Originally Posted by
jppe
Congrats to returning to the good side with some very healthy goals. Why did you step away from riding completely?
They closed all the trails around where I lived. I started gaining too much weight. The guy I did most of my trail blazing with had a second kid and disappeared off the face of the earth. He had what you might call a controlling wife. Riding just wasn't as much fun anymore, and other things took its place.
I was in pretty good shape for 40 years, now I've been a lard-*** for 10 and enough is enough. I used to bike for transportation and recreation, but even though it was a big part of my life, it wasn't a key part of my life. I'm seeing cycling as something essential now, rather than just a fun activity.