Real name: Lorri Lee Lown

Where do you live? San Mateo, CA (just south of San Francisco)

Explanation of your handle: It's my company name -- Velo Girls

Age (general or specific) 40 -- but I say I'm 35 in my online dating profiles -- men don't understand that 40 year old women are sexy, savvy, and sassy!

Occupation: Cycling Coach (how lucky am I?)

Favorite bike: I can't play favorites because the others will get jealous

What's in your stable? Trek Madone 5.9 SL with Campy Record (white with pink & silver flames and wheels I built myself -- pink Chris King hubs laced with silver spokes and silver Velocity rims), Lemond Victoire (for sale, wanna buy it?), Felt S22 time trial bike with a Zipp disk, Luna Orbit custom cyclocross bike (pink and purple) currently built up as a single speed (more pink hubs), Ritchey Break-Away steel cyclocross frame (also for sale), Ritchey Break-Away titanium cyclocross bike (a prototype frame that I was lucky enough to get for nationals -- thank you, Ritchey), Litespeed Pisgah hardtail mountain bike (with pink and silver streamers), Rivendell Atlantis touring bike that I built up myself, and a really cool track bike that I need to sell because I don't ride it and it deserves to be loved a lot (built by Dale Sasso for Bobby Walthour). Oh, and a 1968 Murray tricycle (red ) that was my very first bike!

What bikes do you covet? I'm planning to build up a single speed mountain bike soon. I've got my eyes on the Bianchi P.U.S.S. just because it's pink. I also want to get a true single speed cyclocross bike to replace the Luna. Alas.....no more new bikes until I sell a few.....

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 56.2 on one of the California AIDS Rides -- descending from the Evil Twins. Luckily, I couldn't see the speed on my computer at the time or I probably would've freaked out. Anything over 45 usually makes that little voice in my head scream.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I don't like to be photographed.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I don't really lie (well, except for my age in my online dating profiles).

Most memorable moment on my bike: Dang! That's a tough one. Recently, it would be my three-week self-supported tour in upstate NY (where I grew up) to celebrate my 40th (I mean 35th) birthday. It was an important trip for me. I'd been off the bike for a good part of the year due to two surgeries, so I had six weeks to regain the fitness to do this trip. There's nothing as empowering as travelling by bike (a bike I built up all by myself), carrying all your gear, visiting places I'd lived, friends, my parents' graves. I met the most incredible people, had some wild adventures, and was able to relive (and relieve) some of my past. I plan to ride cross-country to celebrate my 45th (I mean 40th) in 2010.

Most fun ever had on a bike? That's another tough one. I think it would be the day I discovered The Shells -- a really cool dirt park (jumps) hidden right on the bay in Foster City. I rode around like a little kid, jumping, getting air, and being generally foolish.

Worst time ever on a bike Kinda sad, but this one's an easier answer. Getting hit by a car ranks high on this list. So does crashing at Nationals. But I think my all-time worst day was a date. It was a second date with this guy I didn't really like. I had the crazy idea that we should go on a tandem ride (he had a tandem and I'd never ridden one and was curious). I know some folks love to tandem, but it sure wasn't fun for me -- sitting on the back of a bike, feeling completely out of control, needing to trust someone I barely knew, and staring at his butt for hours. Sheesh! I'm sure that statement right there will tell you all more about me than anything else I've written.