefully she doesn't have a speedy one or a little one that I don't know about.
I have never named my bike, but I just got a new frame, so maybe it's time.
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chefsmith posted 10 weeks ago.
Rocky, he was always the underdog. Its a giant OCR 3 which is definitely an underdog compared to what bikes others have, Plus I am always losing tubes due to rocks, it fits.
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azstinger11 posted 10 weeks ago.
ChunkyB wrote:
kylie wrote:Well there is the little one bike (R3/fun bike) and the speedy one bike (PX tri bike/workhorse) and the dirty one (mtb). I just refer to them that way.Yeah, my wife refers to me as the dirty one. Hopefully she doesn't have a speedy one or a little one that I don't know about.
I have never named my bike, but I just got a new frame, so maybe it's time.
Dirty one is better than small one ;)
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Tinparsnips posted 10 weeks ago.
Betsy. Lucky for me, all of my bikes have been named Betsy. It saves me the worry of accidentally yelling the wrong name in the heat of the moment (during tough climbs of course).
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beads1985 posted 10 weeks ago.
kylie wrote:
Well there is the little one bike (R3/fun bike) and the speedy one bike (PX tri bike/workhorse) and the dirty one (mtb). I just refer to them that way.
Ky,
If you take this out of context, and take out the info in ( ) this would sound naughty ;-)
This would belong in the 'Question for the Trifuel Women' thread
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jhudalla posted 10 weeks ago.
I previously had a yellow specialized allez named aptly: "The Yellow Dart"
My new specialized sworks is: "The Red Rocket"
yeah... Jobu is a good name too... I'm considering. If you don't help me now... I say Fu** You Jobu, I do it myself!
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caeagle16 posted 10 weeks ago.
My road bike (giant ocr) is Elizabeth, my tri bike (Litespeed saber) is currently referred to as "the hotness", but i'm working on a different name for it.
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TriSooner posted 10 weeks ago.
iamtb13 wrote:
In my best Freud impersonation I say, "That's a very interesting choice of a name. Or just a Nabokov fan?"
Mine you ask? Lolita.
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RV posted 10 weeks ago.
No name - but I do talk to my bike.
My wife refers to my bike as my girlfriend.
RV
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gfd posted 10 weeks ago.
jhudalla wrote:
yeah... Jobu is a good name too... I'm considering. If you don't help me now... I say Fu** You Jobu, I do it myself!
Any time you can throw in a "Major League" qoute it is nice.
No name for mine yet. But I do talk to her at times.
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gfd posted 10 weeks ago.
TriSooner wrote:
iamtb13 wrote:In my best Freud impersonation I say, "That's a very interesting choice of a name. Or just a Nabokov fan?"Mine you ask? Lolita.
Or maybe a "Police" fan :)
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WillbIM1Day posted 10 weeks ago.
Samantha.
Or when I'm going up hills it's "come on Sammy, giddyup (expletive)!"
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Tamara posted 10 weeks ago.
My road bike (Giant TCR) is named Coraggio, because when i first got him I was afraid of riding/crashing and needed extra Courage. My tri bike (Orbea Ora) didn't have a name for the longest time and one day while riding the name Cristoforo popped in my head. Didn't know why. Went home and looked it up... St. Christopher is the patron saint of Travelers and of epileptics. I'm Catholic, a cyclist (traveler), and have had seizures in the past. Nothing could be more apt. Now I just want a St. Christopher's medal to hang from my base bar and I'll be set!
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kylie posted 10 weeks ago.
RV wrote:
No name - but I do talk to my bike.
My wife refers to my bike as my girlfriend.
Friends refer to the bikes lining our house as "the kids".
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Socket posted 10 weeks ago.
No names for the bikes yet, just "the good bike" and "the other one". My fiance both name our cars after our randomly generated license plate numbers though.
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Nutty posted 10 weeks ago.
The girlfriend calls my bike my mistress, the bike calls her the same.
I have a pretty big bike (58cm) and its white. So i call it Ishmael or Moby or whatever other reference to Moby Dick or other great white whales i feel like making in the moment.
I also have a laptop named jarvis, a pc named sheila, my old car was suzanne, and my chefs knife is cindy.
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knight22 posted 10 weeks ago.
My blue Cannondale is named "Blue Lightning". At least the name sounds fast. I have a Scott Plasma that needs a name, though.
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Dannyboy posted 10 weeks ago.
I take christening my bike very seriously. It could take months to get a fitting name. My last one was Jezebel, sweet and sexy but she enjoyed making me hurt. The mountain bike is Ginger, a feisty red head. The new bike is Nikki, she is smooth and elegant.
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runmargierun posted 10 weeks ago.
Our cat and rabbit went without names for several months/years so I don't feel so bad about not having names for my 3 bikes (one of which is nearly 25 years old). Then again, Bruce, how about Bruce? ("Sure Trev. Mind if I call you Bruce?"). I like to ride my Bruce, and he's hung in there for 25 years (so far!).
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KitKat posted 10 weeks ago.
My baby's name is Cadence, because A. I excel at have a fast cadence holding down some good wattage and B. It's the beat to my heart :D
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Ironmom posted 10 weeks ago.
Nope, and my bikes don't have genders either. I love my bikes, I live on my bikes, I live for my bikes but... they don't have names. Awhile back my daughter named all of our bikes as if they were horses, I think my tri bike was "HiHoSilver" or something like that (it's titanium).
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stewarba posted 10 weeks ago.
Bitch - its a love / hate relationship.
On really grueling rides we argue about who is actually the bitch or at least who is who's bitch. Damn, what was the name to that psychiatrist again???
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KitKat posted 10 weeks ago.
stewarba wrote:
Bitch - its a love / hate relationship.On really grueling rides we argue about who is actually the bitch or at least who is who's bitch. Damn, what was the name to that psychiatrist again???
Lmao, that's awesome. We have verbal abuse in our relationship as well.
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trigirltina2 posted 7 weeks ago.
Haven't named mine, but a friend named her's Donkey...
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ChunkyB posted 7 weeks ago.
So, I think I decided on a name. I got my warranty replacement frame a few weeks ago, and it's completely black. So I'm thinking, in honor of Rob and Big, I'm going to name it "Big Black". What do you all think?
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JohnieTri posted 7 weeks ago.
I call mine "you motherf#*%er" every now and then. Seems to work alright!
-Johnie
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iamtb13 posted 7 weeks ago.
ChunkyB wrote:
So, I think I decided on a name. I got my warranty replacement frame a few weeks ago, and it's completely black. So I'm thinking, in honor of Rob and Big, I'm going to name it "Big Black". What do you all think?
That works. Although with the cape and all...you could go with a super hero theme...it could be called...
Your Sidekick
Bike Wonder (or just Robin for short)
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J.Michael posted 7 weeks ago.
Clarice......From the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer TV Special. (I know, I know.)
She was the one that liked Rudolph, even after his false nose falls off and the other reindeer laugh him out of the reindeer games. She tries to cheer him up by singing "There's Always Tomorrow."
So no matter how different I may seem (training for tri's is not quite the norm in my office) Clarice still likes me.
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Crazyquick23 posted 7 weeks ago.
I have a white Specilized Allez and call it the great white hope. =0)
Ok folks...be honest. You love your bike. It's your best friend and sometimes your worst enemy. You've been through thick and thin with it. Granted you still glance at others but you know where your heart lies. So like B.B. King has Lucille....what's the name of your bike?
Mine you ask? Lolita.