My son got me started riding again. He had a "surprise" kidney transplant last summer, and his nephrologist is a serious cyclist and triathlete, who has pretty much inspired all our family to do MORE stuff we never imagined we'd do.

My son got a road bike last fall, this spring my husband and I bought hybrids, and now this summer I've bought a road bike.

I ride because it's so much fun to be horizontal and see the world going by at eye level and know that life = good.

And, ok, ice cream. Ice cream is good.