Originally Posted by Raub

Running long distances from cross-country in high school to 15 years in the Army brought me to this forum also. I'm not what I'd call "fat", but I am a large-ish frame guy at 5'11" and 225lbs. I now have 2 arthritic knees at age 34, so no more running for me. I've been biking for about a month, and I wish I would have started earlier. My knees feel so much better it's kind of amazing. I doubt I lose much weight, my body has pretty much decided this is what I'll weigh, but hopefully I'll redistribute a few pounds that migrated when I couldn't run. Even if I only lose 10lbs or so I'd be happy and my knees would probably really thank me.