I've started cycling again

Earlier this year I made myself a promise.

I decided that if my next round of blood tests were OK, that I'd buy myself a new bike and an indoor trainer to try to regain some of the muscle mass I've lost recently.

In the end, I couldn't wait for any blood test results and went ahead and bought the bike and a trainer which I can connect to the internet and ride indoors in a virtual world with virtual friends (hey it's better than none at all!).

I got this one:

It's a Scott gravel bike - a sort of hybrid road racing / mountain bike type of thing.  I figured if I went full on road bike I'd soon be putting my life in danger by riding way too fast, and this machine is far better suited to more leisurely and off-road riding.  Much safer!

So, it's the long road back to fitness while remembering that I'm not a 70kg, sub 10% body-fat racing machine any more, but instead a 75kg ball of lard. I'm sure it'll be fun...