Story behind your user name?

[SnowMouse]

So what's the story behind your user name?

I used the same one I use on another discussion forum that's about snowsports, and the mouse bit comes from what my boyfriend calls me. I don't squeek, really!:o

[MightyMitre]

My name comes from my cycling club. I belong to Brighton Mitre - so named because when the club was formed 110 years ago they used to meet up in a pub called The Mitre ( as in the bishops hat!)

I added the Mighty because it reminds me that if I train hard I'll get stronger and better.

Also a bit of local pride in there - there's a few other cycling clubs in Brighton and obviously The Mitre is the best!!!;)

Check out our website www.brightonmitre.com. It's still in it's infancy but we're getting there...:)


PS my real name is actually Liz.

[Veronica]

Well if I had been born a boy my mother was going to name me Hershal Sterling Huff. Not a good name to have in the early 70s in rural Maine. I can just imagine the teasing.

Veronica

[fultzie]

I had a very sexist driver's ed teacher in high school, who called all of the girls "sweetheart" or "honey" and all of the guys by some variation of their last name. somehow, perhaps by the look i gave him :mad: , he realized that it would be a BAD idea to call me "sweetie" and called me fultzie (my last name + "ie") instead. i didn't mind so much... at least he wasn't calling me "honey"! ew!

then my friends started calling me fultzie, and it stuck. i actually just got a birthday card (birthday yesterday!) from a high school friend of mine labeled "Fultzie" :D

[ragbrai40]

I was having one of those unfortunate mid-life crisis things last year, turning 40 and all that :eek: and decided that I needed to do something to reclaim my....youth? Or something like that.

I been riding for 8 years, nothing too serious, around town a few out of town rides and RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) was ending in the town I grew up in so I decided that this was the year I was meant to be on the ride. It was an omen - turning 40, RAGBRAI ending in home town - I had to do it.

So I did. I got a road bike, put a bunch of training miles in, went on this 475 mi week long ride and wondered why I hadn't done it sooner! So to remind myself of the accomplishment and at the time for inspiriation, ragbrai40 came into play.

And the best thing I'm still riding - more than ever and in better shape than I've ever been in! What a great bday present to me that lasted for a whole year!

I just celebrated my 41st birthday and am already signed up for RAGBRAI #2!

[Cdalekat]

Cdale = Cannondale (my bike)
"kat" is twofold:
1. I love my fuzzy kitty
2. kat can be slang for a person (think "cool cat")

I mostly lurk here since I'm new to this and pick up the hints that I can.

[jobob]

I would have used jo for my ID but I the system wouldn't let me have an ID with only 2 letters.

Jobob comes from the time when my husband and I were into kitemaking. We used to attend a kitemakers' workshop every year in middle-of-nowhere Texas (Junction, to be exact). Getting into the spirit of the place, our friends started giving out Texas-style nicknames - my husband Lee was LeeBob, our friends were EddieBob, BonnieBob, and ScottyBob, and I was JoBob.

( Coincidentally, I lurk the iBob list, which is a spinoff of the old Bridgestone Owners' Bunch, which is loosely organized around the retro grouch/old school philosphy of newer-is-not-necessarily-better. Bobs tend to favor lugged steel bikes with leather saddles and moustache bars and friction shifters, and endlessly debate things like the relative merits of 8-cog cassettes :) But my name has no relation to the Bob list. )

- Jo.

Cdalekat, for what it's worth, I used to lurk here too; then I found things to say and you can't shut me up now :D

[grannydea]

Mine is from the fact that I am a first time grandmother (granny) and love it, the dea is part of my frist name. I am my grandsons "granny dea".
Dea

[Irulan]

I take my aliases from books. Irulan... Princess Irulan Corrino, Dune...

Penny

[Shimpie]

I've got lots of nick names. Shimpie is an old one from highschool. My real name is Weena, which immediately brings to mind the words "weenie" and "weiner". One day, my friend heard a rather funny Volvo commercial on his drive into school. The commercial compared Car X to the numerous safety features of a Volvo. When the sales person was asked about airbags in Car X, he replied, "Car X doesn't have one, but it comes with Shimpie the inflatable weiner dog!" Of course, my name was revised to Shimpie from there on out.

-Shimpie

[paintgirl]

I use paintgirl04 on other forums, hotmail, etc., I am a folk artist, and my one daughter would always say "what are you painting girl?" so I got paintgirl, the 04 is 4 kids, and also my # on my ball, broomball uniforms, after #4 Bobby Orr, my hockey hero.

Lori

[pedalfaster]

"pedalfaster" is what spectators yelled at me when I raced.

Good advice, huh? :D

[snapdragen]

Nothing exciting - a million years ago when I first went online, I wanted Snapdragon - my favorite flower, and I collect dragons. Snapdragon was taken, so I changed it to Snapdragen. Ever since I've tried to think up some brilliant, funny, awe inspiring handle, but I always come back to old reliable.

[KTeach]

Obviously... I teach kindergarten!

[trekchic]

"trekchic" does it need an explaination? ok, I just like to talk about it, so here goes.........

I, too, have been having some difficult times in life that cycling brought me out of! I had a "guy" friend that rides and talked about it nonstop, then when he wasn't my "guy" friend anymore... I decided the funniest thing would be for me to beat the pants off him in a race or something, so when I found a girlfriend that was an avid cyclist, I rode with her one day and you know what.........I loved it! I was instantly hooked!

So, I went to the LBS, ordered a TREK 1500 and, as they say... the rest is history!!!

Chic...........self explanatory.........my kids (I have 3- ages 16,14 and 8) call me "biker-chic" and I couldn't live with that, so I changed it to trekchic!

It's funny to hear everyone's stories, huh?

"Y'all can call me Kim, if'n trekchic bothers ya, now, SUGA"!

Kim from TN!

[bentforlife]

I've been reading this forums for a while and have found it helpful. I've started cycling again after 20+ years. At first it was to get my doctor to shut up about me exercising ,now I really enjoy it. Gives me time to think when alone and time with my 14 yo daughter when she rides with me.

My name comes from the fact that I ride a long wheel base recumbent, RANS Stratus XL( Yes, I have a long inseam). I tore a rotator cuff in a fall. After surgery and months of rehab I tried to get back on a regular bike but it killed my shoulder. A friend, who rides a recumbent, let me borrow his and I was converted for life, hence the name.

What is most annoying is all the questions you get about this strange looking bike. It is long!! 71 inch wheelbase. Can also be tricky in tight turns, no falls yet.

Hope I can share with other women recumbent riders here as well.

Keeping sharing ladies. It's great to see so many women riding.

[doctorfrau]

My Nic is actually the name of a book that helped inspire me to go back to school.

The book was written as a sort of memoir, by Dr. Grace Keiser, a female physician who practiced for many years in the Amish Country of Pennsylvania. The title of the book is "Doctor Frau", because in the German dialect spoken by the Amish, "frau" is the word for "mature woman", or "old married housewife", or "Mrs".

I thought that might be a fitting handle for an older divorced, somewhat frumpy woman who is attending medical school!!!!:D

[Trek420]

"So what's the story behind your user name?"

Simple; make and model of my ol' bike...but you can call me Dita

[Surlygirl]

Surly is my bike, not my demeanor.
I'm 44 next month and have always ridden by myself or with a friend. Tomorrow group rides start and I'm trying to psyche myself up to try it. They are C rides so it is suppose to be easy but I'm nervous. Any advise?

[Crash]

Unfortunately mine is self expanatory. I have a reputation for tipping over at stop signs (even after using clip-in pedals for sometime), spreadeagling on pick-up trucks (no you're not at a different web site. I was hit head-on and landed on the trucks hood). Turning around to check on my riding partners and going down. I guess Grace could be another alias.
You know what...I still absolutely love biking, roadie and mtb.
Crash:D

[Barb]

I didn't give it much thought and used my name. On other sites I am "slowspoke" mostly because I am! This is my second year of riding and the first of my Midlife Crisis Years! So far I have backpacked on the A.T., I am going white water rafting in June and have begun training for the Michigander. I p[lan to do that next summer. (DOH, did I say that out loud?!!!)

Happy trails

[wavedancer]

I am fairly new to biking. Started road riding some last year and just started mtb this spring. My main activity for the past few years has been seakayaking, which I still do every weekend, if possible. So wavedancer speaks to my love of dancing on water...and now I am finding the joys of dancing on dirt!

[kimba]

My name is Kim- the Kimba came from a nickname I picked up while working in the animation industry.

I liked it- and it stuck.

There was a kid's show called Kimba the White Lion- I suppose that was where it came from....


Kimba

[kimba]

Simple; make and model of my ol' bike...

Did you ever find it- or get it back??


Kimba

[Trek420]

"Simple; make and model of my ol' bike..."

"Did you ever find it- or get it back??"

nope, if you see it being ridden with the handlebars turned upside down by some drug addled dope dealer who paid $10.00 for it at the flea market in the East Bay please stick your frame pump in their spokes as you breeze by ;-)

to all those following the saga of my new bike (although this should be in another topic)

* the Mondonico frame arrived at my LBS on Friday-it's beeeeeaauuuutiful! Subtle lavendar metalic
* I go to the shop tonight to pick shiny stuff to be put on it
* In the meantime I've been riding a loaner from the shop, a red Della Santa which I've enjoyed.

[Susan126]

Hi everyone!

I usually do not post (I'm a lurker . . . I love to read the posts in this forum. Great advice, great stories, great cyclists, friendly friendly friendly . . . . learned a bunch of things just browsing) but anyway, how did I get my nic?! My mom gave it to me! :p and the 126? . . . a lucky number!

Sue

[missliz]

Mine has been a nickname all my life; it's a Southern thing to call all the ladies Miz first name. And missliz rhymes... People just call me that.

And it's my name all over the net- can't remember more than one.

Lizzy

[Hillhugger]

Well, mine is pretty self explanatory - when I started out last fall, I had a hard time getting up hills. So one day my son laughed and said: "Mom, you're not supposed to hug those hills, just get over them!" That stuck with me.

I am still not the fastest when it comes to hills, but I'm getting better...

[kate]

My Nic is pretty obvious since my real name is Kathleen but I am known as Casey.

My daughter goes by Kate but she doesn't ride.

Kate

[kate]

:o I forgot to say that I am also a lurker, I just don't have much to say. Just got back from a cruise and had to catch up on all the good info.

Thanks gals, this forum is great, lots of great talk.

Kate

[betagirl]

My UN comes from another board I post on for Crohn's disease, which I'm SOOOOOOOOO lucky to have.

A beta version of something, like software, doesn't work right all the time and has to go through a lot of testing :D And I'm a girl the last time I checked.

[hibiscus09]

I like to garden and the hibiscus is my favorite flower. Furthermore, I have a hibiscus tattooed right to the side and a little lower than my belly button. :) The 09 is for September -- the month of my birth. :)

[magrat22]

Mine cames from my fav author Terry Prachett, and Magrat is just like me wants to be good at something but spends more time getting all the equipment then actually doing anything ;). 22 is one of my lucky numbers.

[kelrunran]

Wish I had a more interesting story but - I've always been a runner and that was the name I used on those boards. This is my second season of riding and triathloning and am loving it :).

Kelly

[Trek420]

So what's the story behind your user name?"

Simple; make and model of my ol' bike...but you can call me Dita

...except now I might have to change it...finaly got the Mondonico, I'll write more about it but gotta get back to work 8-(

[ChainsOflove]

Got it off a dirty website. : )

[Biking Chick]

My first choice was Trek Chic but SOMEONE beat me to it :D

One of my 'boys' called me biker chick but I said it sounded more like the days when his dad had his Harley ... and I refuse to be a 'babe' so biking chick was born.

Besides ... at (the age of) 50 .. It hink it's a lot 'cooler' to be a chick than it is a m'am

[bounceswoosh]

My first choice was 'monique', but someone took that about a month ago =P

Here's the explanation for bounceswoosh:

http://www.bounceswoosh.org/etymology.php

[sno4rent]

My brother actually came up with mine - I hate snow and we get it here in Southern Idaho and I would LOVE to rent it out to those who WANT it. :)

~ Wendi