I started browsing the forums back in 2005 when I really got interested in bikes and in working on them. I'd been riding my whole life before then, but never started paying close attention to bicycles until then when I bought my first vintage road bike at a garage sale. Back then I frequented bicycle mechanics and C&V quite a bit. Did some bike flipping in college, so those two forums stayed the most pertinent to my interests at the time. Along the way big life changes pulled me away from the forums from time to time. Most recently I stopped checking in for about a year because I injured my knee and wasn't able to ride. Its hard to stay very interested when you can't actually get on a bike. Since finishing college, buying a home and starting a desk job, I've frequented commuting more than any other forum. The coolest thing about the commuting forum has been the energy it gave me to finally start commuting year round. When I heard a bunch of other wackos were doing it, I figured it must be ok. Turns out everybody's missing out on something really cool. Now I just pop in from time to time when I'm bored or want to fuel my love of bicycles.