Getting to Know You!

[rustygrass]

Real name: Michelle

Where do you live? Connecticut

Explanation of your handle: Mmm. Complicated. It tangentially involves my two favorite colors (orange and green), the color of my first "real" road bike, and my enviro roots.

Age (general or specific): 28

Occupation: Policy analyst for a regional environmental non-profit

Favorite bike: Oh, how can I choose?

What's in your stable? Of course they all have names:

Mango: 1999 orange LeMond Alpe d'huez roadie with Campy: my "city" bike
Ramona Quimby: 2004 Cannondale T2000 touring bike, my daily ride now that it's winter in the northeast
Tomato: 2000 (?) (CAAD 4?) red Team Cannondale Campy Record roadie: my nice weather bike

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Hmm. Not sure. I caught some speed on some of the Queen Anne hills when I lived in Seattle...40+ something?

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Hmm. Incriminate myself, why?!

Most memorable moment on my bike: Most recently, the finish line of the 108 mile NYC century in September. It was a long ride, which is not a big deal, but it was the longest last "20 miles" of my life, with all the starts and stops of the city bike riding. Overall, it was an amazing day.

(Or was it when I was still trying to like mountain biking, and it was failing, and I was crying and I tried to throw my old POS Cannondale MTB off the side of a cliff on a trail in SW Washington state?)

Most fun ever had on a bike? My first century, the NYC Century, of course! Though I very much enjoyed riding in Portland, OR a few summers ago and being spoiled by Breakfast on the Bridge on my commute into work (organic fair-trade coffee, organic berries on homemade organic pancakes...mmm)

[CorsairMac]

Welcome to the board Rusty! Ramona Quimby?? Dare I ask where or what that came from?? your story about trying to take up mtb'ng had me smiling - I tried it this summer too. I haven't given up on it yet but I'm just too much of a roadie at heart - I kept thinking this mtb'ng was really hard work for not going anywhere! LOL