I was never really active at all. I did the obligatory ballet/tap when I was 5, and played outside. My parents had only one car when I was growing up, and my dad worked crazy retail hours, so transportation to sports was really not an option. I did have a lovely pastel pink and blue huffy that I rode until my legs were too long to ride it. I did fencing for a couple years when I was in high school, but I was mostly into academics and orchestra. It wasn't until a several years ago when DH (then SO), let me borrow his little sister's mountain bike (she's very tall for her age), and we started biking all over the place. Then my dad passed away and I started my first 9-5 job, so it was hard finding the time to ride. One day, I went to lunch and passed up a pawn shop and saw a beautiful blue Specialized Hard Rock Comp sitting outside. I got it for $90 and got the road bike a month later, and have been riding ever since. It's been hard to budget the time for riding with my busy schedule, and I have NO endurance since I really didn't do sports when I was growing up, but I'm getting better and hope to be AWESOME on the bike someday. Riding on my bike is one of the few times I can just not think about anything and just ride. That's important to me because my mind is ALWAYS going. And I'm getting exercise while sitting down. You can't beat that!!!