Originally Posted by wished

Congrats on the miles! Keep it up and keep us posted!

I rode a lot in the 70's while in college but then I let life get in the way, so I bought my first "real" bike I've had in decades this past Thanksgiving. Living in Florida we don't have the winter weather issues that many folks have so I started riding more and more, almost 2000 miles in 2016 so far. Most fun is riding to work most days, and borrowing a mountain bike to ride with some friends half my age (I'm 62) on some single track. So far I have lost almost 50 pounds and feel better than I have in decades. I have 9 more days to teach high school, then retire after 40 years here. I want to do some (semi)-epic rides to somewhere, that will come after some immediate retirement plans, so that's why I hang out in this forum.

I love riding through the teacher parking lot when I get here and the young teachers in their fancy SUV's seem amazed that I rode my bike "all the way to school!" It's 7.6 miles folks, get out of your steel and glass box, see the world!