Newbie Intro Thread

[panagiotis_]

Originally Posted by panagiotis_

Name: Panagiotis
Location: Katerini Greece
Age: 17
Racing: all mtb open races ( greece )
Bike: Ideal Target D - Scott Genius MC40
Training: 50-200 km week
Team : Aftodromos Panorama

new bike - Klein Attitude

[rtd131]

Name : Ryan
Age: 13
Location: boulder,co
Bike: Schwinn Mesa '06 (many upgrades)
Races: None (hope for some soon)
Goals: School Mountain biking team, doing some races, Try some more local trails
Training: Biking to school
Avg speed: lets just say I like to go really fast

[olive]

Name: Carmen

Age: 17

Location: the cute little state of Indiana!

Racing: Only time trials and club rides

Daily Training: 4-5 days a week, at least 12 miles, try to keep at least an average of 13-14 mph. Also running.

Goals: Do better in time trials every month...complete my first triathlon next year...12 hour challange.

Hey! Any other girls out there?? Nice to meet everyone!

[Jeppi]

Name: Jesper

Age:16

Location: Finland (every cyclists heaven *cough*)

Bike: Canyon Roadlite 7.0

Team: Not yet but next season probably

Racing: Very eager to race!

Training: 5-6 times a week training, cycling 4 times a week which gets me ~200km/week

Avg Speed. ~30km/h

Goals: To push myself as far as I can with cycling (preferably making a living out of it)

Height & Weight: A bit under 6'4ft & 185pounds

[jay-ar02]

Name: Jay-ar Martini

Nickname: JR, and Jhay

Location: Toronto, Canada

Age: 25

Racing: None (just started)

Bike: Giant OCR 2

Training: weekends and sometimes on weekdays

Longest Ride: 38kms (last sunday)

Goal: Go Pro!

[Bootleg]

Name : Brandon
Age: 26
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Bike: Trek 5200 Carbon w/ Campy Record group
Races: None and no desire to race.
Goals: Increase fitenss, lose weight, extend my life and enjoy this planet
Training: 3-4 rides per week between 14 and 22 miles of lumpy roads.
Avg speed: 15-16 mph solo

[BDoosey]

Name: Brian Doosey
Location Cherry Hill, NJ
Race? No, but once I get better, I aspire to compete in local races, and eventually even larger races.
Goals? After watching this year's Tour de France (2009), I have become almost infatuated with the sport. Today was my very first day with this mind-set, so for now I hope to get into better shape, and saddle up with proper equipment.
Bike? Globe Vienna 2 : Hybrid, I know, but I am not very wealthy, so I can't buy a road bike yet - Nor do I want to until I can really use it properly: Once I am in better shape.
Daily Training:Well, today was my first ride with this dedicated mind-set, and I am not really sure what I did today, but I will try and find out and build up from there. Most likely I did about 8 miles. It will be more by the end of August. I will keep you all posted on my progress.

[StepOffBigDee]

Name : Daniel *call me Dan or Dig
Age: 14
Location: San Francisco California
Bike: Bianchi Premio *saving up for a Motobecane Outcast 29
Goals: Bike to school everyday when school starts. Bike everyday.

[giantbikeguy]

Name: Drew
Age: 19
Location: Spokane Washington (the dry side of the state)
Bike: Giant OCR 2
Team: Baddlands Racing Team
Races: Yes, the Twilight Series
Longest Ride: 87 miles

[Dr_hush1417]

Name: James Coal

Location: Athens, Greece...

Age:19

Racing: None, just started.

Bike: used but very nice Specialized S-Works E5 2006 (silver ano paint)

Training: Mostly just clocking up kilometers whenever my friends want to, and whenever I have time.

Longest ride: 53km

Average speed: 20km/h

Goals: Stop getting dropped by my friends who have been riding much longer....

[radsl]

Location: California
Age: 16
Racing: not yet, but I will next year.
Training: 10 miles on weekdays to school. Usually a 50+ mile ride on Saturdays and a short 30 mile ride on Sundays.
Longest Ride: 110 miles
Average Speed: 16-17 for a mountainous ride and 18-20 for a flat ride.
Height and weight: 5'6" and 115 pounds.

[rodrigooooooob.]

Name: Rodrigo
Age: 19
Location: Springfield, VA
Bike: coming soon...
Racing: hopefully, once I get in better shape.
Training: I would like to ride every other day, because of school.
Goals: Lose weight. Get fit. Make friends. Have FUN.

[DJD.]

Name: David. S. Hallen.

Age: 14.

Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA.

Racing: None yet.

Training: 20-30 miles a day.

Bike: 20+ year old Fuji road bike.

Average speed: 20-25 mph.

Longest ride: around 65 miles, a little more as I had to take a long-cut because of construction.

[yum]

Ash McVicar
16 (17 in 2 months)
brand new
avg speed approx 20 mph but just started training due to getting a trainer because of school :S looking forward to seeing improvements.
longest ride 90 miles
goals: havnt a clue try win a couple races in my first season