My username was one that I had on an old forum. If you haven't read or seen Lord of the Rings, you probably don't know the character, but 'Strider' was the ranger name for Aragorn. I thought it was a pretty cool name and I liked how it sounded. My grade 4 teacher actually named her son after the character. So, basically, I thought it was cool and it stuck.
I didn't want to come up with a new one when the forum reset because I didn't want to start all over again. I wanted people to be able to see a familiar face. That, and I couldn't give up the name
