I see I'm in with a group I can relate to here. A couple of years ago I was in a bad motorcycle crash. Think "Thelma and Louise" If you saw the ending of that movie, or any Road runner cartoon you will have a good idea of what I did. Doctors thought I would never walk again. I didn't give up hope until artificial hip had problems and there was talk of amputating. Turned out they didn't have to after all.This was late November last year. In January 2011, I WALKED! I still have my wheelchair in back of my van, I can walk for short distances but weight on hips gets to be a bit much. In June of this year I found a used Trek Mountain bike. Bought it for myself for my 70th birthday. COOL! The guy had bought the bike for his kid. Kid treated it pretty badly, then got his drivers licence and just left the bike sitting. I bought, fixed it, learning how to true wheels, etc in the process. I'm now up to riding 5 miles a day. I try to go just a little further each week. I have great plans for touring next summer. Glad to meet you guys!