Getting to Know You!

[kenyonchris]

Real name: Christina
Where do you live? Argyle, Texas

Explanation of your handle: It is the username I always use. I can remember it. It WAS my last name (Kenyon) before I remarried.

Age (general or specific) Just turned 38

Occupation: Police Officer/ Professional horse trainer

Favorite bike: mine!

What's in your stable? Specialized Ruby Expert/ Trek 1600 (which I may sell)/ Specialized Rockhopper

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 35...going down a hill in the city where I work...

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Oh wow. I don't have one.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I am a police officer! I don't lie! uh...well, I might fudge on how much something costs...

Most memorable moment on my bike: Riding in my first rally after I got back on the bike after a stroke.

Most fun ever had on a bike? what isn't fun?

[myarider]

Real name: Mya
Where do you live? Blenheim, Ontario

Explanation of your handle: I thought it sounded catchy

Explanation of your avatar: when I find one that suits me, I'll add it

Age (general or specific) 42

Occupation: Landscaper and mom to 3 great kids

Favorite bike: I am currently trying to decide between a Specialized Expert or Comp

What's in your stable? Trek Hybrid

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? I'll let you know once I buy my road bike with accessories and I'm actually able to read my speed. I mostly ride flat gravel roads with my Trek, so my speed isn't worth measuring.


What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I was honest with my husband when I told him the prices of the road bikes I'm considering, but I neglected to mentioned the accessories I'll need with it (is that a lie?)

Most memorable moment on my bike: In June this year, I visited friends in the Netherlands - they rented a bike for me, and we took a 2 day tour of small villages, city, and alongside the dikes. Incredible!! Since I got home, I've been biking the dutch way - packing my stuff onto my bike, and riding my bike into town (I live on a farm in the country - about 4 miles out). I ride this way to the gym 3 days a week. What an inspiration that tour in Holland was!

[crazycanuck]

you learn something everyday..

I didn't know there were two Blenheim's in the world..

Howdy!

[ASammy1]

Real name: Andrea
Where do you live? Virginia Beach

Explanation of your handle: It's a play on my name.

Explanation of your avatar: avatar??....you mean I could have an avatar??

Age (general or specific) 30 in 2 weeks!

Occupation: Manager

Favorite bike: Mine!!!

What's in your stable? soon to add my LeMond Tourmalet WSD, and my cheapo comfort/hybrid from Target. BFs bike too

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? have no idea

Another picture of yourself or your ride? No pics yet! I just put the deposit down yesterday!

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I have no idea...

Most memorable moment on my bike: Test riding the Tourmalet. It was like going from a beater to a Vette!!!

Most fun ever had on a bike? Putting my puppy in his basket and witnessing him experience the world!

[DebTX]

Real name: Debra
Where do you live? Austin, TX

Explanation of your handle: I'm over 40, gotta keep it simple

Age (general or specific) 48 is less than a month away

Occupation: Nurse Executive and Writer

Favorite bike: My new Scott Contessa CR1 Pro

What's in your stable? The Jamis hybrid I learned to ride on last year (now permanently attached to my indoor trainer,) and my new Scott Road Bike

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? Mid 30s, down any hill in Austin (they're everywhere!)

Another picture of yourself or your ride?

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: "Yes, honey, it was good for me too."

Most memorable moment on my bike: Finishing the LiveSTRONG challenge ride last year, 3 months after I learned to ride a bike. I cried crossing the finish line - and I mean really cried!

Most fun ever had on a bike? what isn't fun? Most fun? Hmmm...still learning so it still feels like work most of the time. What isn't fun? Chip and seal (?) road surfaces!

[GraysonKelly]

Real name: Kelly
Where do you live? Morgantown, WV

Explanation of your handle: I write online fiction as a hobby, this is my pseudonym...I just liked the name.

Age (general or specific) 30

Occupation: Nursing assistant and exercise physiologist

Favorite bike: I love mine, but I'm half way in love with the Surly Long Haul Trucker and the Cross Check

What's in your stable? Giant Rincon, bright red named Captain, Cappy for short.
Fastest speed on a road bike? where? Don't have a road bike yet, but I hit 28.7 on my mountain bike going down the rail trail from Masontown.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Don't have one yet, but I'm hoping to soon.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I'll plead the fifth on that one. I don't lie as a rule, but I've told a few over the years.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Good or bad? Good: The first time I rode 40 miles (20 miles up and 20 down thank goodness) Bad: Getting hit by a car and following trip to the hospital.
Most fun ever had on a bike? Jumped bike and all into the river after a very long ride. A little reckless but it felt great and I got some air too.

[luvmypwds]

Real name: Macy
Where do you live? Toronto, Canada

Explanation of your handle: I love my two Portuguese Water Dogs

Age (general or specific) mid-30s

Occupation: Dual career - finance (investment management) and also own my own photographer business (portraiture)

Favorite bike: I love my Pashley Princess Sovereign in emerald green - such a beautiful, classic bicycle!

What's in your stable? Pashley Princess Sovereign (for riding with my kids and small errands), Rivendell A. Homer Hilsen, Trek Madone 5.2 WSD but with Dura-Ace gruppo upgrade

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? I don't have one of those computer-thing-a-ma-jigs so I don't know.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I make photographs of others but am rarely in front of a camera myself...

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I don't ever lie .

Most memorable moment on my bike: Good or bad? Good: 8 days of riding in Provence (with Backroads), doing between 60-80 miles a day Bad: 8 days of riding in Provence doing between 60-80 miles a day.
Most fun ever had on a bike? Any of my rides out with my two (little) boys!

[Fujichants]

Real name: Chantalle

Where do you live?: Los Angeles, CA

Explanation of your handle: Fujichants - Fuji after my first road bike, a Fuji Finest 2.0, and Chants is what my friends call me because they think Chantalle is too long of a name

Explanation of your avatar: Me riding my new bike!

Age (general or specific): 24

Occupation: Currently unemployed

Favorite bike: Right now, my Trek Madone 5.1

What's in your stable?: Fuji Finest 2.0, Trek Madone 5.1, BF's 2007 Mongoose road bike, and his dad's hand-me-down from back in the day when his dad used to race. I don't even know what brand it is.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when?: Um....probably going around 30ish down some hills in Santa Barbara a few weeks ago.

Another picture of yourself or your ride?: Just look at my avatar, my blog, or some of the threads I have started.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Can't remember

Most memorable moment on my bike: Every time I ride

Most fun ever had on a bike?: Every time I ride

[luvmypwds]

What's in your stable? Pashley Princess Sovereign (for riding with my kids and small errands), Rivendell A. Homer Hilsen, Trek Madone 5.2 WSD but with Dura-Ace gruppo upgrade

Hmmm...no edit function so I'll have to re-type. My Madone will have the Ultegra SL after all as the Dura-Ace 7900 gruppo won't be available until March of 2009! I almost just went with the 6.9 WSD but that bike won't be in until March 23, 2009 (yeah, the Trek store was quite specific on the date, lol). I want to ride this Fall, so I'm going with the 5.2 WSD. I am so excited...picking up the bike tomorrow morning!

[andtckrtoo]

Figured it's time I did this:

Real name: Chris (Christine)

Where do you live?: San Jose, CA

Explanation of your handle: Tucker was the name of my first Aussie. We did search and rescue together. I needed an email address for the onslaught of email I would be expecting about search, and as it involved Tucker, too, I settled on "Andtckrtoo - or And Tucker Too. I lost my buddy in March of 2007, one week before his fifth birthday. I was devastated, so I keep the name in memory of the best darned dog there ever was. Jimmy, the guy in my avatar, is a close second, but I doubt any dog will every fully match Tucker. His kind only come around once in a life time.

Explanation of your avatar: My furbaby Jimmy

Age (general or specific): 44

Occupation: Software sales

Favorite bike: My Cannondale CAAD 9

What's in your stable?: Cannondale CAAD 9 R5, Trek 8000 MTB, Trek 7000 MTB, retired Klein Stage.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when?: My descent down Hwy 9 last week. I hit 40 mph. (Then freaked and hit the brakes )

Another picture of yourself or your ride?: I'll see if I can dig some up

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: When my DH confronted me about my ever growing exercise video collection, "Oh honey, they've always been there. You just never noticed." He bought it for a while... :P

Most memorable moment on my bike: Completing my first century. I had met this group of older gentlemen who rode with me the entire ride and cheered me on to my first 100 mile finish.

Most fun ever had on a bike?: A fall day in Cloudcroft, New Mexico riding a long mountain bike trail through the turning Aspens, with a group of friends. Weather was perfect, company was perfect and the ride was all day.

[mayanorange]

Last one on the boat....

Real name: Gwenn

Where do you live?: Wellesley, MA

Explanation of your handle: Ask me if I'm an orange! (inside joke)

Explanation of your avatar: Cassie the Wunderhund

Age (general or specific): 29

Occupation: Research Coordinator- Biomechanics, Exercise Physiology, Medical Devices. Also sales at Magic Beans for fun and occasional seamstressing.

Favorite bike: My current zoom zoom or my first green steel bike with banana seat.

What's in your stable?: Jamis Ventura Sport

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when?: 32 down various hills around our house

Another picture of yourself or your ride?: coming soon to a theatre near you

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Um, I try not to, but probably the worst were when I broke something when I was little and didn't want to admit it.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Probably the 40miles down and back the Danube in Germany in high school.

Most fun ever had on a bike?: The day about 5 years ago I climbed a really big foothill in CA and came careening down the other side- probably at 30mph and with no suspension. More to come I'm sure.

[ms pepperpot]

Well I've been lurking for a while so time to introduce myself

Real name: Sophie

Where do you live: London (UK)

Explanation of your handle: did you read the Mrs Pepperpot books when a child - based on that (I'm quite small btw)

Explanation of your avatar: don't have one

Age (general or specific): 31

Occupation: lawyer

Favorite bike: I'm looking for it right now

What's in your stable?: at present nothing - I had an old schwinn but it was stolen yesterday

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when?: non idea

Another picture of yourself or your ride?: don't have any pictures yet

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: not sure

Most memorable moment on my bike: probably cycling round the cook islands many years ago

Most fun ever had on a bike?: I'm hoping there will be much more fun in the future, but so far cycling through the Gower peninsula a couple of months ago was great. I also love just cycling home from the centre of london late at night when there's hardly any traffic and I feel really free.

anyway, that's me. i'm sure i'll be back soon to ask lots of questions about what bike to buy now.

[vinbek]

Real name: Rebecca (Bekki)
Where do you live? San Ramon, California
Explanation of your handle: First three initials of my name and my husbands - when you get this age, you have to keep it simple!!!
Explanation of your avatar: You mean the rear end of three horses???

Age (general or specific) 54 on April 29, 1954

Occupation: Part Time Elementary School Librarian

Favorite bike: All time favoriate was a Vitus, I have 3 different Cannondales now.

What's in your stable? We have 5 road bikes, one track bike, 4 mountain bikes, 2 bmx bikes and the (500 pound) Schwinn that my husband rode across country from New York to California in 1976 in cut off jeans, no shirt and no helmet.....

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 51mph on a steep straight road in Western North Carolina
Another picture of yourself or your ride? I don't have very many pixs of myself - I hate having my pix taken. In my house, I take all the still photos and my husband takes the videos.


What is the biggest lie you've ever told: "That's ok"

Most memorable moment on my bike: Riding with the Piedmont Flyers in Winston-Salem, NC. They maintained the best revolving pace line I have ever been in. Close second, was finishing the Assault on Mt. Mitchell.

Most fun ever had on a bike? I love riding the trails of Mt. Diablo with my husband and two kids. They are monsters when it comes to down hills. They have no fear!

[KaceyDC]

I read Team Estrogen daily, but have only posted a couple of times.

Real name: Keanne (Key-Anne)

Where do you live? Washington, DC

Explanation of your handle: The pronunciation of my first 2 initials and where I am

Explanation of your avatar: My favorite sound at the end of a race.

Age (general or specific) 31

Occupation: Grad Student

Favorite bike: My current one: 1984 Specialized Sirrus

What's in your stable? 1984 Specialized Sirrus road bike (7sp) and 1995 Cannondale H300 Hybrid

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 36 mph in Columbia, MD during IronGirl practice ride

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Faceless wonder

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: "That doesn't bother me at all."

Most memorable moment on my bike: Nearly falling on my first ride with clipless pedals

Most fun ever had on a bike? SheRox Triathlon 2008 - a lot of fun

[HillSlugger]

Welcome Kacey. I also do triathlon. Please come by the Mid-Atlantic area of the Place we Ride forum.