I am glad you guys are all being shown so much support by your parents, I wish I got in younger (25 now). Like beef said it is a middle age mans sport and even I feel weird at group rides and races due to my age, you should get more respect than you do.

What is the min age for juniors? A very young guy was riding in a Cat4/5 road race it freaked me out he was so young. looked like he was 12.