So it's been one year
11-18-12 | 12:22 PM
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From: Sunny so. cal.
So it's been one year
Sometime around this month or last marks that I've been back on a bike for one year after a 2 year hiatus (and I was rarely riding before that). Why I stopped riding, I don't know. What I do know is that I'm having a blast. In that time, I got a new mountain bike, learned some new trails, revisited some old ones, had 3 crashes that were good enough for my wife to tell me to stop riding (good luck!), lost some weight, gained some lungs, did a couple of races and had a lot of fun. Don't stop like I once did.
Oh, yeah--rediscovered the road bike, too.
Oh, yeah--rediscovered the road bike, too.
11-18-12 | 12:58 PM
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From: Harlingen, TX Warmshowers Host
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Good for you 
I started road cycling about 1.5 years ago, passed 10k miles last month and really enjoy it...to say the least.
Keep it up, and BTW it has been a great way for me to make friends. People who cycle are a great group of people, hands down!
I started road cycling about 1.5 years ago, passed 10k miles last month and really enjoy it...to say the least.
Keep it up, and BTW it has been a great way for me to make friends. People who cycle are a great group of people, hands down!
11-18-12 | 06:35 PM
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
Bikes: 2012 Trek DS 8.5 all weather hybrid, 2008 LeMond Poprad cyclocross, 1992 Cannondale R500 roadbike
Sometime around this month or last marks that I've been back on a bike for one year after a 2 year hiatus (and I was rarely riding before that). Why I stopped riding, I don't know. What I do know is that I'm having a blast. In that time, I got a new mountain bike, learned some new trails, revisited some old ones, had 3 crashes that were good enough for my wife to tell me to stop riding (good luck!), lost some weight, gained some lungs, did a couple of races and had a lot of fun. Don't stop like I once did.
Oh, yeah--rediscovered the road bike, too.
Oh, yeah--rediscovered the road bike, too.
Less Belly?
More Lungs?
.... Sounds like a reward is in order!
(Hope your wife wasn't counting on that life insurance check coming in anytime soon!)
11-19-12 | 06:31 AM
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From: Lebanon (Liberty Hill), CT
Bikes: Canyon Aeroad, CAAD 12, MASI Gran Criterium S, Colnago World Cup CX, Guru steel & Guru Photon
Congrats. Reminds me of my own path back to cycling. After a 10 yr. layoff I got back on the bike thanks to a woman who wanted me to help her get into cycling. At the time I was 56 y.o. and about 200 lbs. Been back riding for 10 yrs. now and down to 185 lbs. (Got another 10 to go) and been living with that woman for 7 yrs. Happily I might add.
