What's the meaning behind your user name?

I got sent a poem, with the comment "Remind you of anyone?"

ESME ON HER BROTHER'S BICYCLE
One foot on, one foot pushing, Esmé starting off beside
Wheels too tall to mount astride,
Swings the off leg forward featly,
Clears the high bar nimbly, neatly,
With a concentrated frown
Bears the upper pedal down
As the lower rises, then
Brings her whole weight round again,
Leaning forward, gripping tight,
With her knuckles showing white,
Down the road goes, fast and small,
Never sitting down at all.
(by Russell Hoban)

I definitely do the frown and the white knuckles, but I'm not sure about "nimbly" or "neatly" – or even "featly"

I was anabaena on the old forum but I thought that if you're going to be named after a cyanobacteria, nostoc is a better one.

go on have a guess.

I used to be piemuncher on the old forum.

my name and the tyre thats kept me on the straight and narrow rather than over the top and on my arse 😆

I work in a lab. It has no windows.
It is also an anagram of my name and where I live.

Because I'm old, irritable, and on my bike a bit of a duffer compared with what I would like to be capable of. Oh and amongst my mates I'm the one who generally does the ride organisation

we are borg and jeri ryan is hot (and on the planet you call earth my name is karin)

Phonetic spelling of the initials of my maiden name. Do boys have maiden names? What's the male equivalent? Knight-in-shining-armour-name?

I live on the North Wessex Downs and like going down hill

My name is Amit, damnit!

After Rata the family labrador.

Dunno.

I had an accident, alright!

My name is Richard and I enjoy a biscuit with my cup of tea.

I was the oldest in my club, and someone bought me a birthday card with an 'oldgit' sticker on and it stuck literally.

It's my absolute favourite beach.

I'm a big basketball fan with my team being the Orlando Magic who play at the Orlando Arena (or at least as it was before sponsorship naming rights changed it)…the Orlando Arena was affectionatley shortened to the 'O-rena'. 45 was the number one of favourite Magic players wore back in the day.

P.S. Go Magic tonight against the Celtics!

Left over from my rally days, I had a habit of destroying farm gates on 90 right or lefts 😳

Because someone took Alasdair (and never used it), so I added some of my surname

we went to the forest of fontainebleau to climb and decided the moss there had magical powers*

*we havent found out what they are

Back in the days of text based online talkers (Anyone remember Surfers?) I was listening to Pearl Jam's latest album, Versus, when I signed up. Being a bit cack-handed I spelt it wrong and I've stuck with the less-aggressive-more-poetic typo ever since 😳

From the gogrannygo days, christened in whinlatter on the cold christmas C2C a few years back. It was dreadlock wig, shades, improvised spear and granny outfit that did it. Kept using OAP as it saves thinking up new names.

I am a man.
I am in the north.

Three reasons

1. The old site crashed at Christmas and my old name was dead
2. There was the usual god/atheist thread running
3. I was listening to a Stone Roses album

It was too perfect a fit…

Ran a big F1 website called "Atlas F1" and we used to do live chats so I was on IRC as Atlas. Eventually I hung around more than did the proper chats and needed to change the name so Atlaz it was.

Known as "Adventure Racer" on another forum I frequent – it probably makes rather more sense on there (where various people were busy being rude about adventure racing when I registered, so it was deliberately provocative) than on here, so I shortened it.

It's me name innit.

An old school nickname from my surname.

First proper bike was an 01 Stumpjumper FSR Comp. Still had it when I registered.

Should really change it to Stumpy10 now.

Used to be into rock climbing.

Now I prefer to ride up hills rather than rock climb them.

Tracker was a nickname I got after a night out that was long and messy and I left a trail that was easy to follow and I was born in 1972.
Very first username I ever needed for something or other I picked Tracker, they said "it's gone do you want Tracker23$%6Ry1" or somesuch so I tried 1972, it worked and has as a username ever since.

Not far off my actual name. A mate came up with it at school.

I was reminded of it watching Gravity Games at Uni. The street luge was on and all the guys had names like Biker Sherlock. A few of us decided that we should ESPN up our names a bit, just in case the need ever arose. I couldn't think of anything better than Ned Rapier. I think there was a JJ West as well. Can't remember the others. Something like a Rickkarrd Rickkarrdsson.

when I decided to leave the UK I gave myself this name

ourmaninthenorth – Member
I am a man.
I am in the north.

and you belong to us, he he he he… (rubs hands together scarily)

Middle name Syd and I used to race a CBR600 Honda, obvious really.

My parents hated me and wanted me to get into lots of fights

I like cycling in woods. And heathen activities with my lady.

How I like my Brew…

A nod to my time in the Army..

WorldClassAccident – Because I have/cause them

BigBikeBash – Because I run it. It is a great weekend if you want to come along