How old are you? How long have you been riding?

[OakLeaf]

I've wondered though, why do so many return to cycling in their middle years?

I've told my story here before, but the answer really isn't about why I returned to it, it's about how I burned out. If I hadn't had that burnout, I would've been riding continuously since childhood. A retreat that I went to for reasons completely unrelated to cycling rekindled the love, and made me realize I'd been away from it long enough that I could enjoy it again.

As far as running, yeah, I've heard that from other people, but actually I'm also running now more miles than I have in a very, very long time, and the running I'm doing is faster and more "serious" than ever before. So none of that here.

[tattiefritter]

I'm 34 and thinking about it, I got my first bike (solid tyred, with stabilisers - training wheels) at 3 and owned a bike of various types all the way up until I was 24 when my first MTB was stolen I used to use them on lots of short distances and for transport, I didn't learn to drive until I was 24 either.

I bought another MTB three years after the first was stolen and really got into riding for fun, so I've only really been without a bike for a total of about 6 years of my whole life.