I've had 3 good responses to how cycling improves your health. A cousin visited and looked at my bikes and saw how good I looked (and felt) and went home and bought a bike. She says her husband will get one in the Spring.

My neighbor told me of a friend of hers who had looked at my first comfort hybrid when I was selling it, and was a person who could barely walk a block. She hasn't bought a bike but was so inspired by how I could get fit in my 50's that she started walking and can now walk 3 miles.

Now the same neighbor (who is quite overweight) and hasn't done any exercise since she had kids 11 years ago, has decided to get a bike and asks me all these questions about sizing and what to buy.

Most people (non-riders) just think I'm kind of nuts. But I just don't want to hang out with people who just sit around and eat and talk. I like being with people who do something. And I've met lots of really nice cyclists.