Good for you willbuyone!

I'm 61 and returned to riding after 20+ years. I restarted slowly riding a rail trail on a hybred. Then I got the idea to enter a charity 65 mile in July so I had to do a bit of training. Took my mid 80s classic Asian steel bike apart and did a few upgrades.

The 65 mile ride was on a course with few hills so it went ok. I like in a hilly area and was trying unsuccessfully to ride an 8 mile loop circuit in my neighborhood that has several 12-15% grades. I'm so excited because last night (8/27/19) I made the loop without stopping.

I found out after the charity ride that I have Lyme disease. Currently treating that almost there. I think that having undetected Lyme was a major reason I couldn't make much progress on the steep hills. I'm now determined to ride a number of half and metric centuries next year and repeat the charity ride I did this year. My goal is to take at least an hour off my time.

I picked up a Craigs List used bike, it's a 2006 Cannondale Synapse 4. Not the bike of my dreams but still quite an upgrade for me and for not that much money.

Hope you stick with it my friend, we like bikes!