I second that wholeheartedly. Partly due to a cleaner lifestyle and partly due to luck, I am about as healthy and fit as I ever have been, and nearly as strong. I am also much more appreciative of what I've got: a wonderful wife and family, good friends, a job I still enjoy and an openness to life's adventure.

We're all just putting off the inevitable decline, but I think cycling is a very effective way of putting it off, both mentally and physically.