I run into those lonely bike guys too! (this looks like a major thread shift)

last weekend, i was riding a trail near the waterfront and this guy comes up to me and admires my bike, (his is a big purple Davidson, beautifully done)
he knows I commute to work because he's been in my building. I ask him if he does, he sighs, my wife won't let me. That also probably meant he is riding alone because she doesn't ride.
Another coworker went nuts riding, went from being a blob to really really quite fit, but his wife "can't" ride, and after a couple years, he quit riding and is getting blobbier everyday. sad sad.