Thanks for the replys. I'll be playing racquetball after work so that will help keep the bones strong. Although my back is really starting to protest. I tried a spin class once. I thought it would be fairly easy since I had been riding but it was really tough - seemed like work, not play. Maybe I'll try it again and just not push myself so hard. It looks like it could be fun. I hope to keep riding on the weekends. The winds here are pretty bad in the winter though. I do need to do the strength training again. I did that once before when I was trying to lose weight (lost 40 lbs!) and I felt really strong then. But it is so hard for me to get up in the mornings to do that. After work is already spoken for. I'm sure I'll work something out. I just hope that when I get back on the bike in the spring that my speed stays close to where it currently is and that I can stay on the saddle for at least 20 miles.