Getting to Know You!

[CorsairMac]

Welcome to the board Doorah!! a new bike!! Me Wuvs new bikes even when they aren't mine! and you get to put it together?? how exciting is that?? I keep wanting to tear mine down just so I can put them back together! LOL and congrats on your weight loss! goodonya and keep up the good work! we'll wanna know what you named your new love, and all about your first ride, and your first 1/2 century, and and and.............

[go get em]

Real name: Jacqueline
Where do you live? San Diego, California

Explanation of your handle: Some of the guys I ride with gave me that nick name cause I'm always chasing riders who pass me.

Explanation of your avatar? Guess 'll have to get one of those.

Age: 39

Occupation: Preschool teacher

Favorite bike: Tarmac(Specialized)

What's in your stable? Scattante, Tarmac and Gary Fischer (hoo kooe koo)mountain bike.

Fastest ride on road bike? Not sure. I'm just glad I'm not in the back of the pack anymore.

Picture of yourself or your ride? I have a great picture of my first ride with a group of guys and while the picture was being taken someone sayed "she's the flower among the thorns." Cute! Don't know how to post it though.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told? That I didn't peek at my present (hamsters cage) when I was little. A few days later after I got my hamster(Charlie) he ran away. So I thought god was punishing me for lieing. When I confessed my hamster came back. Weird! Never lied again.

Most memorable moment on my bike: While on a ride the guys wanted to take an alternate route because the rode we were on was washed out. I said "no way am I going to take the alternate route. It's a dangerous road. I'd rather cross the washed out road."(which was now a creek). So I hopped off my bike, took my shoes off and carrying my bike and shoes I climbed down the embankment and crossed the creek. My shoe fell in the water while crossing and the guys started yelling "your shoe is floating down the river." The picture I have in my mind of that day, though, is of all the guys(15 of them) and their bikes sprawled out on the ground drying their feet.

Most fun ever had on a bike: As one of the other ladies said "every ride is fun."

[doorah]

we'll wanna know what you named your new love, and all about your first ride, and your first 1/2 century, and and and.............

Hi & thanks for the warm welcome

I named her Lucy because I love her~I Love Lucy!

As for my first ride~aside from needing to lower my saddle as I was placing too much weight/pressure on my wrists & hands~I was terrified as I live near an industrial park and I'm not used to having semi's whoosh past me 2 & 3 at a time/in a row lol!

I need to check into a hitch rack since I have a 2" hitch and numerous rail trails & bike paths along the lakeshore to enjoy!

~doorah~who's off to search the threads and glean all the awesome information about hitch racks!

[NorCalGal]

Real name: Karen

Where do you live? Orland, California.

Explanation of your handle: I'm in Northern California. Moved here from the beaches of Ventura in Southern California about 12 years ago and went through about a year of culture shock...but have come to appreciate cowboy butts in Wranglers.

Explanation of your avatar: What's an avatar? Is that some sort of birthmark? Is it something off Star Wars? Me confused. Actually, I just haven't found one yet.

Age (general or specific) A proud 46 on November 14, but I tell people I'm seven and holding.

Occupation: Business owner. My husband and I design cargo management accessories for the automotive/recreation industry, so if you have any ideas for bike bags that would carry all of your gear in your car/SUV/truck, let me know! I also do some personal chef work on the side, and have 42 days of grad school left (but who's counting?), getting my masters degree in leadership.

Favorite bike: Anything that makes me look thin. Too new to this stuff to really know. So I guess my favorite is the one I ride right now, a Trek.

What's in your stable? Aforementioned Trek road bike, also the Trek mtb that I started on, and gosh, I just bought a Trek beach cruiser to ride down our country lane to the mailbox and to the produce stand. You'd think I owned stock in Trek.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 25.6 miles per hour, being chased by a couple of really fast dogs on a country road about a year ago.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? No pictures, thank you. Not until I find the bike that makes me look thin.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: That it wan't me who shot the BB through the sliding glass window. I was 8. I blamed it on my brother and our mom believed me for awhile.

Most memorable moment on my bike: It wasn't finishing a century, it wasn't leading a pace line, it was when I decided to practice a track stand in my gravel driveway at the end of a ride and I forgot to click out of my pedals. Lots of blood, but sadly the thing that went through my mind as I fell was that I could break something. It's not that I'm old or anything...but how depressing to begin thinking like that!

Most fun ever had on a bike? A friend convinced me to ride the 17-mile drive with him at Pebble Beach. I wasn't a very good rider and I didn't realize how hilly it was, but I finished it and it felt great!

[CorsairMac]

Welcome to the board NorCal. Yeah - tell me about the owning stock in Trek...and the razzlefrazzle(*&E(&(G& wouldn't even let me win one of them thar LiveStrong bikes during the TdF scratch off game. All I got was a lousy water bottle! Hope to hear more from you and how fun is that to already find someone to ride with!!

[natheless]

Getting to Know You!

Real name: Julia
Where do you live? Providence, RI

Explanation of your handle: It's an archaic version of nevertheless - I've used it many places. (I've always been a word geek.)

Explanation of your avatar: Currently, no avatar. I'm still quite new here.

Age (general or specific) 34

Occupation: Educator/Administrator

Favorite bike: Not sure yet, I've had the same bike for ~20 years...

What's in your stable?
Road: Elderly Peugeot (mixte frame, touring bike, I think) 10 speed
Mountain: nada, for now.

Fastest speed on a road bike? 36, last weekend (downhill, definitely!)

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Not at the moment.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Just the ones I've told myself.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Riding in Ireland last year. I expect finishing my first century will also be pretty memorable

Most fun ever had on a bike? Biking on Martha's Vineyard this summer.

[CorsairMac]

welcome na!! Peugeot??....you got a Peugeot too?? Mines an Avoraiz - 1986 and he's a sweetie!! All steel, my first road bike in over ???? yrs. I rode that bike on my first 1/2, metric, and imperial (gosh I love that word) century. Hope to hear more from ya including the details of your first century!

[alpinerabbit]

Real name: Susanne

Where do you live? Switzerland

Explanation of your handle: 's what we call someone who goes up mountains easily. Not what I can do currently, but I am from the alps

Explanation of your avatar: self-explanatory I hope

Age (general or specific) 32 going on 33

Occupation: Biologist working for a company that happens to manufacture EPO

Favorite bike: a Chopper LOL!

What's in your stable? A no-name MTB for riding in the city and a Look 281 carbon (brand new, could you tell?)

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 42 kph on first ride on a triathlon bike. borrowed, years ago. I'm working on it again.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? not yet... working on it.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Fine, how are you?

Most memorable moment on my bike: Running into a poor tourist in the rain (almost at walking speed, he was fine)... and being fined 100$ for running a stop sign by a campus cop in the States. Oh no. now I know. this is gonna be long:

There's this bike lane where I used to ride home and there's parking places right next to it. Rush hour drivers would slooooowly search for a free spot wile cutting me off on my lane, so I decided for some guerilla tactics: a hard pat on the roof. no damage, huge surprise effect. well did HE get angry. He followed me and I had to zip into a small alley where he wasn't allowed. Phew. Never been home that fast.

Most fun ever had on a bike? If I didn't have fun, I'da stopped a long time ago... but getting real dirty on the MTB was one. And pretending my bike is a horse and I'm Zorro as a kid.