1993(92?) Fuji Monterey hybrid bike.
I was 15 - I saved up all summer for a bike - mowing lawns, babysitting, etc. Paid $350 for her from the local bike shop. I tried out just a few bikes, but once I tried her, I knew she was it. She was silver-grey (like me!) and had accents and lettering in that same bright green all the businesses are using for their logos now. The bike owner tried to talk me out of it, because it was a "boy's bike" and here he had another bike that "rode like a Cadillac."

Dear Heavens.... I'm 15 and I live in South Florida. Cadillac is synonymous with blue hair!

I named her Greyfell - I had just been reading Sigfried, and that was his steed.

I rode her everywhere. She was pretty fast, she could go off the roads... She was my companion throughout college - we'd take 10miles each way to school in Gainesville, FL, and then braved the early morning rush hour traffic in Tampa.

For a while, I let her be stored in my parent's garage. One day I came looking for her and... my dad thought I no longer wanted her, and had thrown her away!



I still miss her -nowadays I would have fitted her with baskets or saddlebags and she'd be my grocery-getter.

I can't even find a photo. If ANYBODY has one sitting around...