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On Naming Your Bicycle: The Baby Post of Bicycle Names
One of the posts people read oftentimes on this blog is Say My (Bicycle's) Proper noun: On Naming Your Bike, in which I described my tandem partner'southward analogousness for naming bikes and my own tendency non to do then.
That bike naming postal service received nifty comments virtually people'due south processes for naming bikes as well every bit their bikes' names. I liked them so much that I thought they deserved their own post, rather than existence an addendum to my original remarks.
Below you will find the "Baby Post of Bike Names," a first attempt at capturing the bicycle names shared on Chasing Mailboxes. Thank you to all contributors.
Enjoy, and if y'all have a name to add together delight do then in the comments. I will update the mail accordingly.
By the way, the proper name The Big Cat stuck then our Co-Motion Coffee Tandem is often referred to as such. Meow? Rawr!
Baby Post of Bike Names
Amelia — Cannondale Quick three. Named after Amelia Earhart, she flies far and fast. @astridbear
Archie, short for Archaeopteryx – Blue 1974 Raleigh Professional prepare equally a fixed gear. Considering I used that as my animal totem in the Furnace Creek 508 years ago, and somehow that became the cycle's proper name. Emily O'B
Audrey – Mixte named later Audrey Hepburn considering she is a pretty little mixte that I ride to piece of work or to the java store/pub in my street attire/makeup. She even has a woven basket. @Vic_toria
Infant – Circe Helios Duo tandem. @velovoice
Battleship Stupid – Surly Big Dummy @I_am_Dirt
The Beast – Salsa Mukluk fatbike. Information technology's large and likes to curlicue over things. Christopher T.
The Beast – Specialized Crossroads Sport (very heavy) . Laura
Betty – Electra Cruiser. Because that's the name she comes with (it's model). @girlonabikedc
Big Blueish – Bluish Raleigh Grand Prix: Large Blue. Rootchopper
Large Nellie – Bout Easy Recumbent. And so named considering I yelled "Whoa Nellie!!" equally I passed 45 miles per hour fully loaded on Big Savage Mount. Rootchopper
Birte – Koga Named after the person who signed off on the QC tag checklist…but I just call information technology, My Traveller. @mujozen
Blackie – Black Trek 1200. Rootchopper
Bluey – Jamis commuter. @jerdlngr
Bluish – Jamis. Her name is Blue because, well, she's Bluish. pencilfox
Bridget – 2010 Surly Cross Check.@velovoice
Casper the Fiddling White Moulton – Moulton.Judith Due south.
Clover – Bearish Disc Trucker, dark green. Named later 1 of the workhorses in Animal Farm for color, dependability and ability to haul lots of stuff. Sally H.
Demon – 2010 cannondale F5. robyn
Doris – Specialized mixte. Named after the BMW satNav system, Bulldoze On Roads Intelligent Arrangement. Have the bicycle rather than the automobile, any day. LisaEmms
My Dumpster Bike – rando/commute bike. Considering that'due south where my wife found it and insisted I go dumpster-diving to go it. Andy
Electric Dream Automobile – Felt ZW5. EDM for brusque. Laura
Esmeralda – Bearish Long Haul Trucker. Iron Passenger
Esmeralda – Brompton. @MrTinDC
Esmerelda – 2010 Raleigh Venture 3.0. The 2008 Raleigh Venture 3.0. James R.
Essie – Raleigh SC30. James R.
The Fixie – Raleigh Super Class. An admittedly unoriginal name that reflects its conversion. MT Cyclist
Fleur – Linus Dutchi @seven2seven8
Frankie – Handbuilt frame from tube steel. @josephlrc
Frankie – Ruby-red 80s steel frame with lots of replacement parts including crazy mustache bars with blackness-and-white zebra tape. Named after Frankenstein, but androgynous. Sally H.
Complimentary Spirit – Schwinn Gratis Spirit. Laura
Giant – Behemothic Innova. Pronounced: gee-aunt but with more of a French accent to make information technology sound fancier. Renee Christine
Giddyup – Salsa Vaya. Because information technology's light and quick.Christopher T.
Greased Lightning – Jamis Ventura Race. @TurtleDub616
The Groovy White – Santana Noventa tandem. Named such due to its pearl white colour, and also my penchant for singing the Jaws theme as nosotros overtake an unsuspecting one-half-wheel. – pearl white Santana Noventa tandem. Paul
Gregor – a stupidly big bike named for the mountain that rides (Gregor Clegane). TheAirgonaut
Idéefixe – Bianchi San Jose, a stock-still-gear. Named equally an homage to Idéfix, Astérix's dog and every bit a quasi-joke about fixation with bicycles. @ricksva
Ivan – Dahon folder. Tim
Jealousy, the Green Dragon – Lemond Ventoux, repainted British racing green. @josephlrc
Jon Snow – Specialized Allez. He knows he'll never inherit the title and lands, only he is noble and potent nonetheless and goes off to join the Black Watch, and does an honourable task defending the kingdom.@Vic_toria
Julek – Trek 8000 mount bike. @seven2seven8
Julius – Peugeot folder, named after its color. "Orange Julius," go it? MT Cyclist
Kermit – Velo Orange Polyvalent. Because he's greenish and has an analogousness for swamps. @girlonabikedc
Lady Raincorn – Peugeot Versailles (white with rainbow accents) . Laura
The Lead Sled – Cannondale mountain tandem, charcoal grayness in color. Another bike Felkerino succeeded in naming.
Leela – Takara Tribute, 80s steel frame. Smart, sturdy, light imperial, one eyed (headlight) so named after the Futurama character. Sally H.
Liesl – 1950s Puch Rugby Sport.@velovoice
Lil Bleu – 2008 cannondale six13. robyn
Little Nellie – Cycle Friday New World Tourist. Named after James Bond'south kit helicopter in You Only Alive Twice. Rootchopper
Lorelei – 1979 Puch Princess mixte.@velovoice
Lucy – 2012 Brompton custom S8L. @velovoice
Miss Persimmon Pimpernel — Electra Townie. With her deep orangish paint, white fenders and rack, and a flower bedecked front basket, she is every inch a lady. @astridbear
Mongo – Surly Big Dummy. Tim
The Mule – Heavy as hell old Specialized Sequoia, a corruption of Mjolnir, Thor'due south hammer that just he tin elevator. Rootchopper
Old True-blue – Specialized Expedition (mountain-y hybrid). Laura
Ole Cerise – 1995 Cannondale Super Five-900. robyn
Old Ironsides – Specialized hybrid. Named to notation its substantial weight and steel-like qualities, but in truth rarely use the term. Steve
Pauline – Bearish Long Haul Trucker, because the silver screen like smoggy pearl colour reminded me of one-time silent movies like "The Perils of Pauline," in which the heroine goes on many adventures, every bit I plan for the bicycle to practice. James R.
Pearl – Cyclepro Mixte. My husband rescued and rebuilt information technology for me. True love, my commuter! @JenBrenneman
Sus scrofa, short for Iron Pig – Novara Randonnee. Originally named for how it handles with a threescore pound load, it's kept its proper noun (fondly) for the way information technology got me across the land. Pat L.
Airplane pilot Vanishing Bespeak – Custom Fast Boy Cycles mixte. Named Pilot Vanishing Signal (a certain blazon of fountain pen), later the lugwork. @justshinyorg
Puck – Jamis 26″ mount bike. Tim
Rachel – 1996 Specialized Rockhopper. James R.
Riley – 2014 custom Enigma Etape.
The Radish – 70s Motobecane ten-speed. @seven2seven8
Resolute Ruby – 2007/2008 Cannondale Quick. The story of how she got her proper name is here. russtyred
Robin – 2011 Bearish Pacer.@velovoice
Rocinante – CCM. This bike somehow fabricated its way south of the border to Washington, Illinois in the tardily 1970s. Every function was worn out, I eventually added a third wheel to it so I could compete in a high-schoolhouse tricycle race, and presently thereafter, I retired it. Information technology was politely exotic and pretty much shot.16incheswestofpeoria
RocketGirl – Titanium Vii@LDMay, who besides works for NASA)
Rollie – '75 Raleigh Sprite, the bicycle that launched my bicycle-wrenching obsession. MT Cyclist
Rootie – Expedition mountain bike, because of its root beer color scheme. MT Cyclist
Blood-red – a ruby-ruddy 2010 9:Zip:7 fatty bike. Michael L.
Sandy – Bianchi Volpe. @TurtleDub616
Silver Bullet – anodized silvery Santana Sovereign. The frame looks like information technology'south made out of aluminum (Coors) beer cans and information technology's fast!MikeC
Speedy – 2007 Cannondale Supersix. robyn
Sweetpea – Emmet mixte. Nancy L.S.
Sweetpea – Bearish Long Haul Trucker. Because information technology's an apt description of her nature and color. @kfront
The Tank – Specialized Sirrus. @WilyMouse
"Taxman Craig" (or simply "Craig") – Shogun Ninja I bought off Craigslist the very day I received my tax return. Jordan L.
Thorp – Custom road bicycle (named subsequently Jim Thorpe). Tim
Tiny – Bicycle Fri Pocket Rocket. Bob T.
Tropical Gail and Storm – 2008 Cannondale road tandem. Helm half is Tropical Gail; stoker half is Tempest. robyn
Venture, short for Aventurine – Bearish Disc Trucker in matte light-green. Julie S.
Veronica – 2008 Raleigh Venture iii.0. James R.
Violet – Specialized road bike. Considering the commencement road bike I test rode was purple, and the name stuck. Obviously at that place actually are red violets.@jerdlngr
Woody Anne – 2000 Bearish Cantankerous Check, named afterward a bar down on Winnebago Street. Michael L.
Yellow Submarine – Dahon Speed Pro folder, due to an unfortunate episode involving a (surprisingly deep) river, back when I lived on the Isle of mann.@WilyMouse
Zwijn – Schwinn Globe Tourist. Zwijn is Dutch for hog, sounds like "sfwain." I'm Dutch past birth, equally are most of the people in my corner of Iowa. Plus, kingdom of the netherlands is solid bikes from one end to the other, and so it works. Nathan
This and Tricks When Your Baby Is to Heavy to Lift
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