I've been saying I'm going to start a web site where I can share my enthusiasm for getting back on a bike 3 years ago.
As a wee lad I had a BMX bike. I raced it, attempted to do impressive tricks with it and used it to explore every nook and cranny in my home town. In 1987 I bought my first mountain bike - a Specialized Rockhopper comp.
In 1998 I upgraded to a full suspension GT LTS 2000 DS.
A few years later I got married, entered corporate america and had kids - end of bike riding.
Fast forward to 2004.
I discovered a bike path which connected most of my commute. Hey, I could ride my bike to work - 24 miles each way ...I think I could do that.
One morning I dusted off the only bike I had, the big heavy full suspension GT.
Goal: Bike to downtown Denver, have lunch at Wahoos Fish Taco and bike home again - about 32 miles round trip.
I made it downtown fine, lunch was great, then I started the ride home. This hurt. I had to stop and lie down on the side of the trail about 10 times.
This bike sucks - sure I blamed it on the bike. (I still have it. It's for sale. Let me know. It doesn't suck.)
I told my wife I needed a new bike (little did I know how many more times I would think and say that phrase). I never owned a road bike before so I found a cyclo-cross bike. A road bike with knobbie tires - cool.
This was the moment.
The moment when I would start spending massive amounts of time and money on my newfound life with bicycles - my good life.