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  1. bluebug32

    bluebug32 Asshat

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    Just curious. I know people name their cars and such. I just got a new frame and I love it so much already that I feel a name may be in order :D
     
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  2. johnbryanpeters

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    Nope, never felt the urge.
     
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    sounds like a bikerfox idea...
     
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    Oh heck no! All mine have names.

    XC- Betty (orginally named after the Betty shifters I had on a previous bike)
    Hardtail - Bella
    Previous DH Bikes - Buffy (my last 3), Lucy, and Sally

    I figure we baby the darn things so much they deserve names!!!
     
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  5. sanjuro

    sanjuro Tube Smuggler

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    Well, to be honest, since I was going to buy two bikes next year, I was thinking about giving them song titles like

    "The Bone Machine"
    or
    "TV Eye"
     
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    My bike is named Daisy. I didn't name it.
     
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    SkaredShtles I love NEWCASTLE and will ONLY drink NEWCASTLE!!!!

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    It's weird.
     
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    No, It's plain wrong. You're weird.
     
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    After a certain 12 hour race this season i called named my Fuel 100 that &^%$#@*&^##$%:mumble: bike!!!


    :blah:
     
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    I have not named mine, but I do call it a few things from time to time...
     
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    splat Nam I am

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    my roommate does.

    i just call mine "bike"
     
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    I sometimes refer to mine as "my broken POS." I don't have a real name for it though, no.
     
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    I tend to just call it by its given name. Though with the new King Kikapu, I may have to change it to Queen :think:
     
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    Yeah - but I don't remember any of them.
     
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    Nope.
     
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    gold digger seems appropriate for my bike
     
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    My bikes already had the names on them. Demo 8, Hollowpoint MTX and Chameleon.....D
     
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    personally i don't think that a name is appropriate until the entire bike is complete and a celebratory first ride has been performed.

    but yes, my downhill bike is sissy and my mtn cross bike is harley
     
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    Yes, mine is 'Lothar, King of the Hill People'
     
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    HAAA!! I'm still laughing all the way out loud HAAAAAAA!!

    That's right, *<in a deep, majestic voice>* "LO--OTHAR.................OF THE HILL PEOPLE*<in a deep, majestic voice>*"hi, I'm Lothar, King of the hill people......."


    greatness :cool: :)
     
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    Really? Mine too! Fuel, Diesel, and Scattante( but I call it Skanky). :blah:
     
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    Named my roomates bike in college VISA, because that was the only way he could afford it.....:D

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    Are the people who name their bikes the same people who come up with clever names their private parts?

    Just wondering. I always thought that was kind of weird.
     
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    I'm guilty of naming vehicles and bikes.

    Foes FXR- Betty
    Road Bike- LaFonda
    Schwinn Cruiser, geared (blue)- Bubbles
    Schwinn Cruiser, single speed (red)- Lucy
    CRF250x-Rosey
    Passat TDI- Helga

    I can't help it, their all just so cute!:)
     
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  34. bluebug32

    bluebug32 Asshat

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    That's an interesting question

    I've named cars, but not bikes and private parts
     
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    Normally I do but my current two haven't told me what their names are. My last bike that was named was named Mallory.
     
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    Ciaran Fear my banana

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  40. urbaindk

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    My wife named her Volvo 240 Mulva (obscure Seinfeld reference)

    I still can't bring myself to name inanimate objects. You people are weird.
     
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