Should bicycles have names?

[Twinsetmad]

I had an old 1980 Suzuki GSX750ET... my misses named it "Baby Bird". It was blue and...
Gorgeous

as in the song....ahh . If you have to explain it, its not funny.

[String]

My bike is known as "fking deathtrap" by me and anyone else that uses it due to having about 3 working gears, dodgy breaks, a buckled wheel and the ability for the chain to slip when putting pressure on a pedal sending you flying crotch-first onto the crossbar.

In an ideal world it fix it but its all strange voodoo to me so i have no idea how.

[Aquatic Mammal]

Originally Posted by Eeyore

Get a life mate!

you'll be asking us to name ya bloody budgie next

But I don't have a budgie!!!!

[Tunicates]

Originally Posted by String

My bike is known as "fking deathtrap" by me and anyone else that uses it due to having about 3 working gears, dodgy breaks, a buckled wheel and the ability for the chain to slip when putting pressure on a pedal sending you flying crotch-first onto the crossbar.

In an ideal world it fix it but its all strange voodoo to me so i have no idea how.

You could take it to the LBS and get it fixed. It needs a new block and chain, a wheel true and a service. Wont cost more than a reg service, or two maybe. It will need a less butch name then, but you might enjoy riding it more.....

[String]

Originally Posted by Tunicates are Mad

You could take it to the LBS and get it fixed. It needs a new block and chain, a wheel true and a service. Wont cost more than a reg service, or two maybe. It will need a less butch name then, but you might enjoy riding it more.....

Given i only paid £60 for it i suspect it'll cost more to fix that lot than to buy a new one.

Only got it out as the exhaust fell off my car yesterday on the way back from NDAC and as per usual nobody has one in stock so im forced to use the damn bike for the next few days.

[Tunicates]

Originally Posted by String

Given i only paid £60 for it i suspect it'll cost more to fix that lot than to buy another new one.

Only got it out as the exhaust fell off my car yesterday on the way back from NDAC and as per usual nobody has one in stock so im forced to use the damn bike for the next few days.

New as in 'new to me'. Yep, fair enough.
However, it might be worth a damn sight more than you paid for it, in which case it would akshully be worth getting serviced.

[String]

Originally Posted by Tunicates are Mad

New as in 'new to me'. Yep, fair enough.
However, it might be worth a damn sight more than you paid for it, in which case it would akshully be worth getting serviced.

I bought it new for £60 ! Now they're about £40 so i doubt that

[Tunicates]

Originally Posted by String

I bought it new for £60 ! Now they're about £40 so i doubt that

!!!!!
You got a whole brand new bicycle for £60? And now it's only £40?

What's it made of? Cheese and sellotape?
No wonder it doesn't f*cking work mate.

Lets break that down...
Presuming it's got actual metal bits in it, that metal was mined, smelted, forged into bike parts, assembled, painted, boxed and shipped across the planet to sell to an importer to sell to a shop to sell to you for only £60 - £40. Are you sure it wasn't a deathtrap before you bought it?

[Venus]

I have named my wing and my car, but not my bike

Cy (the wing), the beast (the car) and I have a unique and special relationship and the Trek 7.3 (the bike) just does not measure up to join us ..... so, no point in giving it a name, really

[hogen-deifar]

Why do people name inanimate objects? It can't answer you back, it doesn't listen. BJ had the right idea calling his bike barsteward when he got a flat though!

I've never named a car or a bike or a teddy bear when I was a kid. It's NOT got a mind of its own, you know!!!

I've just had my bike serviced. I'm sulking. It's cost me £120. And don't tell me I could've got a new one for that. It's a GT, I contacted them in America and although they don't do the model I have any more they confirmed the equivalent bike to replace it and it'd be £500 to buy. So yes, it's a good bike and, imho, worth getting serviced at that price. Considering I do 10 miles a day on it I'm getting my money's worth! It's not like I only use it once a year! And at the rate fuel is going up I think I'm still going to be better off than the people who drive or use public transport!!!!