FixedGear- I either get some heckling or cheers in my A&M kit. Cedar Park has a lot of Aggies, so it is usually welcome up north.
Pikato- I have two miniature schnauzers- Heidi and Maggie. They are such great dogs.
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Real name: Paige
Where do you live? Corpus Christi, Texas
Explanation of your handle: When I'm being annoying, my boyfriend calls me PIKA=Pain In Kirk's A**, so PIKA + part of my last name= PIKATO
Explanation of your avatar: It's a pic of my bike
Age (general or specific): 24
Occupation: Retail Sales & Marketing Coordinator
Favorite bike: Just bought my first bike, so I'll go with it for now GIANT OCR-3
What's in your stable? My younger brother & 2 mini-schnauzers
Fastest speed on a road bike? Where? When? To Be Determined Later
Most memorable moment on my bike: To Be Determined Later
FixedGear- I either get some heckling or cheers in my A&M kit. Cedar Park has a lot of Aggies, so it is usually welcome up north.
Pikato- I have two miniature schnauzers- Heidi and Maggie. They are such great dogs.
Mine are Porter & Paxil(yes after the anti-depressant, long story)Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama
BTW, I work for an branch of A&M.
SadieKate - thanks, had to come out of lurkdome sometimeOriginally Posted by fishdr
CorsairMac - thanks for all the help with my Mom, and she's loving cycling! If you google my name, you'll find - a wine thermometer, a calculator, a Star Trek-like "humanoid" on an RPG game, and me. Five years ago, you'd find me.
FishDdr.
I'm a Toxicologist by education and a Pharmacokineticist/Metabolism person by vocation. (The study of poisons and the study of how the body handles drugs, respectively).
Thanks all,
Welcome Pikato,
Is that a pink bike in your avatar? Mine is pink too!
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Welcome Pikato - so I have to ask....you say your younger brother is in your stable - is he contained or do you allow him to run free?? LOL
ahh Poet - those are Quite the fields and I should have Reconized your name my friend!! Welcome to another BJ member!! Joe was just asking me earlier if your mom was still riding. I had sent her another email asking if she wanted to go again but didn't get an answer back so I wasn't sure. She and Pat were so cute, worried the whole time we were riding that they were slowing me down and keeping me from doing a "real" ride! I tried to tell them a ride is a ride no matter the distance or speed - but I"m not sure they believed me!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
real name michelle
where am I? uk
Heres where it's going to go a bit wonky I've a terrible memory!!!
my current bike is a road bike giant ocr and it is also my favourite because my husband bought it for me
occupation: currently a childminder studying for a degree with th ou with a view to teaching!! also a wife and mother of two !
my age 28 and counting ( doesn't it go quick!!)
hobbies are training and thata it between studieing and kids little time for anything else!
happy to find a womens cycling forum for all those little questions you cant ask anyone else!
Welcome welcome welcome beebs! We've got several UK ladies here! Nice bike btw my friend, and even more special since your DH bought it! and yup = isn't it nice to know there is a place we can come to that we can ask - well - pretty much everything!! and probably have!
Look forward to hearing more from you.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
Real name: Mimi
Where do you live? Seattle, WA
Explanation of your handle: Handle? Mimi who is a crazy cat lady, therefore
mimi tabby. (I work with a cat rescue organization during some of my non-working non-biking free time.
Explanation of your avatar: none yet
Age (general or specific): 54
Occupation: Lifer at large aerospace manufacturing company, work with computers in a lab.
Favorite bike: don't know yet. Maybe the Terry Madeleine? except it's a boring color. Looking for a new bike, just my size that I like and that
makes the hubby happy. (he wishes i had a road bike)
What's in your stable? I have a Raleigh cross, and a Burley Rock and Roll
Tandem.
Fastest speed on a road bike? Where? When? don't ride a roadbike. been up to 32 on the tandem (with my eyes open) sorry, don't know where. We have llots of hills around here.
Most memorable moment on my bike:
when I got up a particularly short hard hill on my own.
What is the biggest lie you've ever told:
can't remember. Try not to tell big lies often.
Most fun ever had on a bike? Tandem rallies are a lot of fun I've been to two and the next one is going to be in Corvallis, OR.
Another picture of yourself or your ride?
I did the STP when I turned 50. It was really really hard. I can't draft off
other people because I see out of only 1 eye at a time and have poor depth perception.
here's a photo of my son and I half way to Portland on the STP. I am so tired
I do not realize that i've put the helmet back onto my head backwards.
here i am in Portland, Tired and DAMN happy it's over!
Last edited by mimitabby; 04-21-2006 at 03:21 PM.
Hi there, again! Are you the other half of raleighdon on BJ? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Editing - back from BJ. You are! You're the other spouse that picks up road kill! Way to go.
Last edited by SadieKate; 04-21-2006 at 03:28 PM.
Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
he told you guys about ROADKILL???! ARGH!!!Originally Posted by SadieKate
I think it was in a thread about stuff found on the side of a road and I admitted I've picked up pristine roadkill for hubby who ties flies. Your hubby admitted that he sometimes had to, er, keep you under control when you spot things. Kindred spirits!
Raleighdon provided tons of info about brevets, permanents, etc., last year when I was asking. He's also been trying to coerce us into going to the tandem rallies. We just missed you guys in Bend last summer as we went up for the Cascade Classic just after the Rally. He'll probably remember me as Goldilocks. Something about liking rides that were not too long, not too hilly, but just right.
Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
Real Name: Deb
Where do you live?: Pewaukee, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee)
Explaination of your handle: A nickname I picked up when I was in elementary school because I could (and still can) see really well w/o glasses/contacts/lasik... I'm one of the lucky ones!
Age: 33 next week
Occupation: part time Adminstrative Coordinator in a sales office, full time Mommy
Favorite Bike: my new Trek Madone 5.2 WSD
What's in your stable: Trek Madone, Trek 7700 hybrid, my son's Trek, and hubby's Trek (we have an obsession with Trek!)
Fastest speed on a road bike: 37.6mph going down a hill near home
Another pic of yourself or ride: don't have any flattering pics of me
Biggest lie ever told: I don't lie
Most memorable moment on my bike: I have two... the first time a rode more than 10 miles in one shot when I was in high school, and finishing the MS150 ride last year from Milwaukee to Madison
Most fun on a bike: hooking up the bike trailer to the hybrid and going for ice cream!
Too funny about the roadkill! I used to do taxidermy at a local museum and I picked stuff up all the time to take in to work. Usually it was just squirrels and random birds, but the best "score" was a beautiful Snowy Owl that I stuffed.
So... are you telling the truth or lying?Originally Posted by Eagle-Eye
Last edited by Dianyla; 04-21-2006 at 04:07 PM. Reason: typo
true. I picked up a freshly killed raccoon one morning. My husband had to go to a conference and my sons (who were yard ape size at the time) and i were along for the ride. I picked up the raccoon, dropped off the husband
and went to a kmart and bought a boning knife. I went to a park, where my sons entertained themselves and i skinned out that raccoon on a picnic table.
Since then i have found roadkill birds and taken them to the university's museum where they do feather studies on them.
We still have the raccoon skin, but one of my cats thought it was really funny to attack it's tail, so the tail is much shorter than it used to be.
Mimi