Real name: Rebecca (Becca)

Where do you live? Berkeley, California

Explanation of your handle: I work with the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis

Explanation of your avatar: I like frogs

Age (general or specific) 21x2 on Dec 18

Occupation: Associate Professor of Cell Biology at UC Berkeley

Favorite bike: purple Serotta

What's in your stable? Only purple bikes, including a beater Jamis mountain bike

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 48.5 on Pig Farm Hill

Another picture of yourself or your ride? See http://www.steephill.tv, my husband is a camera bug.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I am descended from Quakers and we never remember our lies.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Finishing the Raid Pyrenean in the summer of 2003 with my friend Nancy.

Most fun ever had on a bike? It wasn't the Everest Challenge , that's for sure, but riding in the Sierra Nevada with my friends is the most fun because it is familiar and so beautiful.