Big rides?

[Skido07]

When you said 'where do i start' and 'what are my options', I thought you meant in terms of all the various biking interests you listed. So i suggested you read up on the different categories of biking on the forums here ('big' rides, racing, mtn biking) to get some ideas about what they involved and how to go about them. Plus you had already just bought a bike that you love, so it seemed like you already had gotten a pretty good start!
But I guess you meant where do you start once you get to Indiana?
Didn't understand exactly what you were asking.

No, I basically just don't want to run into any surprises that keep me from doing big rides,etc. I just thought I'd get some insight from people who have or know what I should do.