Originally Posted by
StephenH
Something else I'll mention. When I was a kid, I rode a bike. It seemed like a LOT. But, for example, one of the longer rides was to my high school. Well, that's about a mile. So it seemed like I was riding a lot, but just to go out and ride 20 or 30 or 40 miles- never would have occurred to me to do that. So your perspective changes.
Wait until you see what it's like at our age to ride way beyond where you dreamed. And you will.