S.Giles
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Is giving one's bike a human name and/or referring to it as 'he' or 'she' an instance of the pathetic fallacy?
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ScotiaLass
Guru
- Location
- Middle Earth
My 29er is called Priscilla - because she looks like a lady but underneath she's a dude! (Pricilla, Queen of the Desert)
Pedal pusher
Veteran
- Location
- Alloa
My new bike has been named Lucille. The famous blues guitarist BB King named his guitar Lucille after a waitres by the same name gave him a row for going into a dinner that had caught fire, to rescue his guitar. I think I would do the same for the bike.
Winnershsaint
Guru
I thought about calling my carbon bike Arnold (Ridley) after Pte Godfrey in Dad's Army, but then I thought it was just silly.
LarryDuff
Guru
- Location
- Hillsborough Co Down
I don't have a name for my bike but my wife calls it the Mistress.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
- Location
- Land of Lincoln
My old trek is called Big Purple. It was called that by previous owner, and I didn't wish to confuse it. Now getting a refit, so it may be Big, Better Purple soon. It was called this because The Band had an album (and a house) called Music from Big Pink, long ago.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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- Armonmy Way
I've never felt musical instruments or bikes were sufficiently like life forms to deserve a name. I do have two dogs named Reynolds and Columbus though....
lee1980sim
Senior Member
- Location
- South Yorkshire
Only names mine have are the supposedly inconspicuous names I use for strava which is black & white each due to the obvious reasons, and the reason they have these names instead of the bike they are is due to the lovely dregs of society using apps like strava to find bikes worth stealing
further
Guru
- Location
- Glastonbury Somerset
The red one,the blue one and the black one.
sittingbull
Veteran
- Location
- South Liverpool
You forgot poor old Magnum, how could you?Hi and welcome!
Yes we do
Mine, to date, are Mrs. Doubtfire, Gonzales, Boris, Colombo and Maurine.
Show us a picture of Murphy!
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
One does not simply buy a bike and name it there and then, it takes thought, a lot of consideration, and most importantly, time for a name to develop and mature as well as for your machine's true character to come out. Apperance counts for little, it is what is in it's little frame that counts.
So:
(The) Fox - The Felt, which goes so fast I named him/her after BA's Concorde G - BOAF (Foxtrot), the last ever to fly. It might eventually develop into a better name - For some reason I keep wanting to call it 'Fox fox' (which would actually refer to Air France's Concorde F - BVFF (Foxtrot Foxtrot)) so, who knows?
Le Pug - The Peugeot dating from the early/mid '90s. Yet again, maybe a name will develop with time.
It is the most beautiful metallic cherry red, but calling it 'Ruby' or similar would be way too obvious!
Clive - The 1967 Claude Butler Saphire, so named as I found a piece of greaseproof paper hidden in the seat post giving a name and address which would appear to have been the original owner. They were called Clive and it suits the bike too. Names like 'Claude' or 'Saffie' seemed a bit too obvious anyway.
The Humber - Still to develop into a proper name, although I do have some ideas swirling about in my head.
Other previous names for bikes no longer with us were
The Tank - A Raleigh Max Ogre that was so big, bombproof and heavy..... Well, the name explains the rest.
Actually, I think it was originally called Max, but it was in the days before I really gave these things much thought.
And
Sir Creaky Bike Of The Dump (originally known as 'Squeakybike' and then 'Sir Squeakybike') - A cheap BSO that creaked and squeaked almost immediately from the time I got it. The 'Sir' bit was irony seeing as it was a BSO, and the 'Of The Dump' bit was a continuation of the supposedly posh title and also a reference to Stig Of The Dump, i.e. the dump being where it should have gone a long long time ago!
So:
(The) Fox - The Felt, which goes so fast I named him/her after BA's Concorde G - BOAF (Foxtrot), the last ever to fly. It might eventually develop into a better name - For some reason I keep wanting to call it 'Fox fox' (which would actually refer to Air France's Concorde F - BVFF (Foxtrot Foxtrot)) so, who knows?
Le Pug - The Peugeot dating from the early/mid '90s. Yet again, maybe a name will develop with time.
It is the most beautiful metallic cherry red, but calling it 'Ruby' or similar would be way too obvious!
Clive - The 1967 Claude Butler Saphire, so named as I found a piece of greaseproof paper hidden in the seat post giving a name and address which would appear to have been the original owner. They were called Clive and it suits the bike too. Names like 'Claude' or 'Saffie' seemed a bit too obvious anyway.
The Humber - Still to develop into a proper name, although I do have some ideas swirling about in my head.
Other previous names for bikes no longer with us were
The Tank - A Raleigh Max Ogre that was so big, bombproof and heavy..... Well, the name explains the rest.
Actually, I think it was originally called Max, but it was in the days before I really gave these things much thought.
And
Sir Creaky Bike Of The Dump (originally known as 'Squeakybike' and then 'Sir Squeakybike') - A cheap BSO that creaked and squeaked almost immediately from the time I got it. The 'Sir' bit was irony seeing as it was a BSO, and the 'Of The Dump' bit was a continuation of the supposedly posh title and also a reference to Stig Of The Dump, i.e. the dump being where it should have gone a long long time ago!
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sittingbull
Veteran
- Location
- South Liverpool
Oh I see, you just "borrowed" him for a whileOh, he's gone back to his rightful owner, who dumped Magnum when the gears stopped working. I fixed the gears
aliene
Regular
- Location
- perthshire
yep i've named mine....my mtb is Syd, my rd bike is Wynni, and my indoor spin bike is Yorky 