I'm 35. I hung the bike up for the winter and rode the bus. By spring time I had a bad case of sciatica (an inflamed disk int he lower back pinching one of the outgoing nerves.) The physical therapist forbade biking, and the one time I tried it, it frikkin' hurt. I'm doing the exercises she prescribed. It's been a month now. Still feeling the sciatica, but a lot less.

Have any of you been there? How long did it take you to get back in the saddle?