Jack, 32. In 2004, I took my father's 1984 Cannondale (27" wheels, touring frame either an S-500 or S-300), bought an Ultegra set on ebay, some new tires, handlebars and a shimano flight deck computer and started riding in Prospect Park, Brooklyn while I was studying for the bar. I lost some weight and really enjoyed it, but slowly fell off as life changed. I kept the bike, though, and fast forward 8 years later, this past April I got it tuned up and started riding again (now living near San Jose, CA). First ride was a struggle at 8 miles. Now riding 15-20 miles 4-5 times per week, plus trying to do an occasional longer ride on the weekends. Have lost ~25 lbs, time's improving, distance is improving, stress is down, feel better... I just ordered a carbon seat post, fork and some new wheels and tires too. Looking at buying a modern CF (or possibly Ti) bike in nearish future (Cannondale weighs ~ 27 lbs, I'm real curious what a 15-17 lb modern bike rides like). Been lurking on this site for a while... first post. Moving to San Diego in about a month and will hopefully look to start group riding then to mix things up a bit.