Naming your car, dog, cat, kid, or bike all have the same basic idea. You want to find a name that reflects what their personality is, will become, and may have been before you came into the picture... kids are probably excluded from this but maybe not, depending on your line of thinking.
For kids, cats, and dogs this can be a bit difficult as we are expected to come up with a name out of thin air, and who knows what these little monsters will be become! With a car or a bike one can take their time and get a feel for their specific personality. The guys over in the Drum psychiatric ward feel that this is due to the fact that bikes and cars are technically not living, breathing entities that need a name for us to feel "normal" when interacting with them. Saying 'where the hell is my bike' is much easier than 'saying where the hell is kid number one'... though we did have a dog on our route that we named 'third dog', but that's another story altogether.
So team Drum is living with our 1950 Schwinn Panther and allowing a name to come from our trials and tribulations together, organic like. Thus far we are pretty sure its a boy, though it does have pink fenders...hmm. It is also fearless of parked cars, dislikes other bikes with no brakes, and loves to sunbathe. Not sure if it likes crappy TV(drum doesn't have a TV) but Zombie movies and Westerns are a weekend must - along with a long ride down by the lake.
Guess time will tell!
Now I'd like to hear if your bike has a name - tell us about it in the comments section!
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