To be angry about the names of these bikes in Halfords?

[CalmConfident]

In Halfords this week getting essential car stuff...and had a look at the bikes. I was a bit taken aback to see these ladies bike names from the Apollo brand. Entice & Virtue. There was also Jewel.

AIBU ? If so, any suggestions who to shout to about it

The male equivalents were slant, phase and evade.

[whoamongstus]

Ugh yeah I think that's a bit gross, too.

[Theunamedcat]

Sounds like they have run out of name ideas

[Nomnomarrgh]

Its okay to avoid real problems with made up problems like this. It is not, however, okay to shout at someone about it. Therapy may help.

[Newgirls]

Agree - stupid names

[ilikebooksandplants]

The male ones seem worse than the female ones to be honest, especially evade and phase. (Although so many men go through a ‘cycling phase’ so perhaps quite apt!).

I quite like jewel as a name for a bike!

[CareBear50]

Seriously? I couldn't care less

[FoxyTheFox]

Jewel doesn't bother me but Entice and Virtue are crap and play into female stereotypes where we must be either alluring or pure. I bet the names were chosen by a predominantly male design team.

[StCharlotte]

They sound like rejected team names off The Apprentice.

I'm surprised bikes even have names (apart from the Chopper and Chipper of course).

[endlesscraziness]

I think that if that's all you have to complain about, I'd love your life

[Treacletoots]

Agree totally with @FoxyTheFox

[JazzyGeoff]

Yeah I think they're a bit crap tbh.

I totally get why to some people it's a non problem, but for me, letting this kind of sexist nonsense, whilst seemingly unimportant continue, just allows everyday sexism to pervade.

[JazzyGeoff]

My commas are all fucked up there, sorry.

[Crunchymum]

Was your essential car stuff near the bikes?

Or did you go for an unnecessary browse?

[tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz]

OP, angry feels a bit extreme however I agree the girls bike names seem heavily gendered and the others have either neutral or names which imply a positive attribute. Maybe swap the tags over? Every day sexism grinds my gears and this is a great example.

As an aside, there an odd feel to MN this evening. Getting the impression some people have nothing left on Netflix to binge ...

[pigsDOfly]

I honestly couldn't get worked up about the names given to a brand of bike.

All the names are awful tbh. Not because of any imagined offence one could take at them but just because they are rather silly and unimaginative.

Why on earth does it matter?

[LloydColeandtheCoconuts]

StCharlotte

They sound like rejected team names off The Apprentice.

[LucyAutumn]

[FoxyTheFox]

Why on earth does it matter?

Because its part of the culture of everyday sexism that reminds us we don't live in an equal society and a reminder that the perceived role of women is to be decorative (Jewel), alluring/sexy (Entice), and virginal/pure (Virtue) even when doing something as mundane as exercising.

OP, you can tweet the Everyday Sexism Project about it. They collect examples like this as part of their mission to challenge everyday sexism.

[Witchend]

My bike was called Ellie. Can't remember why I chose that name. She was purple, and I got her secondhand as a student. She was lovely until you tried to go uphill. Last time I cycled I had 3 of us on the bike. Dd1 on the back and dd2 inside me.
That was an interesting, if uncomfortable experience.
She's in retirement in the shed. I sometimes say "hello" to her when I'm getting the birdfeed out.

Our car is Esha. DD2 chose the name.

[Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin]

Couldn't care less myself.

[1stTimeMama]

I wouldn't even have noticed. And I absolutely don't care what a bike is called.

[cyclingmad]

Erm no as a cyclisf I really don't care about the names, I mean when your cycling noone can see the name anyway unless your super fast when they cycle past and catch it between their leg moving or at lights.

I get more annoyed at the colours being girly in pink and purple and flower patterns ...Nice for kids not so much on adult bikes. No give me a nice white, black and dark blue any day.

[EveryDayIsADuvetDay]

this is your biggest problem?
just don't buy one - problem solved.

[QuestionableMouse]

@cherrypie111

Look in the mirror and then shout

Because you're being fucking ridiculous

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