Fat people are why I took up cycling.

Shortly after getting married, my wife and I moved to Texas. One of our first dinners out was at a local Mexican restaurant. At the first table we saw were four of the fattest people I've ever seen in my life eating from four of the largest food platters I think I have ever seen. I took one look at them, then looked around the rest of the restaurant, which largely was filled with overweight people, and said to my wife, "Tomorrow, we're joining a gym."

Since then, I've dropped about 20 pounds and 4 inches on my waist.