Well, Bear is my real time nickname I got about 20 years. I got nicked for a few reasons, my real name is Peter and in my circle of friends there were about 6 Peters. When u hang in the bike world, it’s pretty common to get nicked. 1964 is my year of birth and when I 1st started going on the net many years ago most places the nick Bear was taken so I added my year of birth and I have stuck with it everywhere since.
I’ve been Melbear ever since a guy at work brought in a ‘Care Bears’ cartoon. His name is Kerry, so he became Karebear, and I became Melbear, and another girl became Flairbear etc. It’s just sort of stuck! I like it.