.50 cent tour of my cycling history. Like most I rode for basic transportation as a kid and through college. So i rode even after getting my drivers license.

First bike; Schwinn, second bike; Raleigh, then a Gitane 10 speed (crashed), replaced with another 10 speed (stollen) then I stopped riding alltogether about 1983'ish till....in 1996 my ex partner (then she was my current girl-o'-my dreams obviously) decided she was going to do the AIDS ride. She got a bike, wanting to spend time with her I got one too; first a mountain bike, then almost imediately a road bike (my namesake-a Trek 420).

I rediscovered my love of cycling and upgraded the heck out of the Trek as I literaly wore parts out (including one embarasing crash off the bike trail into a creek bed).

You know you are nuts about cycling when crashes are a good thing "oh look! I get to shop for new wheels!"

Last year that 11 year relationship ended but not before (and I can't proove he did this but i can't proove he didn't and it's likely he's the culprit) one of her brothers (the one with the drug problem) stole the Trek from our home.

I've got a new bike; a Mondonico Futura Legero! been riding a lot but never as much as I want. It's hard to juggle work, family, my dog and other interests. I plan to get back to riding to work more often to change that.