Getting to Know You!

[lovelylibrarian]

Real name: Karen
Where do you live? San Francisco for the last year but I'm from New York.

Explanation of your handle: I'm a librarian by training but I do different types of work now. I am still lovely though.

Explanation of your avatar: I just love this picture. It's from a company that makes clothes FOR chickens.

Age (general or specific) 37

Occupation: Information Manager

Favorite bike: Not sure yet...

What's in your stable? K2 hybrid/ commuter and Ironhorse Warrior MTN bike

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Maybe around 30 on my hybrid with the basket on the back.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Will try to get some soon.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Hmm, that's a tough one. Funniest lie was not telling my mom when my pet snake escaped (several years ago when I was living at home) and making up an excuse for my scream of shock when I found it a few days later in my underwear drawer.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Getting the hang of clipless pedals on my MTN bike.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Riding back downhill after many many miles uphill on my MTN bike. Really enjoying the scenery.

[tuckerbrown]

Real name: Gina

Where do you live? Millersville, Pa

Explanation of your handle: My dog's name.

Explanation of your avatar: My son's dog- Sweet Pea.

Age (general or specific) 47

Occupation: Mortgage Sales Manager

Favorite bike: Just got a Trek Pilot.

What's in your stable? Trek Pilot and Specialized mountain bike.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 25, near my home.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Will try to get some soon.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Not into lies!

Most memorable moment on my bike: Last night. I was so excited about getting 300 miles on my bike since I got it, then I fell. Could not get out of the clipless pedals. It hurt pretty good.

Most fun ever had on a bike? I live in the river hills and it is so pretty. Just being outside.

[BBsw]

Real name: Bridgett

Where do you live? Albuquerque, New Mexico

Explanation of your handle: Initials and I live in the great, unbeatable South West!

Explanation of your avatar: Daisy is my little, sweet mutt. I am truly trying to be the person my dog thinks I am.

Age (general or specific): 37

Occupation: architectural drafter

Favorite bike: Hum...I really haven't found a favorite one yet.

What's in your stable? Old Bianchi Nyala

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I love you

Most memorable moment on my bike: My first trail ride in the foothills of the Sandias many years ago.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Riding along the coastal trail in Anchorage, Alaska! Went the Anchorage to work for a couple of months and I took my bike with me. Rode it everywhere around Anchorage.

[Maybell]

Real Name: April

Where do you live? Warren, OH

Explanation of your handle: My gf and I used to use "code names" if we were getting some unwanted male attention. When she called me Mabel, I knew she ("Agnes") needed rescued immediately! And since quite a large number of people over the years have come up with the "original" idea to call me April May, I combined the two. Ironically, my son made up my first screen name, Mabell, without knowing any of this.

Explanation of your avatar: I'm working on it, but even when I make the pixel size small enough, the file size is still too big. I'm going to try to take a picture with the camera set at a lower resolution to see if that helps. Any other advice?

Age (general or specific): 42 (generally, ...sometimes I'm younger )

Occupation: Engineer

Favorite bike: Yamaha VMAX, but only as a passenger

What's in your stable? Trek 7300 hybrid; Trek WSD 4.5 road bike (Da*n salesman, there goes the $$$ for my next vacation)

Fastest speed on a road bike? So far only 24.5 on the bike trail. I'm working on that one too.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Sorry, can't share that one or it might get out! Here's a cycling-related lie I told, though. I didn't want my family to know that I met my ex-fiancee at BW3. Instead, my cousin told me to say that we met when I was riding my bike and he stopped to fix my flat tire. Hmmm, now that I'm actually riding a bike, this could really happen... thereby cancelling out the lie?

Most memorable moment on my bike: Nothing really special yet, but one of the bike trails we ride on goes right by a farm. We stopped to take a picture by the pasture with cows in the background when all of a sudden all 50+ of them came running over and lined up right behind us at the fence to be in the picture with us.

Most fun ever had on a bike? I'm still working on this one too. So far, it was our group ride at Peninsula, where we planned to take a train northbound with our bikes, and then get off and ride the bikes back to where we parked. Only as we were about halfway there on the train, it started pouring down rain. We debated just taking the train back, but the rain slowed down and we decided to go for it. I never imagined it would be fun riding in the rain, but even though we were covered with mud when we made it back, we had a blast. Maybe my next bike will be a mountain bike...