I did it!
 

I haven't ridden for about 17 years and recently purchased a bike with the idea of working my way up to commuting two or three times per week.

My first ride in was this Monday -- 26 miles round trip -- and boy does it feel good.

I wanted to post here to say thank you to everyone here for the motivation. I've been reading and learning so much from you all. Cheers!

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Congratulations on the ride.

Awesome!! Keep it up, you've gotten over the hardest part!

Congratulations :) Wow! 26 miles? Not bad at all! How did you feel the next day?

Nice work!

Awesome! Is that Grove or Patterson I see on your route?

Congrats!

Get it boy!

Congrats! I remember my first ride to work. Best feeling of my life.

26 miles is a lot to jump right into. Great job!
Fun huh?

Good for you! I remember when I first rode a bike after many years I was in pain for the next few days. It was about 9 mile ride. I bought a bike from a friend in Manhattan and had to ride it home in Queens.

Good stuff! Yeah, Skipwith is kind of scary but there's not much of a way around it.

I met a colleague here that rides the second half of my route in to the office - looks like we'll have our own little mini-group ride going here soon enough.