mascots

[Melstar]

I love the flying/spinning turtle! I'm going to look for something like that now haha..

I hope the BF doesn't notice it on the tandem on our next ride....hee hee hee.

[SJCzar]

I sometimes carry a small rubber "Gumby" figure. He was my mom's good luck charm that she always kept in her purse. She even made a little jockey outfit for him so he'd look sharp when she took him to the horse races a few times a year. She'd be happy to know that he gets to go on some excellent cycling adventures now and then.

[salsabike]

I think Denise's Rover is adorable and looks a little like Gromit (although not as worried as Gromit usually is).

[Geonz]

I picked up a beanie baby off the road that sometimes rides in my camelbak, but it often is bending over and looking like it's horking.

On the Illini Chill I usually put one of my stuffed walri in the basket of my old Schwinn... and I have a colorful stuffed turtle pupped from the El Salvador ladies' co-op that sometimes rides on the surfboard - think I"ll get her back there... hmmm... could I have it spitting fire??