As a kid I loved to ride. And I saved for that yellow Schwinn Varsity 10 speed and remember ridiing it 31 miles around my neighboorhood the first day! A series of life events had me pretty much inactive till my late 30's A friend convinced me to do a team triathlon where I would swim when I got out of the water and handed off to my bike rider I realized I wanted to do my own triathlon. A few small issues like never ever running and not being on a bike in 20 years needed to be addressed in order to do that. I bought a Hybrid and was soon on the path to a road bike. I realized that my childhood love of biking carried over and I still love it. I returned to the same triathlon a year later and did the whole thing!