Getting to Know You!

[BigRingB*tch]

Real name: Danielle
Where do you live? Tucson, Arizona

Explaination of Handle? My mom is also a cyclist,she finds her comfty zone in cycling in the small ring. One day the going got tough and we had a few miles to go until we got home bound. My mom was ready to throw in the towel and quit. I shifted to the big ring and told her to stop her whining, get on my wheel and ride. As we proceeded pedaling, in the background I heard her yell out "You big ring *****!" My mom and I are good like that, we can joke around. Well, it's one that has stuck!
Explanation of your avatar: avatar??....you mean I could have an avatar??

Age currently 34, 35 July 27th

Occupation: Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach

Favorite bike: Calnago C40

What's in your stable? Calnago C40 & a Gary Fisher, Sugar III

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 40, riding road, down Mt. Lemmon.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Riding my bike with my mom and dad up Gates Pass, in my altered wedding dress (with white cycling shorts underneath) to get married. My husband on his bike, lead the wedding party that opted to cycle to the ceremony site. Unforgetable

Most memorable ride: "The shootout" in Tucson, Arizona and making it all the way around! It's a fast, hard ride that alot of pros come out to. They jokingly call it "the world championships". It's a rush!

[LL_Super_D]

Triskelion - sorry to hear about the pocket rocket ! What a bummer...

BigRing - loved the most memorable bike moment. I think that's the most unique wedding I've heard of yet!

[BigRingB*tch]

Triskelion - sorry to hear about the pocket rocket ! What a bummer...

BigRing - loved the most memorable bike moment. I think that's the most unique wedding I've heard of yet!

Hello and thanks LL Super D! Look forward to chatting with ya !

[GreyJ.J.]

CMac-I sold the Elvish to my husband's nephew long ago when I wasn't biking so we'd have more room in the garage as it was to big for me..always regretted not keeping it..after all I did just fine with it when I rode it!

[CorsairMac]

Welcome to the board everyone!

Trisk: Wow what adventures you've had! Sorry to hear about your Pocket Rocket tho! If you haven't met Denise Goldberg yet - you should. She's a big touring person also!

BRB: so you got pixs of your wedding day?? I would Love to see the altered wedding dress! And I loved the story behind your ID! Sounds like you have a cyling family! How fun!

[BigRingB*tch]

Hello CorsaiMac,
Yes, I do have some pics I would like to share. One problem...I am not very computer savvy. I will have to wait for my hubby to get home to help download them. I'll try to schmooze him and see if he will do it tonight.

I have to say that I am very lucky. My mom, dad and husband all compete in cycling. I trained my mom last year and she took second in nationals! I really do cherish this moment in time. Life is good!

[Lise]

I hadn't been by this board for awhile, and whew! There's a small village of new people! Welcome, all!

Cinderly--I have cousins that look nearly Asian , petite, with straight, dark hair, and almond-shaped eyes. Myself, I'm as tall, blonde & blue eyed as they come, and yet...some kids in jr. high called me "Chink". One summer we were at a family reunion in Nova Scotia, where the revered ancestor landed when he left Scotland back in the late 1700s. I showed one of the cousins a picture of a MicMac child in a tourist magazine. The kid's eyes looked just like my cousins'. We got all excited and went to the aunts and uncles, and said, "Look! This is why Laurie and Jeff and Megan and Heather (etc) look like they do! We must have some MicMac in the family!"

No.

We were assured by the next generation up that there were not any Indians in our family. Reeeealllly? Have you looked at your kids lately? Well, we of the cousins generation know the truth! Someone told me recently that being Scottish/Indian would make us McMicMac! By the time that blood got to me, it was well mixed with German, Swedish, Danish, and Welsh.