I used to be an avid cyclist. I would ride a couple of hundred miles a week. I read a lot of magazine. Kept up with the Tours in Europe. Watched the Cyclists in The Olympics riding their $40,000 dollar bicycles. I was a sucker for all the gimmicky wheels, cogs, gear shifters, tires, water bottles, and clothes that were featured in ads and hanging on the walls of my local bike shop. But then I had to earn a living, and being Lance Armstrong was not going to be the way to do it. I also had a brief…