So what has happened to your old riding buddies in the last 13 years? Still riding? or have they put on so much weight and lost mobility that they can no longer get a leg over the saddle?
Don't know about "Old Friends" here but we are a friendly lot that put an Older- take that as mature- perspective on our posts to our friends. Welcome back to cycling but think you will find a few changes have occurred. Both in you and in the bikes that are around. Can see an N+1 thread starting soon.
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