Hey, I'm George. I'm new to the forums. I love riding for speed and distance, and this habit started recently. Me and a few friends went on a 10 mile-ish ride a few weeks ago, and I loved the feeling of speeding downhill and power pedaling up hills. Since then, every ride has gotten just a little longer. I'm riding a bike a borrowed from one of those friends, a Trek 520 Touring bike. He's offering to sell it to me, and I think I will buy it. Anyway, I hope to learn more about my new hobby and maybe even make some friends.