Lets see you on your bike!

[Eden]

Seeing Kitsune's pic got me thinking about starting up a thread to see everyone. Normally don't really like having my photo taken, but for some reason I love to see photos of myself on the bike (hope this doesn't sound vain....)

these are some of my favorites:

http://photos.nweventphotography.com/p/women_cat_4/07092006_s3d381715

http://photos.nweventphotography.com/p/women_cat_4/cl5931752

http://www.wheelsinfocus.com/2006/RoadPix/94AD0753ghc.jpg

http://www.wheelsinfocus.com/94ad5769wwc.jpg

Lets see your favorites!
(and you could refer here if you are going to be at an event and are trying to recognize another TE'er)

[mimitabby]

http://tinyurl.com/m2xcp
you get to see the DH too.

http://www.sersale.org/bike/ferry.jpg

Eden, you are really booking in those photos!!

I like them too.

[Nanci]

This is at Six Gap last year. The only event photo I've come even _close_ to not looking hideous in. Probably because this followed an 11 mile downhill.

[Hammer]

Here's hoping my upload works...

[FreshNewbie]

i dont have any even pictures, but I just wanted to say that you all look really good. :D

[Cassandra_Cain]

Nice pictures everybody - I would think of posting one, but have no idea how to. The usual <img src="blah blah"> doesn't seem to work....

Eden - wow! If you tell me you aren't fast, I still wouldn't believe you after seeing those :)

[mimitabby]

Nice pictures everybody - I would think of posting one, but have no idea how to. The usual <img src="blah blah"> doesn't seem to work....

Eden - wow! If you tell me you aren't fast, I still wouldn't believe you after seeing those :)

Cassandra, look above the window; do you see the little mountain range
in a square with yellow sky?
click on that!

[mimitabby]

Here's hoping my upload works...

Hammer, your photo is really cool! how did you get that effect?

[Cassandra_Cain]

Cassandra, look above the window; do you see the little mountain range
in a square with yellow sky?
click on that!

Duh~! Darn, missed that one :) thank you, now all I need is a picture! :cool:

[Cassandra_Cain]

Hammer, your photo is really cool! how did you get that effect?

Hmmm, I'm a shutterbug and yeah, Hammer's photo is cool. Methinks the lens was being manually zoomed while the picture was taken. It is actually easy to do - getting it right is another story. Hammer though, definitely got it right :)

[Tri Girl]

Don't have one of myself on my bike (need to have DH take one I guess), but wanted to say that your pictures are all great!!! I like to see them (and to put faces with names). Keep posting!

[bikerchick68]

Here's me on the Stagecoach Century in January! :D

these are fun to see... thanks for starting this thread Eden!

[Tiffanie]

bikerchick, is the background in that picture real? :eek:

[jobob]

Here's one of my Photocrazy pics from the Marin Century this past Saturday.
LeeBob and I went by at 10:55

http://i5.tinypic.com/244ebo4.jpg

[cherinyc]

This is from my first real event this past Saturday (obviously before the ride). At one point, my bf and I got lost (bad cue sheet directions). I stopped and had my left foot unclipped and on the ground, my right foot still clipped in. I turned my body around to the left, to ask bf - which way? and I started to lean to the right. Of course, still being new to clipless, I just panicked and fell completely over to the right.
Long story short, the "topple" left an 8 inch scratch on my left forearm - still can't figure out how.
Bf said if I wanted, we could come up with a better story about how it happened (as opposed to, "I just...fell over"). :rolleyes: Ah...battle scars.
I haven't been successful at submitting pics thus far. Let's see if this works.
http://static.flickr.com/95/211148555_731f78e7e6_m.jpg

[bikerchick68]

tiffanie.. yep! That's Ocotillo... in the Anza Borrego desert... and this was hands down the hardest century I've ever ridden. The first 50 miles to lunch are all a 2% climb... with a couple of 14% hills thrown in, just in case your not hurting enough...

the REAL problem tho was the wind... it was a head wind the entire climb... with gusts up to 50mph. It was actually scary... and many, many people turned back. By the time we got to lunch we had 10 minuted left before they were shutting it down... us and everyone else who'd just arrived! :eek: :rolleyes: took us just over 4 hours to do the 50 miles...

THEN you turn around... tailwind and downhill... there were 5 mile stretches where we'd be doing 30mph and not pedaling once! THIS pic was on the way back! LOL ;)

[Lenusik]

Here is me.
The first one is me winning 26 miles Tour De Phoenix among women. I am very proud of it since it was my first ever race. That's why I have a very goofy smile on my face.
The other two are with my husband. Trek Honeymoon in the wine country.

[FreshNewbie]

Geez Lenusik, aren't you tiny? or it's just that your husband is so TALL :D
Congruts on the race win? Any testosterone?:D just kidding kidding

Cheri- looking very good

[Lenusik]

Geez Lenusik, aren't you tiny? or it's just that your husband is so TALL :D
Congruts on the race win? Any testosterone?:D just kidding kidding

Cheri- looking very good
Both, I am only 5'6 and 113 pounds, while my hubby is 6'6 ! I am glad that he is rather skinny for his hight. Imagine what kind of baby we are going to have. Poor me. :p

No testosterone, but I guess I have plenty of estrogen. Maybe it helps too.

[Bad JuJu]

I don't have any photos of myself ON my bike, since I'm usually the one taking the photos. But I do have this one of me WITH my bike, waiting for the ferry to Oxford, MD, during the Womantours trip I took in May on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/200605-BikeTourMD-JudyFerry.jpg

[FreshNewbie]

hey JuJu doesn't look like your pic was uploaded or it's my pc?

[Bad JuJu]

hey JuJu doesn't look like your pic was uploaded or it's my pc?
Hmmm, I can see it. Anyone else?

[Trekhawk]

I just realized this is the only photo I have of myself riding one of my road bikes.
This one is at the end of Little Red Riding Hood Century in Utah.
You can also see Cindysue and Jobob in the photo.

[tomgrrrl]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e398/filmgrrrl/bato2.jpg
This is before Bike Against the Odds last fall....plan on doing it again next month....

I've done a lot of cycling photography of others, here's a link to that site:
http://mediamaverick.smugmug.com/

I hope to shoot some more events this fall....

[caligurl]

ride around the bear this year:

http://caligurl.com/bikergurl/wp-content/2006%20bear/bear1a.jpg

this past january (no.... i'm not a terrorist!)

http://caligurl.com/bikergurl/wp-content/jumbo%20jan%206%202006/jumbo4.jpg

my first ever mountain bike bike last summer:

http://caligurl.com/bikergurl/wp-content/1st%20mtb%20ride/3.jpg

and again.... i'm not a terrorist on the MTB either! (i just get cold easily!)

http://caligurl.com/bikergurl/wp-content/MTB%20burns%20canyon%20dec%205%202005/mtb%20dec4.jpg

[Deanna]

I think I may have posted these before in another thread, but they're the best I have and I loved that ride:
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[DebW]

Is that a sensor on the pole, so the camera trips when a rider goes by? Makes sense. Every picture perfectly timed.


Here's one of my Photocrazy pics from the Marin Century this past Saturday.
LeeBob and I went by at 10:55

http://i5.tinypic.com/244ebo4.jpg

[mtkitchn]

I'm in the blue after finishing my first century last month




http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j264/mtkitchn/reunion/?action=view&current=century.jpg&refPage=20&imgAnch=imgAnch25

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

No "racing" pictures yet, but here I am on my new bike, only 2 weeks ago, on the first day I got it!...http://harmonias.com/LisaBike_1.jpg

[greenmachine]

Great Pictures, Everyone!!

This is me waving for my picture at the Tour de Sewer in April:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e14/jlspri/TourdesewerR.jpg
And this is at the LA River Ride in May:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e14/jlspri/LARRcropped.jpg

[Veronica]

Nice jersey Jo. :p

http://www.tandemhearts.com/point-reyes/slides/3%20Views.JPG

This is out at Point Reyes last January.

V.

[redhot3368]

Here is some on my mountain bike....
Can't find any with my road bike!
Karen

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[maillotpois]

I'll get a picture, but first I gotta say - wow what great pics!!

Deanna - Boy do I know that road that yours were taken on!! Right around the seven "sisters".

V - Oh boy - that exact bit of coastline taken from a slightly different angle has been my computer wallpaper for the last few months!!

Okay - here are some:

At the Eastern Sierra Double century in June (looking a little pudgy. hmm.):

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/maillotpois/EDCS1.jpg


After completing the 600k brevet in April (note the Mountain Dew and the grimace):

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/maillotpois/IMG_2387.jpg

At Alpe d'Huez:

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j285/maillotpois/maillotpoisSarahAlpedhuez2.jpg

[Hammer]

Hammer, your photo is really cool! how did you get that effect?

Thanks!

I duplicated the photo, put a radial blur on the top layer and then erased the portions that I wanted to stay in focus. I did it in photoshop.

So, no... I'm sorry to say it wasn't a manual zoom. Though, I do enjoy doing that effect. However, I haven't been very successful doing the pan while taking a longer exposure picture, so doing both at the same time could be tricky. And also, I wasn't taking this photo of myself... so I would have another skill I'd have to master at the same time. :D To be fair, I do tend to prefer images made inside of the camera, though sometimes you do have to cheat and digitally manipulate a photo on the computer to make it a little more interesting.

[Hammer]

Also, I'll include a picture of the 'jersey' I made for the MS150 last weekend. I don't have a team jersey, so I made my own... sort of.

Another thought, cycling glasses really aren't very stylish on their own. Hmmm...

[im4smiley]

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I hope this works...Picture of me with my bike and Bike Bob from my lbs Bicycles Unlimited

[chickwhorips]

wow great pictures and great idea!

this is the only one i have of me and my bike.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i295/fairie1323/4f95f6ac.jpg

it was a bit muddy that day.

[caligurl]

it was a bit muddy that day.

a bit???????? http://www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/89.gif but i'll bet you has a BLAST!

[Lise]

What fun to see you all with your bikes! I don't have any action shots yet, but here's one from after the tri in May:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/lisecnm/Triathlon/Towertri06nicebike.jpg

Good Grief! Sorry so huge! :p

[chickwhorips]

a bit???????? http://www.smileycons.com/img/emotions/89.gif but i'll bet you has a BLAST!

its been more muddy than that at times. it was a blast.

[SadieKate]

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/SadieKate/Still%20Life%20Series/Sarah_StillLifeNo4_Sue.jpg

Hey, part of me is on the bike!

[Lise]

Hey, part of me is on the bike!Ummm, does it reflect badly on my character that I laughed loudly? :( :p :D

[chickwhorips]

Hey, part of me is on the bike!

isn't more of you suppose to be on that bike or is that how you usually are? :confused:

[SadieKate]

No, :D it's part of my stilll life series from the Moab/Maze trip.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/SadieKate/Still%20Life%20Series/

[Trekhawk]

SK - LOL - was this in Moab?? Afternoon nap time ??:D

[Trekhawk]

Oops see you are too quick for me. So it was Moab but not nap time.

[rocknrollgirl]

Now THIS is mud....

Me and Bob(that is my bike) at a 12 hour race....


( i am not sure if the picture is going to work....)

Ruth

[chickwhorips]

rnrgirl that is mud! holy cow batman!:eek:

[chickwhorips]

SK - i love all the still photos. they turned out really good. they crack me up.

[SadieKate]

Thanks! I'm bummed that I forgot to do more in Oregon. However, Bubba said he'd take me back at the end of October so I'm thinking. Beware when the gears actually start to whir in a forward motion.

Yellow was a collaborator. I may need a consultation with her.

[cindysue]

Here I am in Nova Scotia.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Let's see, me on my bike... the photos are a bit of a challenge since I usually ride alone, but hey - I want to play too!

This first shot is an old one, from my cross country trip in 2002. As I was absorbing the amazing scenery in the Grand Tetons, I spent some time talking with another traveler who was also drawn in by the views. We traded cameras so we could each get a picture of ourselves: http://denise.smugmug.com/photos/44146-M-1.jpg

This one was courtesy of reflective glass on a very bright day in June as my bike and I were wandering near home: http://denise.smugmug.com/photos/74793251-M-1.jpg

And this (shadow) self-portrait was taken as I was riding home from work this evening: http://denise.smugmug.com/photos/87129537-M-1.jpg

--- Denise

[mimitabby]

Let's see, me on my bike... the photos are a bit of a challenge since I usually ride alone, but hey - I want to play too!

This one was courtesy of reflective glass on a very bright day in June as my bike and I were wandering near home: http://denise.smugmug.com/photos/74793251-M-1.jpg

--- Denise

wow, this one is truly amazing!

[SadieKate]

I love how Denise always seems to have a camera with her - even to and from work.

I've tried for weeks now to remember mine as we have acres and acres of sunflower fields around here. They all are in bloom at the same time the TdF is running. Really gorgeous photo ops. Yawl will just have to imagine it.

[DeniseGoldberg]

I love how Denise always seems to have a camera with her - even to and from work.

I've tried for weeks now to remember mine as we have acres and acres of sunflower fields around here. They all are in bloom at the same time the TdF is running. Really gorgeous photo ops. Yawl will just have to imagine it.
Actually, I had a reason for having it with me today. Someone from Halifax, NS posted on crazyguyonabike earlier this week looking for pictures of cycling road signs from around the world. He is working on a fundraiser to get better cycling facilities in Halifax and needs photos. There are a couple of interesting signs here I wanted to get for him.

If anyone has some interesting cycling signs for Peter... here's a link to the discussion: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/forum/board/message/?message_id=35043

And SadieKate - if you get any photos of the sunflowers, I'd love to see them. I find them fascinating. Here's one in someone's garden that is just starting to open: http://denise.smugmug.com/photos/86328069-M-1.jpg (and yes, of course I had a camera with me when I was wandering on my bike on Sunday!)

--- Denise

[SadieKate]

Wow, that's beautiful. The fields are all drying now so the colors are muted and even turning brown. The heads are drooping and turned away from the sun. Even the safflower fields are turning to amber. Eh, cameras just don't seem to find their way into my jersey pockets on my road bike.

[TrekJeni]

This was taken the day we flew out to Tahoe. We were all so geeked. I'd never seen snowcapped mountains before (well other than pictures that is!)

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6df30b3127cce9691e082e43900000016102AZMnLFwzcsR

Well, it's a picture ON my bike isn't it?

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d628b3127cce8c49ca7ae6a500000016102AZMnLFwzcsR


http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6d628b3127cce8c49ca7d679200000016102AZMnLFwzcsR

Some of my TNT friends.

[snapdragen]

No, :D it's part of my stilll life series from the Moab/Maze trip.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/SadieKate/Still%20Life%20Series/

Yep. That pretty much confirms it, you are insane. :D

[Bikingmomof3]

Here is a photo of me. I tried for one today, but it was too humid and fogged up the lens. So, until I get a decent photo, this will do.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/knittingmomof3/100_1752.jpg

Edited to add this picture: Me in a Jersey from Cari (Hi Cari)-see the lovely humidity?

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e368/knittingmomof3/100_1799.jpg

[kelownagirl]

Cassandra, look above the window; do you see the little mountain range in a square with yellow sky? click on that!

What if the picture is sitting on your own computer? Do you have to add it as an attachment instead?

barb

[LBTC]

SK that is one heckuva series! Well done! :D

Namaste,
~T~

[Brandy]

This was from a group ride a couple of weeks ago.

http://static.flickr.com/82/206707505_d03889c152.jpg

[mellic]

Nice pics ladies!

I will try and put one of myself. Hmmm...not very big.

[Mags...]

even though it doesn't look like it, I was enjoying myself....just south of Margaret River, Western Australia - March 06.

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[DrBee]

SK - you're nuts! Still life. I'm cracking up in my office and people are starting to look at me funny.

The pics are great everyone! I don't have any of me on my bike, just standing next to it. I'll have to find it.

Okay - I did a thread search and found it. I will try to get a pic of me on the bike this weekend.

[Kimmyt]

I don't have one of me on my bike, but I have this one of me after knocking over everyone else's bikes on my first century. Doh!

http://www.muda.org/util/showPic.asp?i=pictures/20060709_acs/03_kimmy_playing_dominos&e=jpg&commentOnId=100



K.

[Bikingmomof3]

I am enjoying seeing all of the photos. It is so nice to put faces to names. :)

[GLC1968]

OMG - I LOVE this thread! How fun it is to see everyone!

I don't have any pics of me on my current bike, but I'll get some this Saturday, I'm sure. Until then, here are a couple from our MS Tour last year. Keep in mind that the only things still current in these photos are my gloves and me! ;)

This one was taken over the head of the guy in front of me as he was riding...
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL65/1571814/8352280/176323204.jpg

And this one was by a photographer who was placed right at the top of the first long hill on the ride! (that's my DH making the face behind me...:p )
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL65/1571814/8352280/176323202.jpg

[extra-vert]

This is so lame of me, but I must finally ask - what is DH? Dear Husband is my guess. BF is easy enough - lol. Don't have any pics yet, but I'll work on it.

[KSH]

No, :D it's part of my stilll life series from the Moab/Maze trip.

http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/SadieKate/Still%20Life%20Series/

HA! HA! Those pictures are too funny!

Although, some of them... look like DEAD LIFE to me! :p

[mimitabby]

HA! HA! Those pictures are too funny!

Although, some of them... look like DEAD LIFE to me! :p

SadieKate, these are brilliant!!

[Kano]

This is so lame of me, but I must finally ask - what is DH? Dear Husband is my guess. BF is easy enough - lol. Don't have any pics yet, but I'll work on it.


Yup, on a good day, it's Dear Husband! On a less than good day, one chooses a different descriptive!

Karen in Boise

[chickwhorips]

This is so lame of me, but I must finally ask - what is DH? Dear Husband is my guess. BF is easy enough - lol. Don't have any pics yet, but I'll work on it.

this thread will explain it all and so much more: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=8690

[Running Mommy]

ok, I have to play... I wish I had more of me on my mtn bike too. I'll have to look around.
Of course the first one is my Ironman bike photo, the second is on my old bike at a sprint. I hope this works!
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/tony66denise69/?action=view&current=41c6ec68.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch15

http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a157/tony66denise69/?action=view&current=a8a1ae0c.jpg&refPage=40&imgAnch=imgAnch59

[Lenusik]

I was laughing at this one so hard, my co-workers started to worry about me. They just did not understand that I came up with another explanaition for DH, which is very relevant to my hubby.
DH = Darn Horny (sorry for being so open)

[SadieKate]

HA! HA! Those pictures are too funny!

Although, some of them... look like DEAD LIFE to me! :pThanks, everyone. I thought "Still Life" was a great play on words. Yellow was a fun collaborator and V's Thom had some great ideas for new ones that we didn't put into affect. We still have to put his onto film, err, chip, memory card, whatever.

[Cassandra_Cain]

Yes it is nice to put names with faces :)

Now of course, I'll have to get a picture of my bike where my face actually appears ;)

[SadieKate]

Hey, now we have a picture of the fishdr so BikerZ knows who to pick up at the airport but she might have to wear her bike shorts.

Just curious, BZ. Are you going to stand there with a sign and what name will you use? :D

[jeannierides]

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ok, this isn't a very good picture... my helmit's looking a little *askew* but I'm wearing my Hincapie pink jersey - matches my pink wheels! :p

[Ashgarth]

here I am :)


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e277/ashgarth1/DoorCountyJuly2006011.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e277/ashgarth1/DoorCountyJuly2006008.jpg

[Denise223]

Just before my ride....

[mary9761]

This is one of the very few photos I have of myself riding the bike. Most of the time I'm completely solo on the bike so unless my husband tries to take some before or after my rides, I don't have many.

[Thistle]

ok, here is the only photo i have of me on a bike (second from left) :eek: . explanation - one of our group likes to wear headgear on her helmet to celebrate festivities... we wore reindeer ears at xmas and bunny ears at easter! We look a bit dorky, but the plus side was lots of kids got very excited when they saw us, so next year we are going to carry easter eggs to give out to the kids.

ps hope this works.. now i know why others say that!

[mary9761]

I don't feel so goofy having dressed for halloween last fall now :D

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mary9761/Halloween%202005/halloween05ke.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mary9761/Halloween%202005/halloween05a.jpg

[Bikingmomof3]

I don't feel so goofy having dressed for halloween last fall now :D

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mary9761/Halloween%202005/halloween05ke.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mary9761/Halloween%202005/halloween05a.jpg


Mary,
I love your Halloween outfit! Thanks for the great idea!!

[DrBee]

Hey, now we have a picture of the fishdr so BikerZ knows who to pick up at the airport but she might have to wear her bike shorts.

Just curious, BZ. Are you going to stand there with a sign and what name will you use? :D

I'm thinking not on the bike shorts on the plane SK :rolleyes:

Can you imagine the looks she'll get if she holds up a sign that says "FishDr"???

[SadieKate]

I'm thinking of the look she'll give if more than one person walks up.:p

[Thistle]

I don't feel so goofy having dressed for halloween last fall now :D

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mary9761/Halloween%202005/halloween05ke.jpghttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a361/mary9761/Halloween%202005/halloween05a.jpg


awesome! :D wait til i show rebecca (the hat fiend who provides us with the headgear!)

[mimitabby]

What if the picture is sitting on your own computer? Do you have to add it as an attachment instead?

barb
yes, if it's on your computer you have to do the attachment manager which is not near as cool.

[Bad JuJu]

Love Love Love the headgear idea! And only 82 shopping/decorating/costuming days left until Halloween!!!

[kelownagirl]

I LOVE all these pictures and it's great to be able to put faces to names!

I don't have a picture of me riding my bike but this picture is just before I left on my first ride on the new road bike. Hope I do this right. :)

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/kelownagirl/ocr1.jpg

[vicvroom]

Here are some of me. If I've attached correctly.

[SalsaMTB]

I posted this one a while ago, but I haven't really taken any more recent pictures.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5205/4j23pp.jpg

[MomOnBike]

OK, I'll play too.

Here's Walter (he's a Raleigh) and me. We were rounding the corner into the parking lot after a 34-or-so mile ride a couple years ago.

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This is William and me at the turn-around of our July 4 ride this year.

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On the trail on the same ride. This is really all that DH sees of me.

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I think these pictures put to rest the silly notion that fat ladies can't ride.

[mimitabby]

OK, I'll play too.

Here's Walter (he's a Raleigh) and me. We were rounding the corner into the parking lot after a 34-or-so mile ride a couple years ago.


I think these pictures put to rest the silly notion that fat ladies can't ride.

aw you mean you don't really wear long funny dresses? you've destroyed my mental picture of you. I love your bike names!

[Trekhawk]

ok, here is the only photo i have of me on a bike (second from left) :eek: . explanation - one of our group likes to wear headgear on her helmet to celebrate festivities... we wore reindeer ears at xmas and bunny ears at easter! We look a bit dorky, but the plus side was lots of kids got very excited when they saw us, so next year we are going to carry easter eggs to give out to the kids.

ps hope this works.. now i know why others say that!

theav - love the pic. Im sure the kids got a big kick out of the ears and Im sure they will love easter eggs, you could get quite a following.

Is that Canberra I can see in the background. Looks like a nice ride you are doing in the photo.

Trek-trying to get the low down on rides in her next home town - hawk.:)

[geckogirl]

Great pictures everyone! This one is from when I went to Hawaii in March to pick up my new time trial bike.[ATTACH]1234[/ATTACH

[Artisan]

This is so much fun looking at all the pics. Here are a few from a time trial I did the last two years. First year I started out in the pouring rain, sorry it's from the back. This year it was nice and sunny but I will only share a pic of me on the trainer.

http://home.houston.rr.com/enchantingart/TTrain.jpg

http://home.houston.rr.com/enchantingart/TTsun006.jpg

[bikerz]

Can you imagine the looks she'll get if she holds up a sign that says "FishDr"???

Actually, that's what I was going to do! :D Wouldn't that be funny!


I'm thinking of the look she'll give if more than one person walks up.
:eek: I didn't think of that!

Ok - back on topic, sort of - the only pictures of me on my bike are scattered here and there on the ride threads (thanks to Jobob!).

[Bron]

Everyone looks so happy.
Here is the bike leg of the last triathlon I did. Not sure that it's very flattering, but never mind.

Bron
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[Lise]

Looks good to me, Bron! :D That's a Bianchi, right?

[Bron]

Thank you! That's what I like about this forum, everyone is so nice!
The bike is a bianchi "dama bianca". I've always wanted a bianchi and when I saw this one, well that was it... Fortunately my husband understands and falls into the "that was a good deal" camp and not the "you spent how much on a bike?"

Bron

[DrBee]

Actually, that's what I was going to do! :D Wouldn't that be funny!


:eek: I didn't think of that!

Ok - back on topic, sort of - the only pictures of me on my bike are scattered here and there on the ride threads (thanks to Jobob!).

Yeah - it is a fish health meeting that I'm going to. Umm, might rethink the sign ;)

[Lise]

Thank you! That's what I like about this forum, everyone is so nice!
The bike is a bianchi "dama bianca". I've always wanted a bianchi and when I saw this one, well that was it... Fortunately my husband understands and falls into the "that was a good deal" camp and not the "you spent how much on a bike?"

Bron
Mine is a Bianchi Veloche...I didn't know much about them before I got it, but what a sweet ride it is! I'd been riding my Marin Larkspur hybrid in triathlons for two years. I've ridden one sprint on the Bianchi, and have my first Oly with her next weekend. Imagine how much faster I'll go!

[Bad JuJu]

OK, I'll play too.

Here's Walter (he's a Raleigh) and me. . . .
I think these pictures put to rest the silly notion that fat ladies can't ride.

Oh, Walter Raleigh--I get it. And do you call him "Sir Walter"? LOL

Let's hear it for FLOR (fat ladies who ride)!:D

[SheFly]

Here is a pic of me before I found out that it IS POSSIBLE to pedal at 2 mph and not fall over.... DH and I were on one of our epics, and about to climb Jefferson Notch (which is the highest road elevation in the state of NH, and is unpaved).

SheFly

[rheidis73]

What fun to see you all with your bikes! I don't have any action shots yet, but here's one from after the tri in May:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/lisecnm/Triathlon/Towertri06nicebike.jpg

Good Grief! Sorry so huge! :p

Great picture! I have the same color handle bars on my bike and I am having a hard time finding a jersey to match...any ideas? :D

[velogirl]

I posted this one a while ago, but I haven't really taken any more recent pictures.

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5205/4j23pp.jpg


This really scares me. I'm such a fair-weather cyclist. I've ridden roads in Alaska & NZ with snow, but nothing like this. You're a complete and total stud in my book (or just crazy). Wow!

[Eden]

Great picture! I have the same color handle bars on my bike and I am having a hard time finding a jersey to match...any ideas? :D

you could look for a Bianchi Team jersey like this one

http://www.steepplanet.com/proddetail.php?prod=craft199741&cat=74

[rheidis73]

Mine is a Bianchi Veloche...I didn't know much about them before I got it, but what a sweet ride it is! I'd been riding my Marin Larkspur hybrid in triathlons for two years. I've ridden one sprint on the Bianchi, and have my first Oly with her next weekend. Imagine how much faster I'll go!

Another Biachi owner! I have a Bianchi Axis..(cyclocross)...I have used it mainly on the road though.

[rheidis73]

you could look for a Bianchi Team jersey like this one

http://www.steepplanet.com/proddetail.php?prod=craft199741&cat=74

Thank you..going yo look right now! :D

[chickwhorips]

Another Biachi owner! I have a Bianchi Axis..(cyclocross)...I have used it mainly on the road though.

i love your bike. i want a cyclocross bad, its one that i can still ride on our "roads" out here. might have to look into that one. probably cost a pretty penny though.

[Steph_in_TX]

Here's one from this summer. A Bianchi of a different color.

[chickwhorips]

its weird seeing a bianchi in something besides bianchi green.

[mimitabby]

its weird seeing a bianchi in something besides bianchi green.
http://www.oz.net/~mtorchia/lastfix.jpg

Here's another Bianchi!

[bcipam]

See my avatar! ;)

[mimitabby]

See my avatar! ;)
It's too little!! come on! you should play too.

[bikerchick68]

oh my gosh! I LOVE the headwear... and mary that costume is AWESOME! :D You must have had people howling with laughter (yeah, pun intended... I'm corny that way ;) )

So, here is another of me if I may be so bold... my Xmas Eve Century with my brother, BigKahunaDad, for those who know him from other forums...

I got all ready and walked to where he was and he choked on his drink and started laughing... we sang Jingle Bells and had a great time! I have to say it's tough covering the helmet vents when it's still 8o degrees out tho! :eek: :D

I love some of the scenery in the pics you ladies have... man, all the roadside wildflowers etc are amazing...:)

[bcipam]

It's too little!! come on! you should play too.

Actually I have a milllion cool photos of me on a bike but for the life of me I can't figure out how to post them. I'll give a go tonight.

Yes... I am technically challenged!

[tygab]

Hello - sorry it is sort of grainy. It was a disposable camera we had with us last weekend at the Pan Mass Challenge...
:)

http://static.flickr.com/85/212817269_b9d23b6741.jpg

[Tuckervill]

(that's my DH making the face behind me...

And it looks like he's copping a feel on your hiney!

I am loving these pictures! We don't see enough real women doing real things in the world.

Hold on for a fat chick picture as soon as the fat chick gets out of bed, goes downstairs, rummages for the camera cable and uploads the ones from Devil's Den last week.

Karen

[SandyLS]

No pictures of me on the bike yet. I'm usually the one taking pictures.
They call Bianchi aqua color celeste. I found a cheap alternative to an almost Celeste colored jersey at of all places, Wal-Mart. It is a Danskin sleeveless tank. It has reflective piping down the sides and a zipper pocket in the back big enough for a bar or two and a cell phone. It is made out of a sweat wicking fabric. All for the grand price of $9.63. Actually the one I bought was on sale for $7.00. I don’t shop much at Wal-Mart, but I thought this was quite a find! ;)

[dobielover1]

Don't have a pic of me....but here's proof that DH pays more attention to bikes then he does me. Both "Precious" and I were soak and wet having being caught in rainstorm....but he had to blowdry "Precious" because it's better then just rubbing her down.

[rheidis73]

i love your bike. i want a cyclocross bad, its one that i can still ride on our "roads" out here. might have to look into that one. probably cost a pretty penny though.

Not too bad on price for my first "real" bike....I love her though :D It has been a good bike though.....Haven't used the cross tires that much on it yet, but one day (another goal) maybe I will get into some cross racing. I am more endurance. I do not know if I have the the speed for racing though..I did a lot of looking on-line to fine the cheapest of this type...I am happy, it has a granny gear!~ LOL

[HillSlugger]

Here's me finishing the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure 26 miler this last June in Stillwater, NY, my first group ride and currently the longest ride I've done. I even raised $2100! Would you believe it was about 55 degrees at ride time, windy and cloudy?:eek:

http://home.comcast.net/~nicole.thomas14/0485-Finish.jpg

[Trek420]

This was taken by Dachsund here on a TE ride. Dachsund, I hope you don't mind my using it here. Pictured left to right: Leebob, Dita (me), Jobob, Shannon, Spazzdog.

Also I was riding the commuter that day. If you look real close you can see the sign on it "My other bike's a Mondonico Futura Legero"

[Trek420]

On the road bike, look closely for the tiny sign "My other bike's a GT Outpost Trail". I don't have a picture of the Motobecane which would have a sign "ask me about the other bikes", it's still being worked on.

[dachshund]

This was taken by Dachsund here on a TE ride. Dachsund, I hope you don't mind my using it here.

I don't mind at all - I really like this picture!

[yellow]

This is one of my all time favorites, taken last year by Veronica's coach. That's SadieKate in the foreground and me in the back, riding up a road in California called Iron Mountain Road (but is also known as Mormon Emigrant Trail). I have different wheels now but the bike (Pipit) is still the same.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Just%20for%20Fun/4-gorgeous.jpg

And here is Ouzel. Not a very flattering picture of me, but it's a good picture of her!

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c1/tasdan/Rides/Maze/Day5Y.jpg

[SadieKate]

Wasn't that Magpie's virgin voyage? She picked a good day for it.:)

[yellow]

Wasn't that Magpie's virgin voyage? She picked a good day for it.:)
Affirmative. It gave the Coach something to take pictures of since he was designated SAG that day!

I thought of that ride the other day as I was flying down Big Mtn here in SLC. They are similar rides. I sure miss it. :(

[SadieKate]

Ah yes, something to do when his broken elbow wasn't misfiring and honking the horn at odd moments.

I was thinking the other day that I needed to go up and ride Iron Mtn, but my heart just isn't in it. Your turn to visit Kahlifoneeah.:)

[Kitsune06]

...but my pics are going in an appropriate place- next to all these other pretty wimmens. =) Looking good, ladies! I almost feel bad for the menfolk, knowing there are such nice looking velogirls out there, and that not everyman can have one. :D

http://pics.livejournal.com/arynsylverfox/pic/000045cp
http://pics.livejournal.com/arynsylverfox/pic/00002xga
http://pics.livejournal.com/arynsylverfox/pic/00003053

[crazycanuck]

K.. This pic was taken today half way into our ride (trekhawk-not sure if you know the weir to gungin ride or not...this is at the dell)you can't see all the mud though....I loved it...muddy & overcast...

I don't have a pic of me on my road bike...

c

[Bad JuJu]

This was taken by Dachsund here on a TE ride. Dachsund, I hope you don't mind my using it here. Pictured left to right: Leebob, Dita (me), Jobob, Shannon, Spazzdog.

That's so cool that you can get together for rides with other folks on the forum! Nice to see you all together, too.

[Trek420]

Bad JuJu "That's so cool that you can get together for rides with other folks on the forum! Nice to see you all together, too."

True there are a flock of us here, or I should say a peloton. What's really great is they are all such really cool great gals. :D

I forget where you are, the Seattle gals are starting to do get togethers, Oregon has done a ride or a few .... or move here :p

[Fredwina]

here's mine. This is from Ride around the Bear as well:
http://bikejournal.com/images/Fredwinajanaonyx.JPG

[Lise]

Hey, Fredwina, great to see your picture (and everybody else's!), and so sorry to hear about your broken arm. Heal quickly and thoroughly! L.

[Bad JuJu]

I forget where you are, the Seattle gals are starting to do get togethers, Oregon has done a ride or a few .... or move here :p

Thanks for the invite, Trek420! :D Probably sticking around here in NW FL though. But I've recently found a club with a bunch of women in it--one even rides almost as slowly as I do.:eek:

[FreshNewbie]

Pictures were taking this sunday: Cooling down at the parking lot after 23 miles hill repeats ride.

[oxysback]

Ok...I finally got enough gumption to actually sit down and get my picture off the camera! Here I am :)

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[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Cool Schwinn! I like the cherry red bar tape!

[Thistle]

Is that Canberra I can see in the background. Looks like a nice ride you are doing in the photo.

Trek-trying to get the low down on rides in her next home town - hawk.:)


Yep that's Canberra. We were riding to Woden and back that day. That photo is taken on the lake ride - about 18kms round Lake Burley Griffin. I thought we had one with the lake in it... but i couldnt find it. It's such a beautiful ride. I may be biased, but i think all rides in Canberra are beautiful. We have 350km of dedicated bike paths that take you anywhere in the city and suburbs! God i love our bikepaths! Trek, you are gunna have a ball :D

[Trekhawk]

Yep that's Canberra. We were riding to Woden and back that day. That photo is taken on the lake ride - about 18kms round Lake Burley Griffin. I thought we had one with the lake in it... but i couldnt find it. It's such a beautiful ride. I may be biased, but i think all rides in Canberra are beautiful. We have 350km of dedicated bike paths that take you anywhere in the city and suburbs! God i love our bikepaths! Trek, you are gunna have a ball :D

Hey theav - I have never ridden on a bike path before so it will be a little different. Do others use the bike paths (roller bladers , walkers etc)?
Do many riders just use the road?? This is not illegal in Aust is it?? I know some of the girls here in the USA have mentioned that in their states if there is a bike path you have to use.

[Thistle]

Do others use the bike paths (roller bladers , walkers etc)?
Do many riders just use the road?? This is not illegal in Aust is it?? I know some of the girls here in the USA have mentioned that in their states if there is a bike path you have to use.


Yep, walkers, rollerbladers... lots of people use the bike paths, but it isnt really a problem. They are quite wide with a centre line, and people here are pretty courteous. Only problem i've found is at night, some people wear black and you come up on them pretty quickly. Some reflective strips wouldnt go astray! But during the day i've never had a problem.

Yes, you can ride on the road, and we have great on-road cycling here too. Sound like an ad, dont i? but we do:D in the last 3 years or so, they have added bike lanes to the majority of major roads, so if you're a roadie, you'll love it. I go on the roads sometimes, but i'm not particularly quick and just find the bike paths as convenient. Some of my more serious cycling buddies stick to the roads. I tell you Canberra is a cycling heaven... apart from the -6 degree mornings in winter :p ... but even those are bearable, cos they usually develop into beautiful sunny days just like today!

[oxysback]

Cool Schwinn! I like the cherry red bar tape!

I loved the contrasting bar tape, also. Unfortunately, whoever wrapped it did a crappy job. After the first few rides it started to unwind. DH talked me into getting the red and black marbled tape, he thought it would look good, but I like the solid red better. Oh well, handlebar tape is cheap...hehe...next time I'll get red. At least he's a better handlebar-tape-wrapper than whoever did it at Schwinn!

[Trek420]

oxysback, are those shocks on your front fork, on a road bike? How do you like it?

[oxysback]

oxysback, are those shocks on your front fork, on a road bike? How do you like it?

No, it's a carbon fork. I had shocks on my hybrid and hated them! Can't imagine them on a road bike especially for as heavy as I am....they'd be compressed all the time! LOL!

[Trek420]

oooh, and disc brakes? schweet. :D

[oxysback]

oooh, and disc brakes? schweet. :D

I luv me some disk brakes. It was the selling point of the bike! DH was jealous because he had to spend $$ to get the same brand to put on his recumb. trike. :p

[Trekhawk]

I tell you Canberra is a cycling heaven... apart from the -6 degree mornings in winter :p ... but even those are bearable, cos they usually develop into beautiful sunny days just like today!

theav - thanks for answering all my questions. I ride both road and mountain so Im looking forward to hitting the roads and trails on my return to Aust.

Yep Canberra sure is chilly in Winter but I think Northern California will have toughened me up a bit (I try to keep riding thru winter here even when it snows).

Good to know I have someone in Canberra to get all the good riding info from. I hope we can get together for a ride when I get to the ACT.

Thanks again
Leslie

[Tiffanie]

Here's one...

http://quick.holdthatpic.com/images/16831.jpg

Not my bike though. :) It was a rental. Dh and I biked around Napa County this weekend while we were vacationing there. The area was so beautiful!!!

[caligurl]

nice pic, tiff! (but please tell me you wore a helmet while riding and it's just off for the pic!!!!)

[Tiffanie]

nice pic, tiff! (but please tell me you wore a helmet while riding and it's just off for the pic!!!!)

Yes, of course I wore a helmet. :D That was just after our ride, back at the
B & B

[caligurl]

Yes, of course I wore a helmet. :D That was just after our ride, back at the
B & B

ok... good! (i worry! i'ts my job!)

[Tiffanie]

ok... good! (i worry! i'ts my job!)

That must be a stressful job! :p
Thanks for worrying... I feel special now. ;)

[Thistle]

[QUOTE=Trekhawk](I try to keep riding thru winter here even when it snows).

Good to know I have someone in Canberra to get all the good riding info from. I hope we can get together for a ride when I get to the ACT.[QUOTE]

snow :eek: you'll be fine in canberra... the worst we get is frost! although i have ridden home in a hailstorm... ouch that hurt! decided that was the last hailstorm i'm doing :mad:

canberra has some great mountain bike tracks too apparently. DH and friend go riding on them...i wouldnt know, cos my middle name is "straight and level" :o

if we could just get rid of the pollies and put in an ocean... canberra would be perfect!

would love to catch up for a ride when you get here :D always looking for a reason to ride!

[mimitabby]

[QUOTE=Trekhawk](I try to keep riding thru winter here even when it snows).

if we could just get rid of the pollies and put in an ocean... canberra would be perfect!

would love to catch up for a ride when you get here :D always looking for a reason to ride!

what's a Pollie???
(left coaster usa person wants to know)

[li10up]

Your biggest challenge isn't someone else.
It's the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs and the voice inside that yells "CAN'T".
But you don't listen. You just push harder.
And then you hear the voice whisper "CAN".
And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are.
Author Unknown
Tiffanie, I loved this...very inspirational.

[Trekhawk]

[QUOTE=theav]

what's a Pollie???
(left coaster usa person wants to know)

mimitabby - Canberra is like Washington DC full of Politicians (Pollies).

LOL - Yep I would take a nice expanse of water over the pollies anyday.:D

[mimitabby]

[QUOTE=mimitabby]

mimitabby - Canberra is like Washington DC full of Politicians (Pollies).

LOL - Yep I would take a nice expanse of water over the pollies anyday.:D

OH THOSE! yeah, we could use a large body of water where Washington DC is too.

[SnappyPix]

Grinning like a Cheshire Cat for the camera!
Taken during my first 100km race last year. I was having a blast!

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j7/SnappyPix/HamiltonAucklandExpress97km3.jpg

(I'm the one in front!)

[Bad JuJu]

(I'm the one in front!)

Which is probably one reason WHY you were having a blast! Cool pic!

[Thistle]

[QUOTE=theav]

what's a Pollie???
(left coaster usa person wants to know)


sorry, slang. down here we abbreviate everything and put "ie" onthe end of it. Hence politicians are pollies, vegetables are vegies, postmen (and women) are posties, breakfast is brekkie.... the list goes on :)

it sounds really funny now seeing it here :D .. just an aussie way of talking!

[tygab]

Not my bike though. :) It was a rental. Dh and I biked around Napa County this weekend while we were vacationing there. The area was so beautiful!!!

Did you bring your pedals and have the rental joint put them on for you? My hubby and I brought our bikes out on our trip to British Columbia earlier this summer, but between the bike box rental, the flight charge, and 2 days of "delayed" baggage (1 day each side), not to mention the dent my poor Pilot had to suffer (it's cosmetic but still, I was bummed ya know), I can't help but think renting would have been easier and probably cheaper. The problem is how do you find places that rent good quality bikes?

[kelownagirl]

Did you bring your pedals and have the rental joint put them on for you? My hubby and I brought our bikes out on our trip to British Columbia earlier this summer, but between the bike box rental, the flight charge, and 2 days of "delayed" baggage (1 day each side), not to mention the dent my poor Pilot had to suffer (it's cosmetic but still, I was bummed ya know), I can't help but think renting would have been easier and probably cheaper. The problem is how do you find places that rent good quality bikes?

Where did you go in BC?

Barb

[Tiffanie]

Tiffanie, I loved this...very inspirational.

Thanks for noticing it!! I love it too! :D

[Tiffanie]

Did you bring your pedals and have the rental joint put them on for you? My hubby and I brought our bikes out on our trip to British Columbia earlier this summer, but between the bike box rental, the flight charge, and 2 days of "delayed" baggage (1 day each side), not to mention the dent my poor Pilot had to suffer (it's cosmetic but still, I was bummed ya know), I can't help but think renting would have been easier and probably cheaper. The problem is how do you find places that rent good quality bikes?

The bike rental shop provided the pedals. We brought our own shoes/cleats. They were very accommodating and reasonable! Two bikes for 24 hours, delivered and picked up at our B&B only cost us $100. The ride was kind of challenging, not having my own bike, different fit, feel, etc. but since we only planned one ride over the weekend, it was do-able.

Sorry about the bang up on your bike. :(

[tygab]

Where did you go in BC?

Barb

We were in the Vancouver area along Howe Sound. We rode around Squamish and also inland around Pemberton. And walked around Whistler (lots of pedestrians and didn't have the time to find the lesser traveled areas). The bike paths around Whistler looked very idea for hybrid type bikes though, and it's nice to see you could really get around that way. Absolutely beautiful there.

[gozlin7]

I finally got one of my co-workers to take some pictures as I'm leaving work. Usually I'm grinning ear to ear while riding but my friend caught me while talking away!

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/gozlin7/CommuterAugust2006.jpg

They all pretend to think I'm crazy and eccentric for commuting (which I am but that's beside the point... :D ) but secretly they all wanna do it!

[oxysback]

I finally got one of my co-workers to take some pictures as I'm leaving work. Usually I'm grinning ear to ear while riding but my friend caught me while talking away!

Great picture! Is that a Shebeest Ocean Wind Bellissima jersey from here at TE? I've been eyeing it for about a week. Is it comfortable?

[gozlin7]

Great picture! Is that a Shebeest Ocean Wind Bellissima jersey from here at TE? I've been eyeing it for about a week. Is it comfortable?

It's my favorite jersey!!! I love the cut - it makes me feel good to wear it. It's very comfortable and I wish there were more colors (besides the one with the yellow sleeves and daisies - oh and wish there were plus-sized long-sleeved versions!)

Patty

[Bikingmomof3]

It's my favorite jersey!!! I love the cut - it makes me feel good to wear it. It's very comfortable and I wish there were more colors (besides the one with the yellow sleeves and daisies - oh and wish there were plus-sized long-sleeved versions!)

Patty


Okay, now I need one of those jerseys. It is so nice to see them on someone, to see how they hang/fit. Is it true to size? I love, love, love Shebeest and just bought some from TE, but was uncertain ow this one fit. Please let me know so I can add more to my list of "must haves".

BTW, your bike is sweet. :)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

They all pretend to think I'm crazy and eccentric for commuting (which I am but that's beside the point... :D ) but secretly they all wanna do it!

Yeah they are probably laughing all the way to the gas station. Then they stop laughing. :D

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Patty, what is that bike anyway? It looks great. Is it a hybrid?

[donnambr]

What a lovely internal hub gear you have on that bike, Gozlin7.

[DebW]

And the dynohub too. You don't even waste batteries.

[rocknrollgirl]

I realized after I posted my muddy picture that I was on a loaner bike, and not Bob. So here we are, in a race, and riding last winter.....

( I hope this works....)

[rocknrollgirl]

Megapixel issues.......trying again.....

[mimitabby]

hey, R & R girl,
why does that second photo look so... strange?

the first is great, riding in the snow. I've never done that, (nor do I want to!)
But i'm glad you do and can :)

Hey guys, way way up, the second or third post in this thread i am wearing that other
sheebeest jersey, the one with orange and the daisies. I like it a lot!

I also have a mock leopardskin shell jacket, apparently an older sheebeest design. I wear that
for non-biking events too.

[chickwhorips]

r & r girl the first picture makes me want to bike with you. i miss the snow... can't wait it snows and all the bears go away and i can bike freely again.

[rocknrollgirl]

Yo CW,
Maybe we could meet in the middle....like............Idaho!!!!


HA!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking forward to cooler weather biking myself.....I got new winter mt bike pants....yeah...gear............

[rocknrollgirl]

Looks strange because it was taken by the "official" photographer at the race, then scanned in to my computer and then resized several times to upload, so it is grainy by now!!!!!

Or maybe it looks strange because of the subject?????

[Kano]

Speaking of meeting in the middle/Idaho....

I was working at the Western Idaho Fair today, when a nice looking young man wearing a RAGBRAI shirt walked by. I said, hey! That's a famous bike ride across Iowa. And he said yes, been going on for 27 years (I think his said XXV on it, so it's been a couple of years for him). He also said that he's ridden from somewhere in Alaska to Boise, on his mountain bike -- 3500 miles. I was impressed! 3500 miles for one trip sounds a bit loony, but still, impressive!

Karen in Bosie

[chickwhorips]

Yo CW,
Maybe we could meet in the middle....like............Idaho!!!!


HA!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking forward to cooler weather biking myself.....I got new winter mt bike pants....yeah...gear............


i like idaho! maybe we'll have to arrange that! lol

[Mags...]

Looks strange because it was taken by the "official" photographer at the race, then scanned in to my computer and then resized several times to upload, so it is grainy by now!!!!!

Or maybe it looks strange because of the subject?????

Hi Girls,
its strange because of the file format (.gif) ... a .gif file is a suitable file format for the web for illustrations and images that contain flat areas of colour and also for animations. The other web file format is .jpg which is the way to go for continuous tone images or photos. .GIF is indexed colour, when you resize an indexed colour image it degrades in quality. If you need to resize a indexed colour image, convert it to RGB colour mode first, then back to index when finished. But for photos, definitely stick to .jpg

[rocknrollgirl]

Mags
I sorta have some idea what that means. I do not know how to do that conversion, but that is for another thread LOL. I wonder if the photographer uses that format on purpose. They probably do not want us to scan the pictures after we purchase them, because then you could reprint. They charge an arm and a leg for the pictures.

Since we are on the picture topic. How do you get it show up in the body of the response and not as an attachment?

Ruth

[postiechic]

postmen (and women) are posties
that's meeeee......I'm a postie!

[chickwhorips]

that's meeeee......I'm a postie!

nothing wrong with being one of those! its the best job for me, seeing i've always love to get mail. (now i get to see what everyone else is getting too... he he he)

[postiechic]

(now i get to see what everyone else is getting too... he he he)
indeedy we do...
but posties here get to deliver on motorbikes, not pushies...dammit!

[chickwhorips]

here we don't have delivary. everyone has a box and they have to come to me to get their mail.

[postiechic]

that's coz you live in the sticks
same goes here for those who don't live in suburbia

[Trekhawk]

indeedy we do...
but posties here get to deliver on motorbikes, not pushies...dammit!

LOL - I love hearing Aussies on here. I said pushies to someone here in the States the other day and they just look at me and said what are you talking about. Same for Sunnies.....no idea. So I like to say I was wearing my Sunnies on my Pushie just to confuse them.:D :D

[bikerchick68]

Love all the pics of everyone! This has been SO fun to see....

also appreciate the lesson in "how to speak/understand Australian" :D I fly to Sydney on Sept 5! getting excited now!!!! :D

[slinkedog]

I hope this works. Me at the Cinderella in March. Don't you love the booties? :)

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1305&stc=1&d=1156190469

[Trekhawk]

Love all the pics of everyone! This has been SO fun to see....

also appreciate the lesson in "how to speak/understand Australian" :D I fly to Sydney on Sept 5! getting excited now!!!! :D

Woohoo - Give my regards to Sydney and have a BALL.:D

[chickwhorips]

I hope this works. Me at the Cinderella in March. Don't you love the booties? :)

do those booties keep your feet warm? i have the "winter" style mtb shoes and my feet still freeze! wondering if i used booties over the top of them if it would help.

[mimitabby]

oh, yes, they make a great difference. they keep your feet warmer and dryer if there is precipitation. I wear them on most winter rides (temps below 50!)

[slinkedog]

It was rainy that day, plus, my feet were already wet before the ride because the parking lot (field) was a sodden mess. Water was squishing up through my cleats. It's a good thing I had those things (they're my husband's from his cycling-in-Indiana and Chicago days) or I never would have even gotten started because my feet would have frozen!!

[Mags...]

indeedy we do...
but posties here get to deliver on motorbikes, not pushies...dammit!

when it's a parcel, it's too big for the postie, so the man in the white van delivers it. From my home office window I can see the traffic coming into our quiet street. When I see the postie van come into the street, I just sit there eyes glued to see if he's gonna come down my driveway (I've usually got something on order from somewhere in the world waiting to be delivered...)... I just get excited every time I see his van....

[Bruno28]

When I see the postie van come into the street, I just sit there eyes glued to see if he's gonna come down my driveway ... I just get excited every time I see his van....


This reminds me of when I was a kid watching for the postie van. Funny how that excitement never leaves you. Our postie vans are red which somehow makes it even more exciting!

[gozlin7]

Thank you everyone for such nice comments on my bike!


Okay, now I need one of those jerseys. It is so nice to see them on someone, to see how they hang/fit. Is it true to size? I love, love, love Shebeest and just bought some from TE, but was uncertain ow this one fit. Please let me know so I can add more to my list of "must haves".

BTW, your bike is sweet. :)

The jersey fits well in the size I chose for me (3X). The sleeves are non-binding and as you can see the rest gives me a loose but not baggy coverage of my, ahm, generous self. :) There isn't elastic in the hem but it glides smoothly over my rear assets and doesn't ride up. It has a more feminine cut (slightly princess?) that I think would be flattering to many body types. I don't know if that helps you or not as so much of fit is subjective to our own tastes and foibles.:D


Hey guys, way way up, the second or third post in this thread i am wearing that other sheebeest jersey, the one with orange and the daisies. I like it a lot!

I noticed it in your pictures. If the plus sized one came with orange sleeves instead of yellow - it'd be here already! :)


Patty, what is that bike anyway? It looks great. Is it a hybrid?

They call it a commuter bike. She's a 2006 Novara Fusion (WSD). She came fully loaded (bell, rack, disc brakes, one dyno light, one battery light, internal hub gear), has slightly curved flat handlebars with a cross piece and she's not light. Probably around 30 lbs. For commuting I usually have a handlebar bag and a trunk back on her (as in the above pictures). For errands, I add a pair of grocery panniers and for leisure just go the the handlebar bag and the underseat toolbag. In all 3 set ups she handles well. The tires are 700cc with the front tire width being a 35 and the rear being a 37.


And the dynohub too. You don't even waste batteries

She's got both a battery headlight and the dynohub light. I use rechargeables in the battery light. Besides being pro recharagable batteries for environmental reasons, I'd go broke buying them because I have yet to consistently remember to turn the light off when I do use it. :o I rode most of the summer with just the dynolight and have just broken down and put batteries in the other now that it's getting light later.

Thanks again for all the nice things everyone posted!

Patty

[Trek420]

gozlin7 "oh and wish there were plus-sized long-sleeved versions!"

oh, forget long sleeve jerseys, the moment you get warmed up they are a *&^%.

Get a wild pair of arm skins! Maybe some AV arm skins (you'd have to find someone here who'll part with them or wait till next time).

[Tater]

Okay, here I am and wearing a mighty fine jersey, too! :D

[Bikingmomof3]

Tater,
You look great! I am so envious that I missed out on a jersey. I want to be in the club. :(

[HillSlugger]

I think having a new bike warrants posting a new picture ;)

How do we make this thread sticky?

http://home.comcast.net/~nicole.thomas14/Cruisin_403.jpg

[pooks]

Great picture, great bike! No wonder you're smiling.

[divingbiker]

OK, Nicole (aka MDHillSlug), I think I've got the same bike as you, and I've got a red helmet, so I sure as heck hope we don't wear the same color jersey tomorrow or we'll look like those dorky guys who ride in matching clothes! My usual riding partner and I always joke how they look like the kids from the Sound of Music.

Janice

[kerrybelle]

Here's me on my mtn bike with Sue Haywood coaching through a tough uphill switchback. A group of friends and I went to West Virginia last weekend for an all girls weekend. Sue was one of the guides/coaches. It was an awesome weekend!
I don't have any pics of me on my road bike, but will post if/when I get some.

Kerry

[Denise223]

Great pictures Tater, MDHillSlug & kerrybelle!!

Tater -- I'm envious too -- I want to be in the club & wear that cool
jersey :( ......maybe next time....

MDHillSlug I like your jersey too! What kind is it??

Peace & Love,

Denise

[HillSlugger]

MDHillSlug I like your jersey too! What kind is it??

Peace & Love,

Denise

That's the Diabetes Tour de Cure jersey I earned for my fund raising.

[emily_in_nc]

I wish I had a mountain biking photo, and this is not my favorite Bike Friday photo since it's more from behind (and I have my temporary fill-in icky helmet on), but it's the only clear and semi-closeup photo I could find at the moment. Here I am on my Bike Friday Pocket Crusoe (it looks so tiny, but really rides nicely!)

http://home.earthlink.net/~emilys7/cycling/emily_riding.jpg

[pyxichick]

Me on the left in early September before my metric century (sounds better than 60 miles.)http://static.flickr.com/87/250107985_0081c874c9_o.jpg

[HillSlugger]

OK, Nicole (aka MDHillSlug), I think I've got the same bike as you, and I've got a red helmet, so I sure as heck hope we don't wear the same color jersey tomorrow or we'll look like those dorky guys who ride in matching clothes! My usual riding partner and I always joke how they look like the kids from the Sound of Music.

Janice

OK, I'll wear a blue print She Beest Jersey. What will you wear?

Feels like high school all over again :p

[Xrayted]

I just found this. Wow! You all look so good. It's nice to put faces to names.
This is such a great thread, I thought it needed to be brought up current. I've got a new camera that I'm playing with so I'll get some pics this week and post 'em.

[Grog]

How have I missed this thread?

Thanks for all the cool pictures!!!

Here's mine from the first day of this year's Grand Tour, somewhere in upper Vermont:

[Brandy]

tiffanie.. yep! That's Ocotillo... in the Anza Borrego desert... and this was hands down the hardest century I've ever ridden. The first 50 miles to lunch are all a 2% climb... with a couple of 14% hills thrown in, just in case your not hurting enough...

the REAL problem tho was the wind... it was a head wind the entire climb... with gusts up to 50mph. It was actually scary... and many, many people turned back. By the time we got to lunch we had 10 minuted left before they were shutting it down... us and everyone else who'd just arrived! :eek: :rolleyes: took us just over 4 hours to do the 50 miles...

THEN you turn around... tailwind and downhill... there were 5 mile stretches where we'd be doing 30mph and not pedaling once! THIS pic was on the way back! LOL ;)


How did I not see this post before. I can't believe I signed up for this ride!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[tprevost]

How did I not see this post before. I can't believe I signed up for this ride!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:


Oh stop :D ... just think of the downhill! :p

[Brandy]

Oh stop :D ... just think of the downhill! :p

50 miles of winds that are THAT bad!?!?!?! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Just make sure to bring Wayne to shield us from the wind, okay?

[tprevost]

50 miles of winds that are THAT bad!?!?!?! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Just make sure to bring Wayne to shield us from the wind, okay?

not sure I can be that convincing.... but I'll give it my best shot! ;)

[SR500]

Well, not my bike, but a recent picture from our Trek Travel tour in Tuscany.

http://www.weberwoodworking.com/bikeforums/kimmadone.jpg

[silver]

An old pic of me when I first got my bike.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/etsterling/bikea.jpg

[emily_in_nc]

Silver, you have a beautiful position on your bike -- looks like it fits you to a "t"!

~Emily

[tattiefritter]

This is a picture of me threading may way through the rocks on my recent MTB holiday in Spain:

http://www.jeznewsome.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/MTB/Switchbacks%20Sept%202006/target36.html


I loved that trail and the novelty of riding on dry dusty trails
(Hope it works as I couldn't get it to work as img)

A picture of us on our tandem (on more normal wet UK style trails!)

http://www.jeznewsome.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/MTB/Colella%20Tandem/Colella-1.jpg

[mimitabby]

cool shot Tattie!! and Grog and Silver, now I know what you look like!
:)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I love seeing what us TE sisters look like! Everyone looks so happy.

[ClockworkOrange]

Just a leisurely ride along the sea front today, nothing strenuous, just enjoyable.

Ahem, my cycling gear does not quite match most of you guys! Nevermind, I guess I am just a slobby cyclist but I love it! At least I am not a fair weather rider.

I ate my first ever Mojo bar today, courtesy of my SS (Cheers Mimi), it was rather nice although I did have to share it with my partner.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y272/Missbe/BournemouthSeaFront6Nov06.jpg

Sally :D

[JmcG]

Here's a pic of me riding home from our getting married at the courthouse this summer (DH is taking the pic while riding next to me but I cropped most of him out - except for his nose I think b/c it's a really up-close shot of him that I'm sure he doesn't want on the internet!). I can't find any pics of me where you can see my bike too - maybe I have some on my computer at home, but none on my work computer, so this will have to do. You can see Memorial Bridge and the Lincoln Memorial though! This is my commute to and from work everyday (same views whether riding or driving). I especially love riding at night when all the memorials are lit up.

[GLC1968]

I think I'd posted an older shot much earlier in this thread...but here is a more recent one. This is my current bike taken in August. DH took this while riding next to me (and with a disposable camera), so it's a bit off center! (excuse the thumb!)

http://www.tranquilitysystems.com/gallery/files/4/015_12A.JPG

[Rai Sue]

Here's me on the right! with friend Kristin Roo. Photo taken by friend Kristin West when they came out to ride with me on the tour I took this fall.

Location is in North Central Oregon, somewhere near to Condon, OR. Note both the wind farm in the background, AND the sign indicating a steep grade. That day, we started in the John Day River canyon, so it was a day full of steep grades, mild headwinds, and not much shade. :D :D

[im4smiley]

Bought hubby a new camera for our anniversary and he took a picture of me!
2029

[ima_bleeder]

I don't have many pictures on my work computer (and don't spend much time on the home computer), but here are a couple ...

[Bikingmomof3]

Awesome photos ladies. I do so enjoy being able to put a face to a name. :D

[Brandi]

Here is me on my last trip.

[Gidiup]

This is a picture of me enjoying the Rhode Island MS 150.

[Tri Girl]

FINALLY- I have pictures of me on my bike.
The first is one during my IM, and the other one is DH and I on a club ride last month.

[Bikingmomof3]

Awesome pics Tri Girl! I want legs like yours. :)

[Tri Girl]

Thanks, Jennifer? You can have my legs- I don't love the way they look (but for the life of me and all the working out I do, they never change or lean up). They are powerful, but are the shortest and chubbiest part of me. Funny how we see ourselves so differently than others. I love the Nike campaign that had the ad for "thunder thighs" and how proud we should be of them. I should embrace my thunderness.... :)

[Bikingmomof3]

I too like the Nike ads. We are our own harshest critics. Your legs look lovely and powerful to me. It is amazing to me how much my body changed from what it used to be. Now I am stronger and older (so things have shifted :rolleyes: ) and no matter what I do, I have a "bubble" butt. Running just makes it worse. :p I guess I should embrace my curviness?

[Grog]

I guess I should embrace my curviness?

YESSSSSSSSSS!

(And just ask your DH what he'd think of you with a flat butt!!!)

Trigirl: your legs are awesome!!!

Enjoy your bodies ladies. They will take you even further...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

...no matter what I do, I have a "bubble" butt. Running just makes it worse. :p I guess I should embrace my curviness?

Why take away your husband's job? :rolleyes:

[Xrayted]

nice reply Lisa! ;)

[Bikingmomof3]

You have a valid point. ;)

[Xrayted]

Baby got back! :D :p :D