Hey, welcome!
I'm strictly a backandforth, work, shop and church kind of rider, but I love my bikes anyway! Nice to see someone coming back to cycling.
North Van, eh? Get something with
lots of gears!
I live at the top of Old Yale out here in Surrey - okay, Whalley - and believe me, I know all about gears!
Did you ride in North Van before or have you moved since? Anyway, after ten years, you're going to feel it. Don't get discouraged! Stick with it this time. Judging by some of the posters here, riding can and should be a life-long thing. I hope you enjoy it as much as you remembered. Good luck!