Real name: Karri Kurtzweil

Where do you live? Austin, Texas

Explanation of your handle: I have only lived in Austin for sixteen months and I really do love it here!

Explanation of your avatar: My son found it for me (hope he didn't steal it from anyone all ya'll know!) anyway, I love clouds and blue is my favorite color and perhaps one day I will look as good as the girl on the bike!

Age (general or specific) 43

Occupation: I have been a stay-at-home Mom for the past twenty years.

Favorite bike: The jury is still out, but wish I could say it was my camena!


What's in your stable? My newest bike is a Merlin Camena. She replaced my first road bike (a beautiful yellow Giant TCR) and was supposed to make me faster but she only slowed me down.... I also have a very old Diamond Back with mountain bike tires.

Fastest speed on a road bike? Not sure, but it was slightly over 50 mph. where? The big hill on the Dam Loop (somewhere on 2222) in Austin. when? Spring of 2005.


What is the biggest lie you've ever told: No, I really don't miss hiking Camelback Mountain in Phoenix with my husband and friends.


Most memorable moment on my bike: I think it was the first time I went flying down that Dam Loop hill! Thank goodness someone prepared me a block in advance that it was ahead and how to handle such a steep descent.


Most fun ever had on a bike? Gosh, this is a hard one! I think I would have to say that it would be the time my husband I rented a tandem bike in Monterey, California and rode to Carmel. We weren't regular bikers and had never ridden tandem, but it was sooooooo much fun and we felt very proud to have ridden that route!

A little more about myself.....I have been married for 21 years and have lived in North Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, Singapore, Colorado (again), California, Arizona, and finally Texas! I spend way too much time exercising, but it keeps me sane. I also enjoy Kundalini yoga, swimming, running (oops, that was the new latest lie....I hate running and swimming but am working on loving it) and hiking. Hiking in Arizona...especially Camelback, Squaw Peak, and the Grand Canyon! Oh, and I also hang at the gym doing weights, the eliptical machine and the stairmaster.