Getting to Know You!

[ibcycling]

Real name: Lora
Where do you live? Washington Wine Country

Explanation of your handle: I'm IBStitchin at most places because I have an embroidery machine (that I don't use enough)

Explanation of your avatar: gotta pic one

Age (general or specific) 33

Occupation: SAHM but planning to reopen my pet sitting business

Favorite bike: no clue!

What's in your stable? 2 quarter horses

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? haven't been on a road bike yet, I'm on a Murray MB with performance tires

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Umm, yeah, I'll get one at some point


What is the biggest lie you've ever told: My biggest bike lie so far was convincing myself my feet didn't hurt. Couldn't walk for a couple days after.

Most memorable moment on my bike: A few weeks ago two large fawns jumped in front of me and ran down the road a bit before heading back into the brush, very cool!

Most fun ever had on a bike? Last Sunday a neighbor and I took off riding and visited 3 wineries on the loop. I love biking in wine country, yum!

[Righteousbabe]

Real name: Shannon

Where do you live? Dallas, TX

Explanation of your handle: Ani Difranco fan

Explanation of your avatar: Cute yet demented

Age: 38

Occupation: Environmental Scientist

Favorite bike: The bike I am riding!

What's in your stable? I currently ride my Specialized S-Works Roubaix. I also have a Co-Motion Nor'Wester for touring. For mountain biking I have an old Trek Fuel 90.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? I am not sure...my bike computer is temperamental, and I have given up on it. But I do remember one year going downhill at the Tour de Goatneck at 40 mph.

Usual rides: Local rallies. During the summertime, the DFW area has one about every weekend.

Biggest Accomplishment on a Bike: I am pretty wimpy...I usually only do 1 century a year (Hotter 'n Hell). I mostly just ride 100Ks. This year I did the MS 150...so I guess that is my biggest accomplishment so far.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I tell them to myself all the time when I am on bike rides. When I start to feel miserable...I sing the James Brown song "I Feel Good" to myself!

Most memorable moment on my bike: Bonking the first summer I started road riding. I did my first 100K on my mountain bike in 100 degree weather. It was not pretty...

Most fun ever had on a bike? Coming in long before my ex-fiance at last year's Hotter 'n Hell. I am generally not competitive with others...only with myself. But he ragged on me for years about being slow and wimpy. Then last year when the heat index reached 111...he ended up cramped up underneath a MASH tent, and I finished without needing any medical attention. He is the hare, I am the tortoise. Enough said.

A picture of yourself or your ride?

[margo49]

Love the colours in your top!

[MillieNZ]

Just joined today, this is a really good site Going to be my favorite

Real name: Jan

Where do you live? Auckland, New Zealand (exported from the UK 12 years ago)

Explanation of your handle: It's the name of my horse and where I live !

Explanation of your avatar: My dog Weetbix

Age (general or specific) 37

Occupation: Apparel buyer for NZ department store

Favorite bike: Advanti Giro

What's in your stable? Advanti Giro, Sarah Ulmer Trax1 Mountain bike............. oh and I do have a horse in the stable too

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 44km down hill with the wind behind me, on a ride with our local cycle group

Another picture of yourself or your ride? will get one organised

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: My biggest bike lie so far was teling myself that neither my butt or 'other areas' really hurt.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Finally doing a Ladies triathalon on my road bike instead of my old hybrid heavy bike, nice to overtake some poeple instead of the rest of the field overtaking me !


Most fun ever had on a bike? Every time i get on my bike and cycle out to the rural area near where I live....

[crazycanuck]

Hey Jan! Nice to see more Kiwis on the site. I'm a Canuck Kiwi living in Perth..We spent 4yrs living in Auckland & got into mtn biking!!!

I wish you safe travels on the Auckland roads!!! We lived in Mt Albert & hated biking down/up New North & Mt Albert road

Did you do the Special K women's tri a few years ago?? Do you ever mtn bike at woodhill???

Sorry so many questions!

Cheryl

[Righteousbabe]

Thanks...it is a Shebeest top!

[Santorin]

Real name: Angela

Where do you live? The Colony, TX

Explanation of your handle: Well...I'm not very creative so I chose the name of the color of an Audi I had. Santorin Blue Pearl Metallic.

Explanation of your avatar: Thought it looked cool.

Age (general or specific) 28

Occupation: Data Management Specialist - just as fun as it sounds...

Favorite bike: Don't know yet

What's in your stable? 07 Specialized Dolce

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 18.7 - on a trail...on a road...very recently. Just started riding.

Another picture of yourself or your ride? Don't have any, but will provide one of my ride when I take one. Not that anyone would want to see my cheapo bike.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Hmm...there are so many of them! Kidding! I don't remember.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Doing 20+ miles for the first time. Hopefully soon, it will be doing 50+ miles in one ride.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Hmm...I would say all times on the bike have been fun. Well...except for that time I went a bit numb.

[MillieNZ]

Hey Jan! Nice to see more Kiwis on the site. I'm a Canuck Kiwi living in Perth..We spent 4yrs living in Auckland & got into mtn biking!!!

I wish you safe travels on the Auckland roads!!! We lived in Mt Albert & hated biking down/up New North & Mt Albert road

Did you do the Special K women's tri a few years ago?? Do you ever mtn bike at woodhill???

Sorry so many questions!

Cheryl

Hi Cheryl

We live in South Auckland so within 10 minutes are out of the urban sprawl and out towards Clevedon, fab bike riding (apart from the hills in Hunua !) Auckland drivers have to be the worse in the world, every ride there are always near misses Haven't mountain bike at Woodhills, I hear it fab but gets really crowded at the weekends...... we tend to head out to rotorua for the weekend when we want to go off road ..... There's now a new track at Pukekohe next time you are over

Yep, did the Special K tri series, that how I got into cycling, still do the tri series but also do the longer distances. Aiming for the Lake Taupo Classic this year and the Northland Classic in March next year..... Very much bitten by the cycling bug, even given up riding horses now !

Jan

[batsheva]

born in uk - moved to new zealand 12 years ago and then recently moved to USA - in orlando. FL now. self identify as a kiwi :-)

real name: fiona

bike: very gorgeous cannondale synapse fem 47cm

fastest speed: only 27.5mph so far - just started riding 6 weeks ago--

longest distance: 45 miles (72.5km) with a break for lunch and to wash my cycle shorts from the sweaty florida weater

in my other life: i am an RN in intensive care unit

riding goal: just to get better. oh - and to want to get better enough that it makes me stop smoking.

[caligal]

Real name: Mel
Where do you live? Northwestern michigan

Explanation of your handle: Moved to MI in 2004. My heart still lies in California (I lived in the valley dude)

Explanation of your avatar: My cat rocky, born on leap year day 2004

Age (general or specific)

Occupation: dj/sports board op/food server

Favorite bike: I love my kona

What's in your stable? Just one, kona smoke used from the local bike store, it was love at first site

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? no clue sorry
Another picture of yourself or your ride? Not yet

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I try to think of myself as pretty honest

Most memorable moment on my bike: Just bought it so the best is yet to come

Most fun ever had on a bike? whoa, easy killer

[michelem]

Another picture of yourself or your ride? juts see my blog address.

Laura, I just viewed your blog photos - WOW! You really are the runbikergirl! I'd love to hear more about your training regimen and races. Welcome to TE.

[kaboom]

Real name: Abbey

Where do you live? Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Explanation of your handle: I tell my students that I chose chemistry because I like to blow things up (partially true).

Explanation of your avatar: The penguins from Madagascar are continuously saying "Kaboom" as they go about their master plan.

Age: 28

Occupation: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Marian College

Favorite bike: favorite? hmm... I'm on my first road bike after years of a hybrid, so I'll say my current bike: 2007 Trek 5000 WSD.

What's in your stable? 2002 Trek 7300 Hybrid and 2007 Trek 5000 WSD

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 34 mph, going downhill on the backroads of Eden, Wisconsin; this past Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007

Another picture of yourself or your ride? http://mariancollege.facebook.com/ph...9&id=507375559

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: Most common lie: "Yes, Mom, I am fine." -- No matter how sick, hurt, or sad I am.

Most memorable moment on my bike: Well, it's not a happy memory but not one that I will ever forget. On June 1, 2007, I was biking north, and I saw a brown sedan coming south on the same road. It then took a left turn into me and my bike. I was Superwoman as I flew into her windshield and hit the pavement. Thankfully, nothing is broken but the 2007 Trek Pilot 5.0 that I had bought in April. My joints are all suffering from deep bruising, but that will eventually subside.

Most fun ever had on a bike? I look for the fun in every ride - beautiful views, amazing sunsets/sunrises, funny-looking clouds.

[cwodiva]

Real name: Steph
Where do you live? Tampa Florida

Explanation of your handle: CWO because dh is in the military, diva, well, we won't get into that

Explanation of your avatar: Me doing my favorite cycling sport: cyclocross

Age (general or specific) 35

Occupation: Speech Language Pathologist

Favorite bike: Colnago c50 cross: I dream about that bike

What's in your stable? Elan Carbon cross bike (durace), Bianchi 1885 (ultegra) for road. I'm wanting to get a mountain bike this year.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 48mph, six gap century going down Hogpen gap.

Another picture of yourself or your ride?

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What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I can't think of one right now.

Most memorable moment on my bike: 150 mile endurance ride with 10000 feet of climbing, I won!

Most fun ever had on a bike? too numerous to count, but a big one was when I did the Georgia cyclocross series one year with my close friend (before I moved to Florida). We would drive to the races together, laugh like crazy, race really hard, then put really good beer in our waterbottles and watch the pro guys race and walk the course and pretend we were in Belgium, a little hard when it's 75 degrees and your racing cyclocross in the Southeast!

[Trekhawk]

Real name: Steph
Where do you live? Tampa Florida

Explanation of your handle: CWO because dh is in the military, diva, well, we won't get into that

Explanation of your avatar: Me doing my favorite cycling sport: cyclocross

Age (general or specific) 35

Occupation: Speech Language Pathologist

Favorite bike: Colnago c50 cross: I dream about that bike

What's in your stable? Elan Carbon cross bike (durace), Bianchi 1885 (ultegra) for road. I'm wanting to get a mountain bike this year.

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 48mph, six gap century going down Hogpen gap.

Another picture of yourself or your ride?

can't get it to load, i'll have to fiddle with it


What is the biggest lie you've ever told: I can't think of one right now.

Most memorable moment on my bike: 150 mile endurance ride with 10000 feet of climbing, I won!

Most fun ever had on a bike? too numerous to count, but a big one was when I did the Georgia cyclocross series one year with my close friend (before I moved to Florida). We would drive to the races together, laugh like crazy, race really hard, then put really good beer in our waterbottles and watch the pro guys race and walk the course and pretend we were in Belgium, a little hard when it's 75 degrees and your racing cyclocross in the Southeast!

Welcome to TE cwodiva.
My husband is also in the military and calls me OIC homebase.
Happy riding.

PS I love your favourite bike.

[TabbyBikes]

Real name: Meira
Where do you live? SE PA

Explanation of your handle: It's kind-of random -- long ago Yahoo gave me a cat related password, which I took as my screen name, but it sounds a little, um, porn-star-ish and I didn't want to use it anymore. So the next cat-related thing that popped into my head was 'tabby' . . .
Explanation of your avatar: me making faces

Age (general or specific) 34

Occupation: Mom to a homeschooling 9 yr old, and toddler b/g twins

Favorite bike: I don't think I know enough to have a 'favorite', but I must admit that the Electra Amsterdams are screaming for a test ride

What's in your stable? Schwinn ATB from a big box store via CraigsList

Fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 13.5 mph, down hill on the trail near my house, last week. (I found it pretty funny to be going so slow, yet feel SO fast & frankly, quite scared!)

Another picture of yourself or your ride? I hate having my picture taken, but I'll work on it.

What is the biggest lie you've ever told: When we were dating, I routinely convinced DH that he'd promised to buy me lunch . . .

Most memorable moment on my bike: Haven't had a REALLY memorable moment yet, so I have to go back 20-some years to my childhood bike adventures: riding my 10-speed through the woods, and pedalling fast to make it through this giant dip (like a modern day skate ramp) in the path. Also, I broke my leg on my bike at age 9. I forgot that until just now, actually.

Most fun ever had on a bike? Everytime I decide, "Oh, what the heck, how about another mile or so?"