Getting to Know You!

[Lauralyn]

Real name: Laurie

Where do you live? Quaker Hill, CT

Explanation of your handle: easy to remember

Explanation of your avatar: n/a
Age (general or specific) 45

Occupation: Project Manager

Favorite bike: my Felt

What's in your stable? My Felt Z85 and my 28 years young TB horse

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 28, downhill

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I don't have any available

Most memorable moment on my bike: Riding this past New Years Day!

Most fun I've ever had on my bike: The first ride on my Felt and feeling the freedom like it used to feel when I rode my horse cross country. I have not been bike riding very long.

[RadicalEdward]

Real name: Lee

Where do you live? Canberra, Australia

Explanation of your handle: A character in an anime called Cowboy Bebop -we share a rather glaring physical characteristic (Red Hair) its an old handle that I've had for years, it was the default option

Explanation of your avatar: See above - the image is from an advertisement of the series which shows Ed

Age: 23rd June

Occupation: IT Training ad Development Coordinator

Favorite bike: I have NO IDEA... uhm, mine? Rode a couple before buying this one - but was quite budget restricted, and fell in love with the comfort and the colour

What's in your stable? Felt ZW25 and a refurbished 'antique' Repco 10 speed

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? no idea, it all feels fast

Another picture of yourself or your ride?


Most memorable moment on my bike: This seasons first frost (-1 Celsius morning) which happens to have been last Thursday

Most fun ever had on a bike?: Every day is a new level of fun
~Have just become a 3wk old "serious" cyclist, but I am oh so hooked
And just in case clarification is needed, I mean that I now own a serious bike, and not that I am now a serious person, because really... I'm not
All frivolity and juvenile happiness here
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[Slk41]

Real name: Sheri
Where do you live? Dover, PA

Explanation of your handle: A long, long time ago that was the suggested email address based on my initials and it has just stuck with me throughout just about every forum I've been a part of!

Explanation of your avatar: My sis and me at her first 5k last Thanksgiving, supporting my niece through the Girls on the Run program. It was a great memory.

Age (general or specific) last year in the 30's but I'm okay with that.

Occupation: Child Care Provider

Favorite bike: Specialized anything pretty much. My husband jokes that I should go work at our LBS because they specialize in Specialized, lol and that is always what I'm drawn to!

What's in your stable? Just my bikes??? Okay, Jamis Durango, Trek 7100, Specialized Dolce. We actually moved a few years ago because we no longer had room for bikes. How sad is that? Hubby has 4 or 5 plus our son's bikes.

Fastest speed on a road bike? I don't want to know yet. I'm still a newbie here!

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I have some around, but first I'll have to find out which file they're in on the computer. That could take some time!!

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I typically don't lie so ?

Most memorable moment on my bike: Yesterday just ENJOYING my first ride on my new road bike. That was unimaginable to me before because I was always so scared when I got out on the road on any of my other bikes. Instead, I felt like I was just gliding along. I loved it!

Most fun ever had on a bike? Last year, dh and I took our bikes to a bike path out in Western MD that's paved for 25 miles or so....we went on a weekday and had the whole path to ourselves mostly. We stopped for lunch, enjoyed the scenery and had a great time.
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[Dr.Doo]

Real name: Scooby...for real, that's what most folks have called me for over 20yrs

Where do you live? Blackpool, Lancashire, UK

Explanation of your handle: I'm Scooby, I like to play doctors and nurses

Explanation of your avatar: She's my bike

Age (general or specific) 47...jeepers! when did I get so old?

Occupation: Student...old slacker!

Your favourite bike: My only rideable one

Favorite bike: Roger Haydock built 19.5 tourer - she's called Lady Haydock...do other folks name their bikes?

What's in your stable? Lady H, 1960's Moulton Deluxe and a Moulton mini which are both restoration projects from someone who's 'handy' and that ain't me.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Not a clue

Another picture of yourself or your ride?


What's the biggest lie you've ever told?: That is was <This> big!

Most memorable moment on my bike:An almighty crash on a Cresswell Rapide prototype recumbent. I still bear the scars of ending upside down in a ditch of thorny brambles.

Most fun I've ever had on my bike: Far too many times to count.

[MuddyTrails]

Real name: Isabel (But my friends call me Isa)

Where do you live?: just outside Granada, Spain

Explanation of your handle: The kind of trails I like to ride!

Explanation of your avatar: Don't have one yet

Age (general or specific): I'm a '69 baby

Occupation: Independent Scholar (yes, I left academia voluntarily); Law School Student (And I returned to academia voluntarily); Small-business Owner (to finance all that "volunteering")

Favorite bike: Whichever one I'm riding.

What's in your stable?: Automatic watering hole, horse feed, hay, muck bucket, alas, no horse, 'cause the stupid City Hall has denied the permit... But I AM fighting City Hall ...

In my garage I have: 1998 Trek 950 MTB; 2005 BH-A85K (Carbon Stays) MTB; 2007 BH-650 (Carbon fork and stays) Roadie.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 65 KPH (~40MPH) descending from one of the smaller mountains in my area.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I hate having my picture taken.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Yes, mom, of course I like boys...

Most memorable moment on my bike: Finishing the Ronda 101 km MTB race (in Ronda, Malaga), I still can't believe I made it up the "tajo" in Ronda. After going 99 km through the local sierra, the last 1.5 km are an ascent folks here call "La Cuesta del Cachondeo" (Loosely translated: the "Yagottabekidding me ramp"), in less than 2 km you climb almost 200 meters up what looks like a vertical wall...

Most fun ever had on a bike?: When I was living in Santa Cruz, CA (ca. 1998) a friend lent me her Trek 830. I was wearing, I kid you not, white sneakers, white socks, white shorts, white t-shirt. I rode all over Wilder Ranch, up to Empire Grade, across the UCSC campus and down the other side and back to town. When I came home, I had mud inside my ears and a grin the size of Texas. The next day I bought the 950!
The clothes I had to soak for a week to get the mud out

Least fun in a ride: Almost three years ago I had a monumental crash on a trail in the Sierra. I cracked the head of the shoulder bone, and they spent two hours picking little stones outta my leg and butt in the ER. This was a month before I opened my business, so rehab was delayed (by me), and it has taken me two years to recover full mobility and strength. In the meantime, 20 Kg. have found their way onto my hips and belly (don't know how). But I am now fully recovered, going to the gym for core and spinning exercises, and the roadie is on the trainer. And I'm doing Ronda next May if it kills me I'll keep y'all posted.