Saturday 6/20 rides!!

[crazycanuck]

Mimi-way cool! Pls say hello to de Mr RD I'd never laughed so much in my life until I met RD at dinner last year. YOu're one lucky woman!

Evang-That's one interesting bike ye got!

Me, I just went to the goat farm (another dh/xc place situated..on a freakin big hill) and did some hillwork.

[Crankin]

Oy, Reesha, I should probably PM you and not bore the others with this conversation... but it's funny, so I wanted to make it public.
Yes, I know your uncle. When I first moved back to MA, after living in AZ, I taught aerobics at the Westford Regency Club. Larry was teaching there, too. For some reason, we shared a mailbox in the staff room and for that reason, everyone thought we were married!
As far as **** Ring, another funny story. As a lot of people on the forum know, my younger son, who is in the Marines, was a Cat 3 racer in high school. When he first started cycling, he and my husband joined a local club and **** Ring was a speaker one month. I cannot tell you the laughter and comments his name caused in my house, with a 14 year old racer and his 16 year old brother! It even made me laugh. Then, Scott (my son) took a clinic with **** as the teacher. Yes, I've been to the Longsjo 4 times. Twice, Scott was a DNF. Then, in 2006 and 2008, my former exchange student, who was a pro racer at the time came to visit us and race at Fitchburg. In 2006, he won the green jersey and when he got called to the podium, they asked me to come up as his "American" mom. Right away, I asked the young guy who was announcing, "Where's **** Ring?" He didn't think it was funny.
PM me, when you come to town.

[Biciclista]

so Crankin, are you talking about D I C K Ring?

[Crankin]

Yes, that's his name. I actually did talk to him at that last race, as he was there as a spectator.
A little piece of New England cycling history.

[evangundy]

I wish I had noticed Evangundy's jersey! I did notice her bike and was actually going to ask about it (is that titanium?), but I decided that disrupting my breathing wasn't such a good idea.

I don't know if I could have disrupted my own breathing, to answer you ;-)
Yes, my bike is titanium. My first recumbent was the steel Tour Easy, then I sold it when I bought the aluminum Gold Rush. Then a couple years ago, I came across a super deal I couldn't pass up and bought my Ti-Rush (and sold the GR) - it was my 50th birthday present to myself. Told DH that if I could buy that bike, he didn't have to get me anything but a card for my birthday. Got a great card and a big BBQ with friends and family.

I love my bike :-)
Edna

[LilBolt]

Isn't the titanium the new gold for any 50th celebration? Very nice bike.