What a great thread to see on a lazy sunny afternoon when I was just a teensy bit tempted to skip my ride. My deepest congratulations to your brother. I'm hoping my own brother will wake up and take care of his body before he's forced to leave it at an early age.

Hey, can your brother send a message of encouragement to the large man in Bicycling that was struggling so?

I hear the bypass surgery advertised on the radio all the time now. It gives me goosebumps, and not the thrilling kind.