Originally Posted by digibud

I'm thankful to simply be riding. Twenty years ago I was told that by age 60 (i'm 62) I'd be using a four point walker and be unable to walk around unassisted. I have bad knees with very little cartilage. I've torn both shoulders (rotator cuff) and have serious coronary artery disease. And three years ago I weighed 285 and had a hard time going downstairs to our basement and back. Today I weigh 195 and just got back from a 40mi ride that was easy. Did a 130mi ride last summer. I also shattered my collarbone this summer and that took me out for most of the summer. So I'm thankful on a ride by ride basis that I'm still around and given all the fun things I have going on I'm happy to be doing 40mi at 17-19mph. Possibly above all else I'm happy that my wife got back to biking when I did and have a companion for my rides. Very nice. I may drop over tomorrow but no worries.