Do you talk to your bike?

[Juliet42]

Mine are Opus, JP, and Antonio.

Mine are Rita, Geoff, Claude and Polly.

 

[Cyclist33]

Bob n Maggie.

 

[malcermie]

Maybe it's a gender thing, 'er indoors insists we call our car Megan

 

[Alan57]

No names , but I do have great affection for them .

 

[RWright]

I talk to Fireball and Red Rocket all the time, sometimes I even sing to them. I have special names for their tires and wheels sometimes too. Not nice ones either.

 

[trampyjoe]

My daughter has named my bike for me. Trouble is she also calls all other bikes the same thing - 'daddy'.

She's 17 months and we have the best conversations ... but only because my bike still refuses to talk to me.

 

[SportMonkey]

Mine are unnamed, but I did talk to my 2nd District after making it up Snake Pass. She doesn't like people commenting on her lack of gears.

I am worried that my 2nd District will be jealous of my foreign Masi. I had to liberate the Masi though, couldn't leave it in Lance's clutches.

I called mine all the names under the sun, riding it up Winnats Pass in the Peak District a couple of weeks ago.

I was trying to sweet talk mine up Winnats.

 

[Arjimlad]

Actually I talk to a lot of motorists (not shouting at them), just gently chiding them - then you suddenly realise that it is summertime and that with the windows down they can hear you.

I mutter about motorists all the time - sometimes think it's a running commentary rather like drivers are encouraged to do when under tuition.

Stuff like "Wake up, the lights are green" - " Why are you overtaking me on a blind bend ?" - "Get off the phone, you're supposed to be driving that car" - "Are you thinking of ever using that wing mirror, or shall I take it as a souvenir?" - "Thank you Audi, I know my place is in the gutter" - "Does your husband/wife/boss know you drive like that?" - "It's £800 if you trash my bike, at least" !

If they heard me I'd probably end up with a black eye !

 

[summerdays]

I mutter about motorists all the time - sometimes think it's a running commentary rather like drivers are encouraged to do when under tuition.

Stuff like "Wake up, the lights are green" - " Why are you overtaking me on a blind bend ?" - "Get off the phone, you're supposed to be driving that car" - "Are you thinking of ever using that wing mirror, or shall I take it as a souvenir?" - "Thank you Audi, I know my place is in the gutter" - "Does your husband/wife/boss know you drive like that?" - "It's £800 if you trash my bike, at least" !

If they heard me I'd probably end up with a black eye !

Yes that sounds like me - except the get off the phone - that one has been shouted several times rather than just muttered! A common one I often mutter is ... "don't mind me - I'm only a cyclist!"

 

[lejogger]

I also have a Claude! But he's mostly retired since the unfortunate rear wheel jamming incident in 2010. He was my first proper bike though and took me to John O'Groats, so very much a favourite.
I also have a Carole, and a Stan... but Stan is mostly called Psycho, because he's a psyclho-cross (see what I did there?)
Carole is precious and beautiful and only allowed out in the sunshine.

I don't really talk TO them though, the names are merely to distinguish between them when talking about them to others (people not bikes).

I (like a few others) do often offer gentle encouragement to myself though... "Come on legs" is a common one.

 

[Juliet42]

I also have a Claude! But he's mostly retired since the unfortunate rear wheel jamming incident in 2010. He was my first proper bike though and took me to John O'Groats, so very much a favourite.
I also have a Carole, and a Stan... but Stan is mostly called Psycho, because he's a psyclho-cross (see what I did there?)
Carole is precious and beautiful and only allowed out in the sunshine.



I don't really talk TO them though, the names are merely to distinguish between them when talking about them to others (people not bikes).

I (like a few others) do often offer gentle encouragement to myself though... "Come on legs" is a common one.

I love my Claude, he never lets me down and he's always ready to go for a spin

 

[sabian92]

I swear at it sometimes.

This. Especially when I'm trying to fettle and it never works - it's always the bike's fault

 

[Bigsharn]

Yep, both Sally and Ashley get sweet-talked for being good to me

 

[Thomas Michael Griffin]

Hi, this is my first post on this site, so take pity.
I don't talk to my bike as such, it talks to me. I think it is groaning about the weight it has to carry. My wife and I used to name our car, so why not name your bike? My fridge and freezer talk to me as well, or they make funny noises, you choose. Happy cycling.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Mine are SS FrankenFreak and Mr. Blue.

I talk to everything, I think it is a nice thing to do.