Getting to Know You!

[stella*]

real name: Tracy

where do I live? pay a mortgage in Providence, RI; live 3 days a wk in Belchertown, Mass.

what I do: am changin career, I am in law school--2L. Prior to this: was a therapist.

explanation of username: my Poppy's nickname for me when I was a little girl, it means "star" in italian. He came to the U.S in the early 1900's. He was a huge fan of Gino Bartali and the Giro d'Italia, and he was a major influence on me. A great man.

Fave bike: I have two: my colnago classic and kona cindercone

in my stable: the colnago; the kona (now converted to singlespeed, use on technical terrain); a 1960 Dunelt English 3 speed; my beater: an old batavus 10 speed.

fastest speed on road bike: 49.9 mph, going down a mountain road in NH. was afraid to go 50, so I feathered the brakes. This was too fast!

my biggest lie: "I'm straight." came out 20 years ago and don't have to lie anymore.

age: now the big 4-0!

most fun on a bike: wow, too many to count! I'd say the most fun I had was last year when my daughter learned how to ride and we rode to the local ice cream palor. She beat me in a little race--the smile on her face was priceless! Then, she went on a dirt path next to the bike path--took a spill and said: "Mom, that was fun!" She may end up off-road with me yet!

picture; let me see if I can download. It did! this was taken after riding a century. changed into my fave shorts and beat up old loafers.

MY WORD, that picture is big! I am not sure how to make it smaller--sorry!