Were you athletic as a kid?

[Pax]

I loved reading all your stories (and keep them coming) but I'm really interested in seeing if there is a correlation between being and athlete and being able to start riding without difficulty. Does being an "athlete" translate into picking up sports, i.e. cycling, easier?

I read a couple of studies about that (sorry I can't remember the source), the gist was the people who learn a skill as a child actually form specific neural pathways that people who learn the same skill as adults don't. Anecdotally I have found this to be true, my friends and I (all old athletes) seem to be able to pick up new skills much easier than our non-athletic friends.