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Not baby names, but who has a name for their bike? and what should I call mine?

26 replies

nevergoogle · 10/08/2010 16:29

My last was called Dolce.

This one is a Bianchi here she is, the little beauty.

I was thinking Celeste?, as that is the colour of green used by Bianchi, but am open to suggestions.

What do you think?

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nevergoogle · 10/08/2010 17:31

bump, go on, you know you want to.

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seaturtle · 10/08/2010 17:36

My racer was called Zola. That was twenty years ago when I was a teenager!

Honeydragon · 10/08/2010 17:38

I had the green meanie (who got ran over Sad)
and I now have Bob - she is a girl but she suited bob.

Personally I think yours looks like a Minty - she is lush and I am Envy

getawiggleon · 10/08/2010 19:25

Mine was called Bert. He was slow and heavy and I loved him dearly until some thieving gypsy toe-rag stole him.

Agree with Honey; yours is def a Minty!

nevergoogle · 10/08/2010 20:23

Minty makes me think of the Eastenders character. The name needs to feel fast or agile or nippy. Minty sounds fat.

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Honeydragon · 10/08/2010 20:27

I was thinking short for Araminta, but you are right you can't go riding a short fat bloke (well not down the high street any way).

See Celeste makes me think of the Mary, and we don't want Nevergoogle to disappear, leaving only her bike behind.

ragged · 10/08/2010 20:29

DD has a fat pet mouse named Minty.
I don't name my bikes.
Our household currently has... something like 21 bicycles. If I gave them names I would never remember who was who.
Bit like my children Grin.

nevergoogle · 10/08/2010 20:46

just tried a baby name generator.
it suggested Eileen.
I can see it now, Come on Eileen.
(i hate that song though)

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solo · 10/08/2010 20:48

Mine has a little more horse power and started out as The Red Admiral, but became and still is.........The Beast.

nevergoogle · 13/08/2010 09:59

Would you believe it, but it's a he not a she.
A sexy little italian stallion who arrived yesterday.

Sylvester it is.
Smile

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cumbria81 · 13/08/2010 11:46

Mine is called Doreen

Nice and reliable

cumbria81 · 13/08/2010 11:47

PS - Nice bike!!

mendipgirl · 13/08/2010 12:00

Mines a Dawes Mojave and I call it MoJo.

BlueChampagne · 13/08/2010 12:49

Mine's called Aggie and a friend has a Mabel. So no, we don't think you're mental. Or at least you're not alone!

Honeydragon · 13/08/2010 15:13

Just goes to show you can never trust thescanned pictures Grin

What a surprise for you.

Welcome to Nevergoogles world Sylvester.

nevergoogle · 14/08/2010 12:10
Grin
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tribpot · 14/08/2010 12:15

Just draw the line at getting your bike its own Twitter account, that's all I ask :)

Flighttattendant · 14/08/2010 12:28

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Flighttattendant · 14/08/2010 12:30

...or should I say 'handsome' Wink

Sylvester is a fantastic name.

mathanxiety · 14/08/2010 20:19

Sylvester is a fab name for a bike (as are Celeste or Celestine or Celestina). I was going to suggest Zelda for no reason I can think of at all....

nevergoogle · 14/08/2010 22:40

thanks all. Celestia/Celeste is a great name, but he's definitely a he.

first outing tomorrow. can't wait. Grin

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LuluF · 16/08/2010 20:49

Mine was called Calpurnia (I've always been pretentious).

bottyburpthebarbarian · 16/08/2010 20:57

I don't do bikes (fell off one on 18th August 1983 - bitter, moi??)

but my car is called Kaspor because he's a KaSport - geddit??

nevergoogle · 16/08/2010 21:50

goddit

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loopyloops · 16/08/2010 21:52

When I was little mine was called Dodo. She was blue, and liked to eat carrots. Hmm (I wanted a horse)

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