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[ramblingrider]

Woot! I’m happy to be on a team with you all! I’ll write something more constructive once my brain thaws out.

[ramblingrider]

I kind of like that as a name! But I also like the succinct, yet powerful name “The Spade.” And I like Brünø’s other suggestions for names as well. I’m open to any ideas.

Franklin’s is my local, so I’m partial to that, but I’m willing to travel to College Park, Mt. Rainier, wherever. I hear tell that there are plans for a happy hour at Meridian Pint in Brookland, so I hope to be there.

[historygeek]

Hey, all. Nice to virtually meet you.
I’m partial to the Maryland Inquisition, just because it’s unexpected.
I would be happy to meet up at Vigilante, or Franklin’s, or Meridian Pint (or Brookland Pint, which is actually on my (and I suspect some of your) way home from downtown.
And let me add that I had a stomach bug for the new year! yay! It was so much fun I forgot to bike for a while there. I’m getting back into it, though (I almost said “getting back into gear” but that even made me groan).
And I’ll just stop there.
-Christy

[Bruno Moore]

@ramblingrider 104648 wrote:

I kind of like that as a name! But I also like the succinct, yet powerful name “The Spade.” And I like Brünø’s other suggestions for names as well. I’m open to any ideas.

Franklin’s is my local, so I’m partial to that, but I’m willing to travel to College Park, Mt. Rainier, wherever. I hear tell that there are plans for a happy hour at Meridian Pint in Brookland, so I hope to be there.

Wait, which Pint—Meridian or Brookland? I mean, they’re not exactly far from one another, but BP doesn’t involve riding Irving/the Hospital Motor Speedway.

[ramblingrider]

@Brünø Moore 104674 wrote:

Wait, which Pint—Meridian or Brookland? I mean, they’re not exactly far from one another, but BP doesn’t involve riding Irving/the Hospital Motor Speedway.

Sorry, I meant Brookland. One of my friends will be organizing it.

[ramblingrider]

@historygeek 104658 wrote:

I’m partial to the Maryland Inquisition, just because it’s unexpected.

I like it too. And probably better than a PG County reference, as we do have one member from Silver Spring.

[Bruno Moore]

I’m growing more and more partial to the unexpected Maryland Inquisition as time (and miles) go on. If nobody object here in the next few, we can make it so.

[bikenurse]

1. I like the Maryland Inquisition
2. Brookland Pint. Yes. I like food/beer rides. And after food/beer, then desert. Then after desert, coffee. Anyway… Vigilante, Shortcake, and Zekes for coffee/breakfast; Franklin’s, Brookland Pint, Steel Plate, Fishnet, Old Line for food/ beer; consider some brewery runs – I’ve always wanted to go to Dogfish Head or Port City (those would rack up some miles
3. Bruno – please approve me on the Strava team. Thx!
4. We can always meet up at Proteus for a Pot Luck and a ride.
5. Looking forward to meeting everyone!
6. Have fun – Don’t feel pressured to go out when you don’t feel well or it’s not safe to ride. That being said, let’s kick some butt!
–Laurie aka bikenurse

[Bruno Moore]

—So long as I’m the Grand Inquisitor, there will be pastry, coffee, beer, coffee, ice cream, coffee, pizza, and coffee rides. Perhaps even tea. Training rides out in the BARC are nice and all, but a bit lonely, a bit frostbitten, and the cold/being off form is killing my speed. Moveable feasts? Now there’s something I can get behind.

—Eight of us have been approved for membership. Apply, and ye shall be approved.

[bikenurse]

I know most of the folks on this team, but not all, so I think we should all make introductions. I’m Laurie aka bikenurse formerly mllwhnp which was a mouthful so I changed it. I am a nurse practitioner who rides a bike = bikenurse. I own 5 bikes (2 road, 1 mtb, 1 steel touring/cx, 1 aluminum cx). I use my bikes for transportation and fun and food. I am married to Greenbelt (Jeff) who’s on the evil 11th team. We must crush him and his team. I live in Greenbelt and commute to College Park and DC (where I see patients one day/week). I am co-owner of Proteus bicycles in College Park. I have 2 human children, age 28 and 23. My favorite child is my 12 year old Chihuahua, Carmen, who rides in a backpack on the bike and comes to work with me at the bike shop. I’m also a roll model for the WABA Women & Bicycles group.

[ramblingrider]

Hi, I’m Lisa, aka ramblingrider. I moved to Hyattsville a little over a year ago and am enjoying it here. I am a music librarian and a musician. I mostly ride for transportation, but I am not adverse to riding for food, beer, etc. (That’s an understatement, by the way- I love riding for food!) I am not the fastest rider, so I apologize in advance if we do a ride together and you have to wait for me to catch up.

I’m on Twitter if you want to follow me there.

[bikenurse]

Lisa – what’s your instrument?
Don’t worry about speed on rides. Most of our rides are pretty relaxed, except when Bruno Moore takes off and gets lost….

[ramblingrider]

@bikenurse 104832 wrote:

Lisa – what’s your instrument?
Don’t worry about speed on rides. Most of our rides are pretty relaxed, except when Bruno Moore takes off and gets lost….

My major in college was clarinet, but right now I’m playing Japanese drums (taiko) with a community group, which has been loads of fun.

[historygeek]

Hi, all, I’m Christy, aka Historygeek. I’m an historian (I know, surprising), and I live in Hyattsville and work at GW (at the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers). I’ve lived here on and off since 1997 (I did my graduate work at UMD, then moved to Nashville for three years but was able to come back in 2006). I live with a non-biking husband, our semi-biking 5-year-old, and two cats (Fred and Ginger) who have yet to express an opinion on cycling either way. Fred is, however, doing her level best to type this message for me. I mostly bike for transportation, and am dreaming of getting a road bike one of these days so I can do some speedy recreational riding (which I’ll probably be able to justify when my son is a little older and I get more opportunities to ride on the weekends). I’ve been commuting all the way downtown by bike for almost two years, in anything but icy roads, and for six years before that I rode as far as the metro (and for errands and the like).
I am also slow, and asthmatic (one of my main reasons for riding), and ride a hybrid.
When I’m not biking or building lego structures with the aforementioned 5-year-old, I spend a lot of time working on my house and building furniture. While I’m on Women and Bicycles on facebook and a member of WABA, I haven’t really been involved in the cycling community.
cheers-
Christy

[Mtansill]

Oh goody. Introductions.

Hi, I’m Millie. I started riding in May, after purchasing a bicycle from Laurie’s son, because I live down the hill from Proteus in College Park, MD (and they’re cool, of course!). I have a husband who is not nearly enthusiastic about biking as I am, and I have an 8-year-old son who doesn’t know how to ride a bike yet. I also have a 70-ish mile roundtrip commute to Springfield, VA working for the federal government five days a week as the sole breadwinner of my family. Needless to say I’m a bit of a weekend warrior, although I try hard to get out during the week because I love competition and biking is my zen.

I would LOVE to get out for any ride that my hybrid will handle. I love trying to pace the guys on their zippy road bikes when I can. I seem to enjoy distance rides more than hilly rides. I enjoy a nice cup of tea, a glass of wine, or hard cider. I don’t like COFFEE or BEER (except Lambic), but will tolerate those who do. I enjoy crocheting, cats, reading, and medieval combat with foam weapons. I work better with planned rides that don’t go over time too much because the men in my life like me to spend time with me, too.

I look forward to meeting those that I haven’t yet, and hopefully doing some group rides to Vigilante or something (they have a nice strong chai and good pastries).

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