Clearly - cycling in childhood produces more healthy, more active adults - and not without fond, almost spiritual memories of freedom and carefree existence along the way.
This is how I looked as my long-distance cycling life started at 13 - by riding my AMF-3speed 52 miles in four and a half hours. My relatives demanded that I pose for this photo several hours after my journey.
A year later I repeated the event on a used Schwinn Continental - no front derailleur - but if you look closely - you can see a Lucas cyclometer on the front wheel.