Sorry this is my second post, but I had to say it, …I used to bike everyday 15 years ago (Im 39 now), but I moved north, got fat, yadda yadda, I was up to 330+ lbs, miserable as heck all the time, wearing size 44” pants, life going nowhere…

I came into some money due to fortune and mostly intelligence.., and moved back here to south Florida (Fort Myers), and within 13 months, Ive lost 142 lbs,.... now Im at 191 lbs., wearing size 30” pants, and going fast as greased lightning on my road bikes I used to enjoy so much, …I did 12 mile stretches for about 8 months, going an average tops of 14mph, …..now doing 28 mile stretches each day and averaging 19+ mph, sometimes 20+, and can sprint at 32/33mph for a short bit.

I was but a couple years from death due to health probs with being fat etc, ….sitting typing at a computer all day (translating, writing books etc), ..

I used to hear about “people looking down at seeing that (here in this flaaat land of FL) without a tailwind, they’re going 30mph+”…..and thinking to myself “yeah right….suure, that’s unreal”

Im laughing at myself, because now, about 8 months later, Im doing exactly that, looking down and seeing 32mph here and there on my computer, on the road.

Riding the road has saved my life (despite being hit 2 times on my bike! LoL), ….I hope I keep it long enough before someone wipes me out on their cars hood ornament biking down to Sanibel Island

The only GOOD thing about being fat was beefy leg muscles due to supporting all that weight for so many years….helpful after losing weight and cranking out the mavics and humming down the road.

I think I knew Id “made it” in my biking when a pack of dudes and girls slowed down on the road in their car and leaned out the window,..when I was sprinting at 32mph+ and yelling - “wheeew!! You go man!, damn that’s fast dude!, look how fast hes going on a bicycle!"


Well, Im still "sitting at the computer all day",.... except the view is outside, and its reading 20+ mph on the bars of my Cannondale...... *sweet!


*** Due to requests, here are BEFORE (13 months ago) and AFTER (today) pictures......145 lbs + loss in weight

BEFORE PICTURE: http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_0917.jpg

AFTER PICTURE: http://s1199.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_0915.jpg

You MIGHT NOTICE from the after pic, that i have 95% tattoo coverage on my body, a "Japanese body suit", ....yes, everything is tattooed, except one hand and above neck. LOL (a 'freak' on a bike eh?)



below is picture of my newest toy to keep cranking it out..., but with more fun..., my cannondale carbon 6 Synapse Apex Sram

just added some aerobars and new computer and saddlepack