Apparently 4 ot of 10 people name their cars
Usually a female name.
Have you named your unicycle?
…and why did you pick that name?
For awhile, when I was on the road, I refered to my Giraffe as the Iron Horse. But That is a far as I have come to naming my unicycle or car.
My Girlfriend has named her cruiser bike “Ellen” due to it’s rather androgynous nature…
My 20" DM Ringmaster is called Sally. I was sitting on the stage next to her at the local club one evening (I don’t remember whether it was the juggling club or the unicycling club, both met in the same room) and it occurred to me that she was a Sally.
My Muni is called Mindy, for reasons of alliteration.
My Coker is called Cindy, with a nod towards a certain former model.
I very seldom refer to Mindy or Cindy by their names, but I nearly always refer to Sally as Sally. Likewise, I nearly always refer to my main bike as Helga, rather than just as “my bike”.
I haven’t bothered to name my spare 20" (a Lidl cheapy) or either of my ultimate wheels.
Koyaanisquatsi (“Life out of balance”)–the uni I learned on. Koyo for short.
Kobe–my basketball uni, Miyata Deluxe 24"
Phat Boy–26" Yuni MUni (Profile)
Lucky–24" 2005 KH XC MUni (won at CMW)
Zippy–29er with 110s
Frankenstein–Yuni 29er frame, can be set up either as 29er or 26" MUni
Sasquatch–Endomorph/Large Marge set up for sand and snow
Oy Vey–Ultimate wheel (Star of David style)
TD–RTL uni, 29er Schlmupf (lost/stolen in transit from Nova Scotia)
TD “don’t call me Junior” Jr.–29er Schlumpf set up for MUni
I also have a new 20" which hasn’t yet earned a name.
My 20" Qu-Ax is called “Calfbiter” for some unknown reason. I have temporarily drawn its teeth by replacing the metal pinned pedals with plastic ones while I learn some things. It’ll have its teeth back soon.
The 24" trainer is “The Old One” and the 29" Nimbus, “The Big One”.
The 26" Pashley is called “The Holy Roller” because of the Holy Roller tyre.
The skinny custom-wheeled 700c was calld “The Bacon Slicer” when it had the deep section 23mm tyre, and was redesignated “Wafer Thin” when I put the 20mm tyre on it. Right now, it’s “The One With a Puncture.”
My old 700c with a 28mm tyre was The Road Razor.
The Nimbus 36 is called “The 36”. I did consider giving it the name “The Yard”.
The ultimate wheel is called “The Ultimate Wheel”.
I forgot to gave a name to my unicycles, I just can’t decide a cool name for them. But I still call them different way because my parents are always mixed up because I got too much unis.
My KH20 trials is the Yellow one, because it’s yellow, obviously.
My 24" Torker/Nimbus Muni is the 24" or the Muni
My Coker is just the 36er
and my old Koxx-one trials is the crappy one.
I dont really use my BC wheel, my learner, my 16" custom broken/bent trials uni and my giraffe so they are just called what they are:p
I haven’t thought of a good name yet, because I’ve already used Tiberius for my laptop and Victor for my cactus. I don’t want to think of a good one and waste it on this piece of junk I’m currently riding though.
It never occurred to me to give my muni a name. If I did, I think it would be “Red” because that’s the colour I ordered. It’s definitely not red, it’s orange.
On the rare occasion I have to call my uni anything, I identify my Qu-ax 24" as The Tractor; The others don’t have names.
I won’t use good names on inanimate objects in case I pick one that I’d prefer to give to a child. Only in Soviet Russia would you name your baby girl Tractor.