I was a big-time two-wheeler when I was younger, but then sold my bike when I moved to the east coast and was out of it for ~12 years. Then, almost 4 years ago I broke a hip (was doing mostly rollerblade for exercise at the time, and no -- that's not how I broke the hip) and it was a long recovery where I packed on a good middle-age layer of fat (had made it up to ~220 lbs this year).
Well, some spinning classes led to getting bike because frankly spinning without going anywhere is boring as hell to me
I'm aiming for a metric century, and have made it as far as ~75k a couple weekends ago. I'm also commuting now too (15km each way). And, for the record, last I checked I was on my way under 190 lbs.
I'm hoping to do some touring next year!