Greetings from the land of Trek, Cheese and Beer.

I'm Erik. Going to turn 50 at the end of May. Been biking on and off since the early 80s. Been on the original SAAGBRAW rides three times (80, 81 and 82). Type II diabedes runs in my family and back in October and November I was displaying symptms. I was almost 240 lbs (I'm 6'6") in...