OP: Thanks for the revised sermon and detailed report on your pants size over time, arduous workout schedule, variety of chronic and age related health conditions and hope that your saddle-sores clear up soon.
I'll take it under advisement to not attempt to "ride on your level" even though I'd never be able to get my now elderly legs developed over decades of cycling into my high school Levis.
See you on the road.
-Bandera