Quote Originally Posted by BalaRoja View Post
As far as seeing myself doing this for a long time...I'd say I want to race seriously for maybe 2-3 years, more or less "see how far I can go" with it and then after that, keep riding but more for fun and less for competition. I recognize that as a 30 something, the window of being a competitive bike racer, at least at a high level, is pretty small and I'm at the very tail end of it.
Does he know this? Perhaps he would be willing to sacrifice some time with you for a while if he knew that this was a relatively short-term goal...