Boss got a bike

I always find it strange when people talk about how long they have been riding bikes because, I always figured, everyone learns to ride a bike when they are a kid. I can see asking more specific questions like "How long have you been riding a track bike?" or "How long have you been commuting by bike?" as understandable because those aren't things that we take for granted. I was shocked when my boss told me that he hasn't ridden a bike in over 4 years because he seemed like the type that would ride sometimes. Recently he'd been asking me more and more about bikes and then he told me that he was planning on buying one. I really envied him because he was going to go through all the fun of waiting until it finally got there and that feeling is something unto itself. There's always a little bit of disappointment when you finally get what you have been waiting for but it disipates quickly when you hop on and ride. He picked it up from the local shop and was ready to go instantly, even bought a helmet. He called me up and we worked out a meeting point. He had bought a 2009 Giant seek which seems like a pretty cool bike and looks like a sturdy. I know that $600 in the cycling world is a drop in the bucket for some but to a regular person you always want to get your moneys worth. We stopped for a beer and got to do the "let's look over this bad motha!" tough guy thing. I felt like he had the hood up and we were getting the IROC ready for a trip to jersey to pick up hair spray girls. We were being tough. We headed down to the river and talked some more about biking and how it doesn't get easier because the more you do it the further you want to ride.