And She Will Be Called Henry: Bike Names

Over at Boston Fixed they are having a rather interesting chat about bike names. Here are some of the better ones.

Gloria
Elizabeth
Zisek
My Pista (der Zorn Gottes)
Sexual Intercourse: The Bike
blue lagoon
death weave (this one had a nasty habit of shaking violently when the rear rack was loaded)
red scare
white out (my current whip, the shogun)
74 Raleigh: Sir Reginald Wordsworth of Nottingham
76 Fuji: Fumio-san
78 Guerciotti: Guiseppe Veloce d’Milano
hector
steegmar
sigi
max
li’l jimmy
japhy
We named my bike Trial and Error, since that is pretty much how we built it
my bike is Svletvana cause she’s a Jamis Sputnik which was mail ordered aka my mail ordered russian bride
Sunday Morning
Mosher
Squishy bike
Fast Bike

Do you name your bike? If so what is it? Is your bike a lady or a gent (or trans)?

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