Getting to Know You!

[ClockworkOrange]

and where in the UK would you Not find rain?

Down here in the south of England we are slightly more fortunate, the weather has been in the high 70's recently. September is proving to be a lovely month, ideal for riding, although I enjoy the heat as much as the rain.

Now on a more humerous note...............just checked out the weather in good ol' Albuquerque and it appears you are having thunderstorms? Is the Mac in your name anything to do with raincoat?

I have a convertible and most of this summer I have been able to have the top down...............OK, this has been an exceptional summer.

Sally

PS Just hope you guys call a soft top car a convertible.......otherwise you won't know wot the hell I am on about!!!

[Red Haired Girl]

Real name: Lara

Where do you live? Moore County, NC

Explanation of your handle: Well, I have red hair and I'm a girl....

Explanation of your avatar: avatar??....you mean I could have an avatar??

Age (general or specific): Gosh, still sucking air at 50....

Occupation: Professional goof-off, okay, student and tutor

Favorite bike: Ah, don't know enough about them to even have an idea of what my favorite bike would be (and my last bike is long gone, so it can't possibly be a favorite, right?)

What's in your stable? Saab 900SE turbo. Oh, you meant BIKE...how silly of me. At the moment my stable is empty, but I'm planning on fixing that problem shortly.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Haven't a clue....besides, it's been a while....hmmmm, so make something up girl...got it!!!! Mach 0.03.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Don't have one at the moment, but I figure that'll change shortly

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Hmmmm, let me get back to you on that one, okay?

Most memorable moment on my bike: Does the time I got hit by a pickup truck count? Agreed I was only 12 or so at the time, but I haven't forgotten ANY of it.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Well, I've almost always had fun just being on my bike....

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It felt like something that was out of synch got back into synch; it was a very joyous moment.

Laura, that's EXACTLY how I felt when I got on a bike for the first time in 37 years 2 1/2 months ago! I love the way you put it. I felt like I was back in time, but this time **I** was in control, and my spirit was FREE!!!! Total joy- it was like a spiritual moment for me, coming HOME safe to my child spirit.

[jujubebe]

I'm 52, too, & it is fun! Even moreso on a bicycle! See you 'round the forums.

julie aka jujubebe

[CorsairMac]

Welcome to the board Red: so - was your response to the lie question your lie......... Loved your sense of humour - came shining through in your post...and yes: we'll have to just remedy your empty stable situation, I"m guessin that poor Saab is "saabing" from loneliness wants at least 1 or more friends to keep him?her? company!

[CorsairMac]

Now on a more humerous note...............just checked out the weather in good ol' Albuquerque and it appears you are having thunderstorms? Is the Mac in your name anything to do with raincoat?

I have a convertible and most of this summer I have been able to have the top down...............OK, this has been an exceptional summer.

Sally

PS Just hope you guys call a soft top car a convertible.......otherwise you won't know wot the hell I am on about!!!

Yes we call a soft top car a convertible here too.

as for the thunderstorms in Abq: *looks around quickly for Surly - don't see her*......we're actually in trouble in my poor little state right now:

For July we were 256% above our avg rainfall and for Aug we were somewhere in the 250% above again. Parts of the state have flooded so bad we've had to ask for federal relief. Since New Mexico is considered mostly desert the ground here can't absorb that much rain and it's created quite the mess.

The Mac in my name is for MacDonald and just what clan may you be ma'am?

[ClockworkOrange]

Yes we call a soft top car a convertible here too.

..........................................The Mac in my name is for MacDonald and just what clan may you be ma'am?

Hehehe, the Bird Clan. Here's a piccie to prove it.



No hun, only kidding, true that is my surname but not really part of any clan.

What I love about this site, is discovering where all you guys actually live in the states, or anywhere else for that matter.

BTW...............we had flash flooding yesterday but nothing like you get.

Take it carefully on those roads.

Sally

[liberty]

Real name: Jen

Where do you live? St. Louis, Missouri

Explanation of your handle: Liberty is what I have when I ride!!!

Explanation of your avatar: Why in the world do they call it an avatar anyway??

Age (general or specific) specifically I am 32, 33 in a few weeks

Occupation: Administrative Assistant/Missionary

Favorite bike: My Cannondale!!!

What's in your stable? Cannondale R700 Feminine

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 30-35 (faster, if I wasn't such a chicken and rode the brakes; slower, when I am Queen Super-Chicken), down the killer hill by my house

Most memorable moment on my bike: I was probably 6 or 7. My bike had those brakes that you use by pressing back on the pedal. I was out riding and for some reason hit my brakes and a rock or something at the same time. Flipped straight up and over the handlebars... I don't remember what happened to my childhood bike, now that I think of it... Or it was the time my crazy friend Carrie and I went for a bike ride during a rainstorm and had to carry our bikes across a flooded road (don't worry, it wasn't rushing water exactly; and yes, we did know it was flooded before we left the house), and bike along a major highway... Not smart, I know. But definitely memorable... She is the friend who would put me on horses that wouldn't stop or liked to buck me off near creeks... Yes, we are still friends, and ride horses and bikes together. I'm just older and wiser now, maybe.

Most fun ever had on a bike? That will be either this Thursday or Saturday when I get my bike back from the shop after a month long hiatus and I see if my shoulder can handle riding again... (stupid dog accident) Just sitting on the bike will be enough for me. I miss her...

[Red Haired Girl]

Hmmmmm, would you believe me if I said my biggest lie is that I've never told a lie?

Didn't think so....okay, here it is....brace yourself! My biggest lie is...that I told people for years I was just your average, normal, engineer. Not terribly earth shaking, but a whopper none the less.

Lara

[CorsairMac]

Hmmmmm, would you believe me if I said my biggest lie is that I've never told a lie?

Didn't think so....okay, here it is....brace yourself! My biggest lie is...that I told people for years I was just your average, normal, engineer. Not terribly earth shaking, but a whopper none the less.

Lara

Too Cute!!!!

[CorsairMac]

Welcome to the board Liberty! Got family in Arnold, Mo so yuppers - I know your part of the country! Congrats on getting your bike back although I'm sorry to hear you were off it due to an accident! :-(

As for the chicken: neh - some of us like to go downhill really fast (that would be me) and some of us like to use more common sense (that would Not be me! )

[Steph]

Real name: Stephanie (betcha you wouldn't have ever guessed it!)

Where do you live? Chattanooga, TN area

Explanation of your handle: Hmmmm

Explanation of your avatar: avatar??.... 'Cause life is good when I'm on my bike and it kind of looks like me :-)

Age (general or specific) 34

Occupation: Domestic manager and homeschool educator

Favorite bike: Saw an awesome Titus 2007 the other day

What's in your stable? Hybrid Raleigh M20 and Diamondback sorrento

Fastest speed on a road bike? don't know, don't have a computer

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I'll try to get one

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I try not to remember

Most memorable moment on my bike: Last weekend when I completed the ride for the first time with my husband
Most fun ever had on a bike? I love every ride, bruises and all so far!

[Thistle]

Real name: Thea

Where do you live? Canberra, Australia

Explanation of your handle: Serious lack of imagination, first name + last initial, thinking of changing it to something more interesting

Explanation of your avatar: My beautiful 3 yo red-heeler x husky, Holly

Age (general or specific) 46 and counting

Occupation: Try not to work... 2/3 of the way through my phd... would be a student forever if finances allowed... previous life computer programmer... major meltdown material after 10 years... has taken me years to get back on computers and this is the only forum i've ever looked at... but now contributing and that's progress

Favourite bike: My brand new "metallic orchid" Giant Crx4

What's in your stable? Crx4 and trusty Giant Elwood (hybrid)

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Major chicken here... max is 40kph ... scared i'll fall off and hurt myself...

Another picture of yourself or your ride? The rabbit ears photo in "lets see you on your bike".

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: God i dont know... did i mention my memory sucks? most common lie is "that's fine" when it's really not

Most memorable moment on my bike: My first ride on my (then new) Elwood. Made it into the city and back... couldnt believe i could ride that far and not die ... given i'm unfit and overweight.

Most fun ever had on a bike? So far.... an unbelievably quick ride home one summer's evening (earlier in the year)... it was like i was unstoppable .


Thea

[CorsairMac]

welcome to the board Thea! EEKKK the aussies are taking over the world!!! just kidding! COngrats on your new bike - not familiar with the CRx4 - is it road? cross? Mtb? and welcome back to the world of computers. one thing at a time eh? OHH>..and PHD in what?

[Thistle]

COngrats on your new bike - not familiar with the CRx4 - is it road? cross? Mtb? OHH>..and PHD in what?

Out here they call it a "cross trainer" ... it's a "flat bar roadbike" with not quite as skinny tyres (28mm). So i think it's a cross between a hyrid and a roadbike. that's how i think of it anyway...

Phd... cognitive psychology... in particular memory and what affects our memory for events... how different ways of "encoding" (learning) things can affect our later recognition of those things.. in my case faces... so its practical application is eyewitness testimony. Probably way more info than you wanted to know