Leeroy,
I started on a mountain bike and was getting a little bit of a ribbing from Cadel and a few of his friends about being the heavy weight of the group. Mind you my kids are their age..
After selling the Mustang to cadel we had kept in close touch and I watched with interest what he was up to in Europe etc.
This year he started his season in california for the tour and then went back home to Europe for both classics and obviously T D France training.
In fact I'm watching the T D France at the moment.
Guess the move on to a road bike was at their encouragement.
Bernie