And thank you for your help! It's frustrating that most people on the cycling forums aren't very interested in resistance training despite the benefits..
On the other hand, the BB-forums where I hang out sometimes seem a bunch of vain nitwits who just want to add muscle and aren't interested in strength just in looking good. Being men, most of them really hate working their legs..

Will let the board know how things go.. I will try to add weight carefully as having back or knee pain is the last thing I want..

Back extensions ??? OK, will remember that too... lots of things to think about.

Do you know what amazes me most when I'm in the gym? That I'm nearly always the only one carrying wads of paper with the planned workouts pre-printed and scribbling down the results immediately... if I hadn't had a computer crash, I'd have had all date from previous winters...