For those of you interested I'm going to share a little of my back story.
I'm 22 y/o from Tacoma, Washington, (just south of Seattle) I learn to ride a bike about 11 years ago because of some medical problems. When I was younger I loved riding the mtb down trails in the local park, and of coarse becasue of low income, I never advanced past the wally world cheapo bikes. So I always had the desire to ride a "real" bike, hehe.
I work at a local grocery store, and recently we had a "biggest loser" contest for the month of january, 28 days. January 5th I weighed in a 5'11 252.5lbs, Feb 2nd I finished the contest at second place weighing in at 228.5 and lost a whopping 24 lbs (for those hard on math
And had the desire to go further.
I had known a few people from my store and in the contest ride the annual STP (Seattle to Portland 1-2 day bike run) in the summer and I thought that would be fun adventure. So it being the end of winter beginning of spring. I figured I'd live a dream of mine and get on a horse and ride.