Quote Originally Posted by Kris View Post
I'm 61, and I started riding, very slowly and very short distances, about 5 years ago. I like it better than any other form of exercise, and I'm pleased to say that I now weigh 60 pounds less than I did when I started. I still don't go very fast, and I usually don't go really far either, but I can if I want to or need to. Lately I've been riding to work and to the grocery store. I'd like to try a road trip, but I'm a little bit afraid of roads.
Kris, that really inspiring to me were you by any chance nervous of going downhill when you started (see thread Nervous Nelly scared of hills!). Anyway, you sound brilliant.