Strava activity names

[steveo269]

Anyone else spend half their ride thinking what to call it on Strava ?
Morning /Evening ride is a bit boring,Describing the route is stating the obvious,you can see where you've been, that's the point .I've now decided to go with lines from films that may or may not have any relevance to the ride,this gem popped into my head for no particular reason yesterday,quite appropriate as I wasn't going much further !
https://www.strava.com/activities/327877662
The alternative was "Were gonna need a bigger boat"

 

[xxDarkRiderxx]

I like your thinking. I might adopt the same style. Probably good for a laugh.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Absolutely, I've called my rides...

Brokeback Mountain, Col Du Gonad, Tail Wind in the Willows, Wheelie Bin Assault Course, I can't feel my toes, Unreliability Ride on Blackup Steelie, Roadkill Medley, Maybe someday I won't get scalped, Woody the woodpecker was calling me, Headwinds are ace, said no cyclist ever
.....

I need to think of some better ones

 

[Dogtrousers]

Roadkill Medley

Ha! I had "The Ride of the Dead Squirrels" last month.

 

[Winnershsaint]

Commute to work - Work. Return - Home. Others include: Waiting til Windsor Tri was finished. Towards the land of plastic bricks. Driftin' along again - no heroics. You're right it does get boring thinking of names for rides.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I don't change mine apart from any imperial centuries, and the only reason I change them is so I can use that jonathan o'keefe tool to map my bigger rides onto a single map

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Commute to work - Work. Return - Home. Others include: Waiting til Windsor Tri was finished. Towards the land of plastic bricks. Driftin' along again - no heroics. You're right it does get boring thinking of names for rides.

Hey @Winnershsaint - I was unfortunate to also get tied up in the Windsor Tri on Sunday - selfish swimmers, runners, cyclists, hogging the roads and rivers. I'm from sunny Twyford!

P.S, you have a better time on Carters Hill First Bit, but my Carters Hill is quicker. Ner ner ner ner ner. lol

I'm Richard on Strava

 

[Racing roadkill]

I'm a big fan of alliteration. Most of my rides are named with this in mind, it means I rarely end up finding loads of similar named rides on my feed. The second you name a ride with a 'witty and original' / zany name, (especially movie quotes), you find a thousand variations on the theme on your feed.

 

[Jenkins]

Normally it's just a short description of the route or the conditions, but after one ride where I just couldn't get it together it had to be named appropriately...

https://www.strava.com/activities/260609811

 

[Andrew Br]

I'm a big fan of alliteration.

Whereas I always avoid aliteration.

 

[MiK1138]

Whereas I always avoid aliteration.

Who you calling Alliterate?, I can reed at a 5th grade levil

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Usually I can't be bothered renaming but if a certain song or bit of banter has been in my head during the ride I'd reference it.

The last one I used was Cradle of filth - Temptation "Give me a breakdown because it's time for a shakedown"

It's also another step in the process, I bought an Edge 1000 to completely remove the effort in uploading

 

[winjim]

YYMMDD Location

 

[Racing roadkill]

Whereas I always avoid aliteration.

Avoidance of alliteration at all costs?

 

[Ian193]

Usually I can't be bothered renaming but if a certain song or bit of banter has been in my head during the ride I'd reference it.

The last one I used was Cradle of filth - Temptation "Give me a breakdown because it's time for a shakedown"

It's also another step in the process, I bought an Edge 1000 to completely remove the effort in uploading

I bought the 510 for the same reason it uploads by the time I've got the bike in and walked upstairs OH still has the 200 so I have to plug it in to upload but she doesn't do the amount of rides that I do