Real name: Victoria

Where do you live? In the flatlands in the middle of Canada.

Explanation of your handle: Someone once told me that the mud on my legs after a particularly soggy ride looked like inkspots. I thought it was cute. Combine that with my love of writing and antique pens...

Explanation of your avatar: I love owls.

Age (general or specific):31

Occupation: Graduate student in cognitive neuroscience

Favorite bike: 2010 Specialized Tricross Sport Triple

What's in your stable? As above, Trek Navigator 2.0 (paisley pattern - very girly), and a once-shiny-now-muddy-and-battered Raleigh mountain bike.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Have irrational (or perhaps completely rational) fear of cameras

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Something involving a plot to distract a madman with a plot to murder me and a mysteriously missing batch of cookies - I was 4 at the time...

Most memorable moment on my bike: Hmmm... Narrowed it down to two: 1)The first time I rode down Burnaby Mountain. I wasn't aware of just how steep a grade the descent was. I was enjoying the feel of the wind in my face, the light rain on my skin. That is until I went whizzing past a bus on the hill. I figured at that point that I was going too fast. I tried to ease on my brakes, hit a wet patch and skidded into the brush on the side of the road! The bus driver stopped and gave me a lift to the Skytrain station
2)The first time I rode my brother's BMX bike. I wad flying down a hill towards the highway when I realized that there were no hand-brakes on the bike I flew across 6 lanes of traffic (unscathed, somehow) before my brother caught up with me and told me that I needed to pedal backwards to stop.

Most fun ever had on a bike? This is going to sound stupid, but shopping for my latest bike at the LBS - those guys are a riot! It was two and a half hours of constant laughing as they pulled out every bike in the shop, tweaked, adjusted, and generally messed with me and the bikes! I had sore abs for the next three days, and it had nothing to do with my new riding position