Count me in on this!

I lived and breathed horses for 20 years. I grew up in MA (Ipswich/Hamilton area) and found horses to ride when I was young. I worked polo ponies and cleaned stalls to ride. I owned 4 horses over 10 years. I had an old-type Appy gelding, Felix, given to me, he was 18 and I lost him to colic a year later Then I had an off-the-track Standardbred gelding, Shaw, for a short time. Him and I didn't quite get along, so he went back to his former owner. Then I got 2 horses at once. A bay Morgan (?) gelding, Sam. A sweet horse and cute as can be. I also adopted a bay/dun BLM Mustang filly that I called Sijin. After a few years I gave Sam to another home and I had Sijin for 7 years until I lost her to colic back in the early 90s.

After that I rode other people's horses and didn't own my own. I worked at a small warmblood breeding farm in Hamilton. Worked with babies, lots of fun.

Then I moved out west to WY and found some horses to ride there.

I am now in school and don't have time to do horsey things. I have been involved in the model horse hobby since 1981 though. (I know it sounds strange, check out modelhorseblab.com if you are interested.....)

So now I ride bikes instead of horses. A few years ago I sold off all my tack (including a Crosby Prix de Nations saddle) and bought my Surly Pacer road bike, which I love.

I have a Novara Randonee touring bike I bought as a frame. It's a 13.5" frame, so small that it takes 26" wheels. I call it my Morgan Bike. It's very versatile. Right now it's set up as a towner with flat bars, rigid fork and XT drive train. It has braze ons for downtube shifts (it's a touring bike....). It can be set up as a road bike (650c) with drop bars. Or it can be set up as a mtn bike with a front shock. Or it can be set up as something in between.... I also can pull a Bob trailer with it. It's a "ride and drive" bike.