Who got you started on cycling?

[Brandy]

I started taking Spinning classes last year and one day in the spring, I was reading a copy of the local free newspaper, OC Weekly while I was on the treadmill at the gym. Their cover story was about a local cycling group and the article planted a seed for me. I tried riding my hybrid/town bike a few times after that and it just felt all wrong to me. It was too heavy, too upright and too slow for me! I wanted the power I felt in the Spinning classes and I knew I needed a road bike. I searched Craigslist for months with no luck and then finally found a near new 2005 Trek 1000 WSD in my size, so I came here to ask if they thought it was a fair price and then snatched it up. I've been hooked from day one!

[vicvroom]

Well, I rode a bike as a kid. I even delivered pizza in Philadelphia in the late 80's on a 3 speed I picked up at a thrift store.

I hadn't ridden since.

Then I started running 3 years ago, and really wanted to try triathlons, so DH and I went got a couple entry level mountain bikes (I figured I could use it on and off road, and if I really liked tri's, I woud either get a better road or tri bike).

I really liked riding, and I was pretty fast on my mountain bike, so I got my road bike last year - a steel de Rosa, and I love it!

I wish I could get DH to ride more. He goes out on short rides a once or twice a week, and we did the Rosarito-Ensenada ride together - his longest ride ever.