Who are you (and what do you look like)?

[SlackMan]

* real name: Shane
* where do you live? College Station, TX
* explanation of your handle: that would be my name
* explanation of your avatar: I'm a real person, not an avatar. I suppose I should get an avatar, shouldn't I.
* age (general or specific) late 40s
* occupation: finance professor
* favorite bike: Kestrel 200SC that met an unfortunate death in a "stuck seatpost removal operation."
* what's in your stable? I retrieved ownership of my 1985 Trek 400 after my Kestrel died to tide me over until I got a new bike; have a Soma Smoothie frame I'm building up; and a 1992-ish KHS Pro MTB.
* fastest speed on a road bike? 53mph
* how many miles on a road bike last year? Only about 400, but then I compression fractured T3-T5 vertebrae in an accident early in the season--I still hurt!
* picture of yourself or your ride? Working on that
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: I have never lied (in case it's not obvious, that's the biggest lie).

[ohsnapitsed]

* Real Name- Ed
* where do you live? Chicago, IL
* age 26
* occupation Event Operations Manager for a Bike non-profit
* favorite bike Bianchi FG Lite
* what's in your stable? Bianchi Fg Lite, Masi CX Especialle (commuter) His and Hers Schwinn Cruisers, Bridgestone MB-3
* how many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? 12,000 commute year round and team/club rides on the weekend.
* fastest speed on a road bike? 48mph

[Israelt]

real name: Tom
* where do you live? Seattle, WA
* explanation of your handle: I am who I am
* explanation of your avatar: no avatar
* age (general or specific) 53
* occupation: municipal manager
* favorite bike: Eddy Mercx Corsa SL, Giant TCR Advanced
* what's in your stable? see above, also some old Bridgestones
* fastest speed on a road bike? 40 mph
* how many miles on a road bike last year? Appx 3K
* picture of yourself or your ride? perhaps
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: seriously? I try to tell the truth

[Rkmears]

* real name: Ryan
* where do you live? Madison, WI
* explanation of your handle: Easiest one to remember!
* explanation of your avatar: Was bet that I couldn't carve something nice.
* age (general or specific): 30 this year!
* occupation: Project Manager, Commercial Construction
* favorite bike: 2011 New Belgium Cruiser
* what's in your stable? 2011 Marin Four Corners, 2009 Trek 6500, 2009 Kona Dew Drop, 2011 New Belgium Cruiser
* fastest speed on a road bike? 35?
* how many miles on a road bike last year? 1200 +/-
* picture of yourself or your ride? Not yet
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: Of course this is the last bike I will buy....

[Howie]

* real name: Howie
* where do you live? Newport Beach, CA
* explanation of your handle: Self explanatory
* explanation of your avatar: Don't have one
* age (general or specific): 34
* occupation: IT Project Manager
* favorite bike: 2012 Supersix Evo
* what's in your stable? Supersix Evo, and Superb Sprint Track Bike
* fastest speed on a road bike? 47
* how many miles on a road bike last year? 1200 +/-
* picture of yourself or your ride? Not yet
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: This is the last bike honey, i swear...

[TampaJim]

* real name: Jim
* where do you live? Tampa
* explanation of your handle: Self explanatory
* explanation of your avatar: Don't have one
* age (general or specific): 45
* occupation: Cardiovascular Perfusionist
* favorite bike: 50th Anniversary Paramount with gold fork
* what's in your stable? Merlin, Litespeed, Paramount X 2, Pinarello, Basso, LeMond
* fastest speed on a road bike? 65
* how many miles on a road bike last year? 100
* picture of yourself or your ride? Not yet
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: cant say

[Willy]

* real name: Willy
* where do you live? SF Bay Area
* explanation of your handle: Self explanatory
* explanation of your avatar: Don't have one
* age (general or specific): 65
* occupation: Retired Chief Estimator for a large national construction firm
* favorite bike: Trek Madone 5.5
* what's in your stable? Trek and Serotta CT1
* fastest speed on a road bike? 45 ten years ago going from Mt Rose to Reno
* how many miles on a road bike last year? Just retired, we will see
* picture of yourself or your ride? Not yet
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: cant say

[S2H]

* real name: Scott
* where do you live? Chicago
* explanation of your handle: It's an acronym
* explanation of your avatar: Courtesy of some moreon over on RoadBikeReview
* age (general or specific): 31
* occupation: Attorney
* favorite bike: Dorito Pegorini
* what's in your stable? 2005 Felt, POS single speed commuter
* fastest speed on a road bike? 35
* how many miles on a road bike last year? ~2,000
* picture of yourself or your ride? n/a
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: Have never lied

[Liharvy]

* real name: Ross
* where do you live: Central Oregon - Hilly, flat, hot, cold, etc...
* explanation of your handle: USMC Aviation callsign
* explanation of your avatar: Workin' on it
* age (general or specific): 48
* occupation: retired military / Law enforcement
* favorite bike: 2000 Litespeed Ultimate
* what's in your stable: Just the LS Ultimate w/DA 9000 right now
* fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? somewhere around 55 down the hill from Torrey Pines in SoCal in summer 2004/2005/2006
* how many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? 3,500 road miles but enough mag trainer miles over the winter to drive me nuts
* picture of yourself or your ride? not a big picture fan. best I've got is a bike leg photo in an Ironman (too goofy lookin' to post)
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: I've never told a lie

[Gsinill]

* real name: Guenther
* where do you live? Chicago Northshore
* explanation of your handle: Still need to come up with one
* explanation of your avatar: see previous answer
* age (general or specific): 50
* occupation: Enterprise Architect
* what's in your stable? Focus Mares CX 1.0, Civilian Le Roi Le Veut CX (SS), 1990 Appel
* fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 70 km, Bavarian Alps 1990s
* how many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? rough guess 3,000
* picture of yourself or your ride? Maybe once I lose those 40 pounds I gained since I moved to the US
* and, something fun: I got confirmation in written form that I must be the only German with a sense of humor

[Formulasaab]

* real name: Stefan
* where do you live? Wilmington, Delaware
* explanation of your handle: I'm a SAAB nut. I vintage race one that is a 1964 Quantum Formula S (the "S" stands for SAAB)
* explanation of your avatar: SAAB sponsored a pro race team in 1995. That's the saddle they used. I have one, now I need the rest of the bike.
* age (general or specific): Born in May of 1974, I suck at math.
* occupation: Sr. Supervisor Technical Writing (essentially, lower management of the job I used to do really well.)
* what's in your stable? Oldest to newest: 1981 Raleigh PKN10 "Competition", 1985 De Rosa Super Prestige, 1986 Batavus Course, 1988 Cannondale Criterium, late-80's Raleigh Technium, late 80's Tommaso SLX, 1988 Daccordi 50th Anniversary, 1989 Daccordi "crazy paint and chrome", early 90's Raleigh TT "funny bike", 1994 Specialized S-Works Cro-Mo (mtn), 2000 Litespeed Catalyst, 2000 Gary Fisher Sugar 1 (mtn).
* fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? Unknown, but probably back in college when I drafted that furniture truck onto the highway. I ran out of RPM with a 53-11 and the buffeting was fierce when I pulled away, that's all I know.
* how many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? 1,925.74
* picture of yourself or your ride? I'm in the Dogfish Head jersey on the right:

* and, something fun: I raced BMX as a kid (in the early 80's) but didn't have the money for proper race gear like all the other kids. Long sleeves and long pants were required by the rules so I raced in jeans and a jean jacket with a shoelace tied around my pant cuffs... And kicked ass!

[uppercase]

I just bought stuff on the classifieds here from two very nice people, so it's time to stop lurking. Nice to meet y'all.

* real name: Paolo
* where do you live? Queens NYC
* explanation of your handle: Wifey's name also starts with P, so we were often referred to as 'the Ps'. Before our son was born we called him 'lowercase p', knowing full well we would never give him a P name. I guess that made me an 'uppercase' P.
* explanation of your avatar: uh, it's my bike. One of them.
* age (general or specific) Old enough to own 20 crates of records unironically
* occupation: according to my business card, it's "data recovery engineer".
* favorite bike: the one I'm riding.
* what's in your stable? 1992 Trek 400 set up as 1x8 townie, old Scattante SSR now used as a toddler mover. Custom crossmuter build in progress.
* fastest speed on a road bike? no idea
* how many miles on a road bike last year? not much. No computer/GPS = no idea. Still figuring out this riding everyday thing.
* picture of yourself or your ride? some here.
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: No, HE farted (pointing to my 2-year-old).

[bewheels]

real name: Brian
* where do you live? New Hampshire
* explanation of your handle: a play on things that roll
* explanation of your avatar: --
* age (general or specific) 50's
* occupation: Designer of interesting things
* favorite bike: hmmm
* what's in your stable? Calfee, 92' Trek OCLV, old Redline cross, 85' Fisher Mt Tam, assorted MTBs
* fastest speed on a road bike? where? when? 67mph in the White Mts of NH.
* how many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? 10 last year - I used to put in ~8,000 - 10,000 through the 80's and 90's. Then took the last 15 years off. Now getting back to it.
* picture of yourself or your ride? --
* make up and answer at least one additional question. --
* what is the biggest lie you've ever told: "I never lie"
* and, something fun.

[rweisheit]

* real name: Ryan
* where do you live? Brooklyn, NY
* explanation of your handle: it's my name
* explanation of your avatar: Don't have one
* age (general or specific): 28 years, 7 months, 11 days (that's as specific as I can get)
* occupation: Musician
* favorite bike: '92 Cannondale Track
* what's in your stable? '92 Cannondale Track, '85 Bianchi Limited
* fastest speed on a road bike? 1,000,000,000
* how many miles on a road bike last year? 800 +/-
* picture of yourself or your ride?

[jordo_99]

* real name, Jordan
* where do you live? Western Nebraska, rolling hills & Windy
* explanation of your handle I was called 'jordo' in middle school by a few friends
* age (general or specific) 27 is coming up quick
* occupation Computer Tech
* favorite bike Dengfu FM098
* what's in your stable? Dengfu FM098 w/ 2013 SRAM Red // KHS John Howard Professional w/ mix of SRAM Force // 1999 Gary Fisher Tasajara // Nashbar Touring Frame w/ Shimano 105.
* fastest speed on a road bike? hill 1/2 mile from my house--44mph
* how many miles ON THE ROAD on a road bike last year? about 2000...previously a runner and looking to put down close to 4-5k this year and race