Story behind your posting name?

[Trek420]

I'm not named for drugs, really! This was not my first bike but my first "serious road bike", a '97 Trek 420, green to purple fade paint job. Previous bikes were a Raleigh 3 speed, then a Gitane, then a Mercien ... I'd gotten it a year or so before joining here. It was lifted from inside my home shortly after joining I hate bike theives! So if you see it out there hold the crook down while you PM me.

Too bad it's a 50 cm and a good thing I'm broke because here's my namesake even in the right colors.

http://cgi.ebay.com/TREK-420-FAST-TR...#ht_548wt_1156

[OakLeaf]

The good news is that if it's the wrong size, it's not your bike.

[Crankin]

I thought I had responded to this thread, but my story is so boring, I guess I didn't.
I originally was using my real name on TE, until 2-3 years ago, someone I used to work with 20+ years ago found me by searching my name and it came up on a TE thread. This isn't really awful, in light of Facebook, etc., but I decided to change to a screen name. I really couldn't think of anything original I liked that hadn't been taken. My IM screen name is Crankin + my first name (which I chose because I couldn't think of anything and Crankin + DH's first name is his IM screen name), so I dropped the first name part from Crankin. I guess it would i.d. me as a cyclist, even though I am not particularly "crankin," in terms of speed.

[Trek420]

The good news is that if it's the wrong size, it's not your bike.

That's true.