Getting to Know You!

[Cali Sunshine]

Here it is ladies! Got this off another bike forum and had great fun! Just copy and paste then change to fit you!



Real name: Just call me Cali

Where do you live? South Bay, California (El Segundo, CA.)

Explanation of your handle: Self explanatory

Explanation of your avatar: don't have one

Age (general or specific): mid 20's

Occupation: student, part time worker.

Favorite bike: don't have one, but right now i'm on an iron horse azure 2005

What's in your stable? iron horse azure 2005

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? don't know, but i'm assumming 35-45 mph going downhill somewhere in el segunda. recently.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? no.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: probably something as a kid or a young teenager

Most memorable moment on my bike: anytime i ride along the beach during sunset.

Most fun ever had on a bike? probably on a bmx with some friends (all guy friends)... as a teen i always liked riding with the guys because they were more adventurous.. wasn't into that prissy girly stuff. i guess i was a tomboy. we rode bikes through balboa park and i recall going we rode down this huge pile of dirt down an embankment and did all kinds of crazy stuff.

[Offthegrid]

Real name: Susie

Where do you live? Allentown, Pennsylvania

Explanation of your handle: It's a play on words of leaving my last job and getting my current job.

Explanation of your avatar: That is me at a Danskin triathlon.

Age: 27

Occupation: Editor

Favorite bike: Bianchi

What's in your stable? Litespeed Capella

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 47, going down a steep hill in central Pennsylvania. That's when I began braking. In hindsight, not so smart, but it sure was fun.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Blowing by all the fast swimmers at my Danskin triathlon. I placed nearly last in my age group for the swim and run, but was in the top 100 on the bike. (My age group had about 450 people.)

Most fun ever had on a bike? An MS ride I did in 2004. It was my first big organized ride, and there was so much comraderie and food.

[JLZimrmn]

Real name: Jennifer

Where do you live? Little Rock, AR

Explanation of your handle: It's short for my first and last name. I use it for everything

Explanation of your avatar: Don't have one yet

Age: 25

Occupation: Insurance Underwriter

Favorite bike: I'm new to cycling so I don't know what my favorite bike would be yet. I hope to figure out next year when I buy a new one

What's in your stable? 2005 Fuji League. I got it as a beginner bike off of ebay.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Probably high twenties. Can't remember where or when.

Most memorable moment on my bike: I have had lot's of memorable moments the past month dealing with these darn clippless pedals

[solveig]

Real name: Solveig
Where do you live? Postville, IA - far northeast corner, where it's not flat

Explanation of your handle: There really aren't nicknames that flow readily from my name...and the only other codelike words I could come up with would grant everyone access to all my credit card accounts...so had to go with just the first name.

Explanation of your avatar: maybe coming this winter! who knows!

Age (general or specific) 27, almost 28

Occupation: Vegetable Farmer

Favorite bike: my Kestrel Talon

What's in your stable? Kestrel Talon, recently-resurrected GT Outpost Trail for gravel riding and around the farm

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? about 35 mph, down a big hill around Elgin, IA this past July

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Again, maybe this winter I'll figure out how to upload photos.

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

Most memorable moment on my bike: Oooh...Finishing my last of a series of 3 weekly time trials. I felt great, was well rested and fueled, and actually PASSED someone in the final 1/2 mile before the finish. Totally all-out effort, with that intoxicating feeling of overtaking another rider. Won a pair of socks for that effort.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Any one of the long rides my partner and I take on summer/fall weekends. Clear sky, sunshine, my honey, and the Iowa hills.

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[chickwhorips]

Occupation: Vegetable Farmer

my new best friend!

welcome to the board!

[margo49]

Occupation: Vegetable Farmer
Iowa hills.
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Mine too!
Do you grow parsnips. It is the only one I can't find here.

[solveig]

Thanks for the welcomes! We grow lots of stuff but have not grown parsnips the last couple of years, just because we had to prioritize. But I love them and am hoping to grow them next year.

For today, we're ditching the farm in favor of a ride over by Madison - one of the last warm days of the year, I think - and a visit to the bike shop.

[Maureen Valley]

Real name: Maureen
Where do you live? Eustis, Florida...middle of the state, about 45 miles north of Orlando

Age (general or specific) 63 and counting.

Occupation: Retired from Northwest Airlines

Favorite bike: Probably my next bike...hopefully a Trek WSD 'something'.

What's in your stable? Trek Hybrid MultiTrac 7000 and two older Treks that are all rusted from riding on the beaches.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Years ago...we biked from Northfiled, Mn. to Red Wing, Mn. on junk bikes...over hill and dale without biking shorts or helmets. Ya, I know....duh. But what a blast....45 or 50 miles! It's called Young and Dumb.




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[IFjane]

Real name: Jane
Where do you live? Madison County, VA

Explanation of your handle: It's my bike - Independent Fabricators

Explanation of your avatar: I still don't understand how to put one on.

Age (general or specific) 53

Occupation: Child Development Supervisor

Favorite bike: My IF Ti Crown Jewel, made just for me!

What's in your stable? Now, only my IF bike. I used to have a Lemond & a Specialized RockHopper.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 47+ mph, descending Freemont Pass near Copper Mountain, CO. at the end of the Leadville Loop - 85 miles of misery! July 2005 on my old bike

Another picture of yourself or your ride? See photo below - I'm on the left, son Lee is on the right

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Hmmm....good question!

Most memorable moment on my bike: About 6 years ago on my mountain bike when I was caught in a wicked thunderstorm. I was on the face of a mountain near Keystone, CO without a shelter in sight. We now call that ride "The Lightening Ride".

Most fun ever had on a bike? Every ride is fun - but I would guess the feeling I had when I finished my first century. I never thought I could ride that far!

[IFjane]

ok, NOW I understand how to create an avatar. yay! It's my license plate - if you see me on the road, honk!

[jeannierides]

Jane! Great to *see* you on the TE boards! I have the Share the Road license plate too!

[lph]

Finally got around to introducing myself! Apologies if anyone is uncomfortable by unintroduced lurkers like me, just lack of time.

Real name: Laila (pronounced Lie-lah)
Where do you live? Oslo, Norway

Explanation of your handle: Boring, boring, just my initials and used for everything at work. The P stands for my mothers maiden name Perine, originally "Perrin" and French Huguenot. Her family is American but she moved to Norway to study when she was 18 and stayed.

Explanation of your avatar: my beloved red Trek 6000, now 8 years old and getting a little cranky.

Age (general or specific) 37

Occupation: I work with hydropower

Favorite bike: um, don't really know much about models

What's in your stable? just said beloved red Trek, soon to be joined by a hybrid, probably another trek

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Not a road bike though I use it on roads. Just bought a speedometer recently, and it shows max speed 59,2 kph.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Lessee if I can paste this in, cropped from a photo from this summer.



What is the biggest lie you've ever told: "No it's ok, I don't mind."
I am an appallingly *good* liar...

Most memorable moment on my bike: Hm, I mostly commute, which is exciting and fun and sometimes terrifying, but not really memorable that way.

Most fun ever had on a bike? See last answer... wheeling blithely past cars stuck in snowdrifts because the bike path got plowed first is a lot of fun...

PS. Another one, long story short: my bf is a tad taller than me, very slender and a natural athlete, needs hardly any exercise at all to stay fit. I'm the opposite, heavy boned and need a lot of regular exercise. So last Sunday we biked down to town to go to a climbing gym, and I first dropped him on the bike, second climbed rings around him, and then dropped him going home... I was pretty pleased ;-) The past few months have paid off.

[IFjane]

Hey Jeannie! Great to see you, too - thanks for recommending this site. I see lots of hours ahead browsing and chatting.

And why are you online and not out on the bike on a beautiful day like today?

[jeannierides]

Haha, Jane... original problem with riding alone... I am, however, heading for the local park w/running shoes and camera. The leaves are beautiful this year in Virginia, don't you think?!

<<apologies to everyone for hijacking the thread, Jane and I met on the - dare I say it? - Terry site>>

[mimitabby]

Finally got around to introducing myself! Apologies if anyone is uncomfortable by unintroduced lurkers like me, just lack of time.

Real name: Laila (pronounced Lie-lah)
Where do you live? Oslo, Norway

Most fun ever had on a bike? See last answer... wheeling blithely past cars stuck in snowdrifts because the bike path got plowed first is a lot of fun...

PS. Another one, long story short: my bf is a tad taller than me, very slender and a natural athlete, needs hardly any exercise at all to stay fit. I'm the opposite, heavy boned and need a lot of regular exercise. So last Sunday we biked down to town to go to a climbing gym, and I first dropped him on the bike, second climbed rings around him, and then dropped him going home... I was pretty pleased ;-) The past few months have paid off.

Hey Laila
glad to "meet" you!!