Originally Posted by
Phil_gretz
DG-
Have you thought about finding a riding group of like-minded folks? The group encouragement and, um, peer pressure might be just what you need. Dive in, the water's fine...
I was pleasantly surprised to find that my new local bike store has rides throughout the week of varying intensity. On Sundays they offer an "easy" ride of 13-15 miles and I saw that group - they looked like a lot of 50 Plussers. OTOH, one of the rides is a 65 mile "intermediate" ride up a Very Long Hill (10-15 miles, at least) to Virginia City and back. I do think once I get my sea legs I'll try the Sunday rides.