Because that’s where my wife found it and insisted I go dumpster-diving to get it. Take the bike rather than the car, any day. Named after the BMW satNav system, Drive On Roads Intelligent System. Named after one of the workhorses in Animal Farm for color, dependability and ability to haul lots of stuff. Judith S.Ĭlover – Surly Disc Trucker, dark green. pencilfoxīridget – 2010 Surly Cross Check. Her name is Blue because, well, she’s BLUE. Rootchopperīirte – Koga Named after the person who signed off on the QC tag checklist…but I just call it, My Traveller. So named because I yelled “Whoa Nellie!!” as I passed 45 miles per hour fully loaded on Big Savage Mountain. Rootchopperīig Nellie – Tour Easy Recumbent. Blue – Blue Raleigh Grand Prix: Big Blue. Because that’s the name she comes with (it’s model). The Beast – Specialized Crossroads Sport (very heavy) . Stupid – Surly Big Dummy Beast – Salsa Mukluk fatbike. Emily O’BĪudrey – Mixte named after Audrey Hepburn because she is a pretty little mixte that I ride to work or to the coffee shop/pub in my street attire/makeup. Because I used that as my animal totem in the Furnace Creek 508 years ago, and somehow that became the bike’s name. short for Archaeopteryx – Blue 1974 Raleigh Professional set up as a fixed gear. Named after Amelia Earhart, she flies far and fast. ![]() ![]() I will update the post accordingly.īy the way, the name The Big Cat stuck so our Co-Motion Java Tandem is frequently referred to as such. Thanks to all contributors.Įnjoy, and if you have a name to add please do so in the comments. That bike naming post received great comments about people’s processes for naming bikes as well as their bikes’ names. I liked them so much that I thought they deserved their own post, rather than being an addendum to my original remarks.īelow you will find the “Baby Post of Bike Names,” a first attempt at capturing the bike names shared on Chasing Mailboxes. ![]() One of the posts people read frequently on this blog is Say My (Bike’s) Name: On Naming Your Bike, in which I described my tandem partner’s affinity for naming bikes and my own tendency not to do so.
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