Getting to Know You!

[Ritamarie]

Okay, this is a re-do! So much has happened in my bike life in the last 15 months! I have TWO new bikes since then and am totally re-hooked on cycling.

Real name: Rita Marie

Where do you live? South Central PA

Explanation of your handle: My name!

Explanation of your avatar: still working on that...

Age (general or specific) 48+

Occupation: Manager of a sailing school

Favorite bike: My Cannondale Synapse Fem 1, "Lucille"

What's in your stable? A Cannondale Synapse Fem 1, "Lucille" (the bike love of my life!) and my newest ride, a Surly Cross Check named "Ethel". Ethel is THE BOMB. I got her home last Thursday, rode her Friday 10 miles to get things adjusted and did a century on her on Sunday (40 miles trail and 62 miles road with 5000+ ft of climbing). Fat-bottom-Ethel tips the scales a bit more than I'm used to, but sluggish she is not!

Fastest speed on a road bike? Just checked my log... 42.5 Tour de Carroll April 25, 2009

Another picture of yourself or your ride?

I have to work on a good pic of Lucy, but here is Ethel and I after about mile 90, just before we had to turn our lights on...



What is the biggest lie you've ever told: No lies, just omissions (lots of omissions).

Most memorable moment on my bike: The first time I beat my husband to the top of a long climb.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Summer of 2009 ... great rides, great friends. Meeting new awesome girlfriends to ride with. Riding many, many miles with my husband, a week long bicycling vacation with my husband and two teenagers. 4000 memorable miles on "Lucy".