Hah! I've been off the bike since the end of October, with only one short 17-mile 'sanity ride' in February. I typically have 4 months of layoff each year, but this year will be worse. With that much down time, I figure I'm basically starting from scratch. It takes about 6 weeks of riding hard to get back in any semblance of shape. It doesn't kill me, I only wish it would. After that, I'm okay until the next winter layoff.