Naming your bike

[lazybloke]

We even name our car satnavs (Susan and Alexa).

But not the bikes.

 

[Dogtrousers]

No

It's not something I actually disapprove of, some names can be quite funny but I've never done it.

 

[Dogtrousers]

We even name our car satnavs (Susan and Alexa).

But not the bikes.

We used to have a TomTom that we called Macoute.

(TomTom Macoute ... Geddit)

 

[Baldy]

Red bike, blue bike and mountain bike.

 

[Gwylan]

We used to have a TomTom that we called Macoute.

(TomTom Macoute ... Geddit)

Yes, but it's Tonton.
Implies a bit of an ethnic slur.
Patronising term for old fellow, fellow of certain ethnicity, grass - as in informer.

Why they didn't translate literally Tonton tapis when they opened in the UK.
Back to carpet sellers from N Africa, I'm told.

 

[ren531]

I have a rod brakes Rudge called Rodney or Rodder's to differentiate it from another one that's cable brakes

 

[Dogtrousers]

Yes, but it's Tonton.
Implies a bit of an ethnic slur.
Patronising term for old fellow, fellow of certain ethnicity, grass - as in informer.

Why they didn't translate literally Tonton tapis when they opened in the UK.
Back to carpet sellers from N Africa, I'm told.

Tonton in Tonton Macoute had nothing to do with N Africa or informers. It was a Haitian name for the bogeyman that you'd use to scare kids. Tonton Macoute would take naughty children away in his sack. So they applied the same nickname to Duvalier's enforcers.

Let's not get on to the dreaded Beglian secret police: The Tintin Macoute

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I give my bikes a name that relates to them in some way. For example Alfie has an 8 speed Alfine rear hub.

My wife gives her bikes a name that ‘reflects their personality’ 😂

 

[Cathryn]

I have a tourer called Liesl (Sound of Music), a road bike called Margarita ('The Master and...') and an MTB called Boudicca (Historical herione).

I fully approve of naming bikes and do call my bikes and refer to my bikes by their names but I also recognise it's a bit weird

 

[Ming the Merciless]

No, other than the maker's name down the side.

Bodge it and sons?

 

[Vantage]

Every bike I've owned had the same name.
The Bike.

Edit...
In the case of the Spa Wayfarer, I referred to that bike as

That Money Devouring Soul Destroying Pile of Sh*t.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Meet “Bullet Tooth”

 

[EckyH]

The only bicycle here with a real name is the monster cross bike "Tessa", named after a female lynx in the Bavarian Forest who was poisoned by a bad person.
One day she (the bicycle) will get a new paint job and a new colour scheme - from plain blue to something which reminds of the fur patterns of a lynx.

Two other bicycles here got names for the intended use case (the Commuter - The Light Blue Robinson V2) or a significant feature (the Langschenkelrenner (literally "Long Leg Racer") for the long reach rim brakes - Bob Jackson Audax End End).

E.

 

[Hover Fly]

I have Bess the Raleigh and Leo the Peugeot.

 

[Drago]

Oh, then there's the car.
Here a divergence between her and me.
It's a wolf in sheep's clothing and a nice red
She calls it Poppy and I call it the Red Baron.

My mini is called Crocker, the Volvo is Sven, and the MG is Number 24 With a Side Order of 14.