Suggestion - bikes in signature?

[lph]

Inspired by a question in another thread I have a suggestion, may have been up before:

- how about if we note down our bikes and saddles, at least the ones we use the most, in our signature? Voluntary, of course. I've done it now, just to try it out.

There are lots of questions about which saddles people like, and doing this would make it easy at a glance to see who uses what. Plus it's fun to see what kind of bike someone rides, especially if it's identical to your own.

This has been done with kayaks and paddles on a kayak forum I frequent, and it does give a slightly more coherent impression of the poster and his or her main interests. There we can also note height and weight, but that isn't as relevant for biking.

[lph]

PS. There is a 300 character limit on the signatures, so one can't get too wordy. I had to edit mine a bit to fit, to give an idea of how much 300 characters is.

[susan.wells]

I like it!

[tulip]

Good idea. I think there should also be a STICKY about saddles, either in the Open Topic-cycling or in the New Riders section. It would be nice to have one source for new people to go to for info before asking the same questions as have been asked many times before. The Sticky would not take place of the Search function, but it would provide some information common to most of the saddle sensitivity threads. Then folks would have more of an understanding of how to narrow their search.

[tulip]

testing the sig thing. It works!

[Bike Chick]

Great idea! I like it.

[Catrin]

I like this! Tulip's idea about the new sticky is a good one as well, it would be very helpful.

[zoom-zoom]

I need more than one bike... ;)

[Crankin]

Sure, except I have no idea how to put a signature thing in there....

[tulip]

Sure, except I have no idea how to put a signature thing in there....

Go to User CP in the upper left corner. You'll see the options listed on the left.

[skibum]

Giving mine a try...

[lph]

Hey, this is looking good :)

Just a thought: if you have space to do so, I would be happy to see what type of bike you ride (road/mtb/hybrid etc). I see already now that there are many brands and models I don't recognize, maybe because I'm not in the States.

I'd love to add the colour :D but I don't have enough room...

[Zemea]

I like the idea. I've seen it used on photography boards as well with camera equipment.

Testing mine here.

[Chile Pepper]

Great idea. I've only listed my main bike, as it's really the only one I ride anymore.

[bluejellybean]

Great idea, here's mine! ...wondering if I'll be adding a 2011 to the list.... :rolleyes:

[Crankin]

OK, I added it. Apparently there is no model name on my mountain bike and I honestly cannot remember which one it is. I had to go out and look on the bike; that should tell you how often I go mountain biking... sigh.

[TxDoc]

Alright let's try... made it within 300 characters ;)

[Biciclista]

me too, I'm in

[northstar]

Here we go! I hope this helps folks find info about bikes more efficiently.

Anyone need info about a 1972 Schwinn Suburban? Anyone? Bueller? :)

[hid558]

Hope this works!

[Trek-chick]

What a good idea...

[jp4995]

Ooo, great idea!

[ny biker]

Testing...testing...

On the Priuschat website, people list the year, color and option package of their car.

Good idea, LPH.

[Blue_Fedora]

Great idea - glad we're doing this!

[sgtiger]

Lovely idea, LPH! I just added mine.

[azfiddle]

Great idea- I added mine too :-)

[pinsonp2]

Just trying mine out too.P2

[ColoKate]

I just added mine - curious to see if others have cruisers :)

[nscrbug]

Very cool idea...I've added mine.

[lph]

Anyone need info about a 1972 Schwinn Suburban?

I don't need info, but that is very cool! :)

[arielmoon]

Cool idea!

[jdubble]

very cool idea! :)

[tulip]

very cool idea! :)

Uh, you know that you now have to post a picture of your Sweetpea Mixte, right? ;)

[GLC1968]

Neat idea, LPH!

I added mine but it makes me think that I'm due for a new bike. My 'new' bike is 5 years old for Pete's sake! :eek:

[pinkbikes]

Nothing witty to say at all but I managed to be computer literate enough to be able to update my signature!:)

[Owlie]

I need more than one bike... ;)

Yeah...One day I think the as-yet-unnamed bike will end up with a sibling, but that's a ways off. :D

(I'd better be careful. BF's been muttering about matching--or at least coordinating--Cannondales. We've got matching jerseys already. I think that's nauseating enough.)

[marni]

here's mine- being the computer illiterate luddite I am, I hope it works.

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[ny biker]

(I'd better be careful. BF's been muttering about matching--or at least coordinating--Cannondales. We've got matching jerseys already. I think that's nauseating enough.)

I've noticed that couples riding tandems always wear matching jerseys. Makes me wonder if there's some kind of law about it.

[Veronica]

I've noticed that couples riding tandems always wear matching jerseys. Makes me wonder if there's some kind of law about it.

We never match when we ride the tandem. We use to wear similar jerseys, but give that up too. :p

Veronica

[sgtiger]

Uh, you know that you now have to post a picture of your Sweetpea Mixte, right? ;)

She already posted a pic in the Mixte thread. It's stunning!

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?p=426188&highlight=sweetpea#post426188

[jdubble]

She already posted a pic in the Mixte thread. It's stunning!

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?p=426188&highlight=sweetpea#post426188

:) and there's a tiny one of it there in my profile pic too. i rather love it. it's one year old now, and i just sent a message to natalie last week telling her how i'd fallen in love all over again, after taking it out on a road ride with some friends when my back was feeling too wonky to want to ride my road bike. my friend made a snarky remark about me not complaining if i couldn't keep up on the hills, so i took great pleasure in sitting up straight and cruising past her her on several occasions ;)

[badgercat]

Fun! I love seeing the huge diversity in what we all ride... I just added mine :)

[hirakukibou]

This is fun.

[hirakukibou]

Opps forgot the mountain bike.

[PinkBike]

cool idea. just added mine!

[tzvia]

I usually just put my name in the sig as I'm not the most creative egg in the Easter basket, but this makes sense. It actually is neat to see what others ride at a glance.

[Jiffer]

Cool idea. Trying it out. :D

[Librarygirl]

Here's mine....:)

[out_spokin']

Simple. Excellent. Already inspiring!

[Road Viexn]

What a great idea. I can already see a small trend in saddles!

[lph]

I is feeling all warm and fuzzy here :)

Library Girl, your saddle sounds a bit like the old one on my beloved old Trek - stock, sat on and crashed on and torn to unrecognition, hammockshaped but surprisingly comfortable. Guess it's molded to my butt, or vice-versa.

Those of you with one bike - I'm envious of the space you must have in your garages. I wish I could settle for one good bike rather than 4 mediocre ones.

Tzvia - guess you really like that saddle :D

And I love seeing the commuter bikes!

[Catrin]

What a great idea. I can already see a small trend in saddles!

It is interesting to see all of the SI and Terry saddles - what a wonderful collection of bikes! It makes me want to go out and find examples of bike models I've not yet seen just to see what they look like :D

[Trekhawk]

Oh no now I can't stop reading sig lines.:)

[Trek420]

Saddles with measurements :cool:

[spindizzy]

Great idea, lph. I'm going to have to get the specs on my Norco- hanging upside down in the garage...

[Aggie_Ama]

I like it, pretty neat to see what people ride.

[redrhodie]

Fun!

[Ambikes]

This is cool! I added mine.

[pinkbikes]

I've noticed that couples riding tandems always wear matching jerseys. Makes me wonder if there's some kind of law about it.

My DD would disown me if we wore matching jerseys on the tandem. We only have one jersey and a jacket in common and I think she nearly died of embarrassment the day we both wore the same.:p

DH doesn't even like us to wear the t-shirts we have in common on the same days because it is "too cute":eek:

[oxysback]

Neat idea! I added mine. :)

[Fontinalis]

Just added the info in my signature. Neat idea.

[HillSlugger]

I actually had to go look at my bikes to see what's on where.

[divingbiker]

I actually had to go look at my bikes to see what's on where.

Me, too.:)

[ciao_bella]

Ok, I just added mine....hope they show up. :)

[Zen]

done
done
done
and
done

[malaholic]

Great idea, lph! Testing mine out. Someday, hopefully I'll acquire enough bikes to run up against the character limit in the signatures. :)

[moonfroggy]

ok testing mine out. i will add saddles later because i am not happy with what i have and am waiting for a brooks to arrive.

[malkin]

Don't know any years for bikes. I struggle to keep track of birth years that I need to know.

[dianne_1234]

I also added my sit bone spacing in millimeters.

Hope this works...

[maryellen]

Great idea. Makes me think I need a new bike.

[skinimini]

testing . . .

Once I get my Nishiki Mixte all fixed up, I'll add her!

[Susan Otcenas]

I think there should also be a STICKY about saddles, either in the Open Topic-cycling or in the New Riders section. It would be nice to have one source for new people to go to for info before asking the same questions as have been asked many times before. The Sticky would not take place of the Search function, but it would provide some information common to most of the saddle sensitivity threads. Then folks would have more of an understanding of how to narrow their search.

There are 2 entire subforums for this, in the gear and apparel forums.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72

[gnat23]

Ok, will have to look up the saddles when I get home. I'm usually a Jett girl, but gotta make sure.

-- gnat!

[Owlie]

Gnat, I love how you named all your bikes after cheese. Speaking of which, I need a snack...

[NbyNW]

Here's mine, to the best of my knowledge

[7rider]

Done from memory, as the bikes are currently about 4,000 miles away from where I now sit.
I took a page from DivingBiker's book and I used the same color font for what color the bike is (sort of). :cool:

[ivorygorgon]

Here is mine!!

[tulip]

There are 2 entire subforums for this, in the gear and apparel forums.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72

It seems like most people go to the Open Topic (Cycling) or New Riders, ask their questions without going to the Gear and Apparel. I'm fine with my gear and apparel, so I'm not looking for answers. But there seem to be a whole lotta the same questions being asked, mainly in New Riders and Open Topic (Cycling).

I suppose we could redirect the questions to the existing subforum stickies and hope for the best.

[Susan Otcenas]

I try to move the threads to the appropriate subforums when I see them, but I'm not in Open Topics regularly.

[smittykitty]

Trying to figure out how to get my signature to show. And to think I'm actually considered the techy in my office! Oh, if they only knew!:eek:

Wow! it worked!!!!

[sandra]

I added mine! :cool: