Real name: Melanie

Where do you live? Salt Lake City, UT

Explanation of your handle: it's a name I use when I don't use my real name, especially for subversive pieces of public art...

Explanation of your avatar: Hard to see...but it's me reflected in a window...

Age (general or specific) 29...but as crazy as it sounds I'm really excited to be 30 this year!

Occupation: Volunteer Services Coordinator/ Graphic Designer for a Volunteer Center

Favorite bike: oh boy...I love those pretty Rivendell bikes...but my favorite bike is the kind you can buy complete for the price of the frame...and then change out everything to make it so special and lovely...

What's in your stable? a Surly Cross Check, a really heavy old speck MTB and a 70's Peuget from the thrift store...and my boyfirend's Independent Fabrication MTB and his road bike, some Specialized thing...and 2 Trek children's bikes belonging to my sons...

Fastest speed on a bike? where? when?
I have no idea, but one time I was riding to work and a city utiltity truck came up next to me at a stop sign..the drivier said, "You were going about 30 miles an hour!"

What is the biggest lie you've ever told:
It's okay honey...I don't have to have an orgasm every time...

Most memorable moment on my bike:When I realized I could ride any where I wanted to...it was no longer can I get there...it was how long will it take me?

Most fun ever had on a bike?
Finishing my first cross race...I was so stoked!!...I guess that was the happiest time on my bike...
I always seem to be having fun on my bike...