interview

[SadieKate]

Answer: 2,326.8 of my Litespeed road bike but I don't remember when I changed the battery other than sometime last year.

Question: When was the last time you did something for the first time and what was it?

SK

PS - this is fun

[Veronica]

Question: When was the last time you did something for the first time and what was it?

Last Sunday I ate apricots!

If you had to eat dinner with one of the Tour announcers which one would you choose and why?

V.

[CorsairMac]

Answer: Paul Sherwin - I would Love to hear his storys about when he was a pro rider. Some of the glimpses he offers now just sometimes amaze me!


Question: How often do you eat on long rides? Do you base it on time re: every hour, or distance re: every so many miles??





(PS: this is fun - thanks for starting this!!)

[massbikebabe]

I eat probably every hour+ or so. Went out real early this morning after being sick from bad sushi yesterday and I totally bonked. My poor son had to witness my demise at mile 8...my question Has anybody ever had such a bonk where you are not sure if you should throw-up or pass out???

karen

[Adventure Girl]

Answer: I've never passed out while riding, but I have thrown up. But it wasn't because of bonking. It was a gag reflex after swallowing a bug. The sequence was: Swallow bug -- Gag -- Vomit -- Rinse... All without changing my cadence!

Question: What's the worst injury you've had while riding? How long did it take you to recover?

[Trek420]

A: I've never been injured riding but had a sore shoulder that occured elsewhere (Aikido) took about 6 weeks of gentle stretching to feel good on the bike.

Q: Veronica, why oh why have you never tried apricots? Also could apply to anyone else if there's a delicious food you haven't had till now.

[betagirl]

Answer: I'm the type that tries anything once before I decide I don't like it. So I can't really think of anything that I tried recently that I was afraid of. Apricots I love, but I can't eat them (upsets the GI system).

Question: What's the strangest place you've worn your bike clothes into, either before or after a ride (or if you just like to wear them out)?

[Veronica]

Q: Veronica, why oh why have you never tried apricots?

I grew up very poor in Maine. I don't know if there were apricots in the grocery stores, but even if there were my mother would not have bought them. I tried dried ones once and wasn't terribly impressed so never considered fresh ones until Sarah brought some from Bubba's tree.


New Question: If you had to compare yourself to one of the this year's Tour riders, which would it be and why?


V.

[emily_in_nc]

Answer:
Question: What's the worst injury you've had while riding? How long did it take you to recover?

A: Broke my pelvis in three places from a crash this April. Had surgery to put a plate and pins in to stabilize the bones. Still recovering but am riding on the trainer indoors, going to the gym and walking (slowly and with a bit of a limp) without crutches now!

New question: What do you do to prepare for and/or deal with loose dogs when you (road) ride? (My accident was caused by two dogs.)

[KkAllez]

A:

New question: What do you do to prepare for and/or deal with loose dogs when you (road) ride? (My accident was caused by two dogs.)

I try and plan ahead, any road we haven't ridden on and there is a farmhouse coming up I imagine they have rottweilers and make sure I have legs to sprint, plus plenty of gears left. So far my only threat is this tiny dachshund, which I fear more will be run over by a car when he comes out to try in vain to catch us. Oh, and this is really bad, but I put Ben between me and the approaching house-with-unknown-dogs.

Q: do you prefer riding solo or in a group?

[trigurl]

I read those of interest to me if I have more time I will read the original post

Question: do you use a hydration pack why/why not?

[singletrackmind]

Question: do you use a hydration pack why/why not?

Yep. It's easier to stay hydrated than bottles on the mountain bike and makes the roadies around here yell 'get a mountain bike' when I'm on the road (I have 3-how many more do they want me to have??? 'Course, I am thinking about a Blur...). It also seems to mess with the dude roadie heads when an oldish chick in mountain bike gear on a middle-end Raleigh road bike passes them.
It carries all my junk and my plain water and I can easily tie a jacket onto it on those too warm/not warm enough days. When I crash sometimes it takes some of the blows.
I ususally ride between 2 and 6 hours (saturday I did a century-yay me!) so having it plus 2 bottles of a light gatorade mix is good.

What is your all-time absolute most favoritest trail (or road) ever (and location) and why?