I have been back riding for over a month. Please find below some things that I have learned in my first month. Please feel free to add any others. These are in no particular order.
1. Good shorts are worth what they charge.
2. The landfill really stinks.
3. Some dogs are really fast.
4. Dead skunks really stink.
5. PB and J's at the readyville rest stop are really good.
6. Having a wreck in front of the Walgreens on Thompson lane isnt so bad.
7. Hills are bigger on a bike than they are in a car.
8. It is further on a bike than it is in a car.
9. I hate little cars that have engines that sound like weedeaters.
10. I only use about 10 of my 24 gears.
11. Problems dont seem so big when you are riding and many of them are solved while riding.
12. The guys at MOAB really know what they are doing.
13. The landfill really stinks.
14. The first 5 miles of a ride are the hardest.
15. Spaghetti at Lascassas school tastes good.
16. The landfill really stinks.
17. Little rocks can cause big problems.
18. I can put my bike back together as long as I have 1 just like mine to look at.
19. A camelbak is a pretty cool thing to have.
20. The landfill really stinks.

Roy....you're on your way.....congratulations man!!!!

Looking forward to meeting you one day. I'm leading the club ride this Saturday from Rock Springs Middle and Sarah Pollard will be leading the Comfort Zone from Blackman High.....come join us.

I enjoyed your list and just want to add a few more.

21. Don't ride at 20+mph on a wooden greenway bridge.
22. Squirrels can be more dangerous than dogs. (They are actually plotting against us.)
23. Car vs. Bike = Car always wins.
24. Only ride with people who bring their own spare tube.
25. Chamois cream is good.

26. When you're out of shape and slow you have to fix everyone's bike that breaks down ahead of you

27. Platform Pedals make EVERYTHING harder

Amen 21

Guilty 24

28. Being last isn't soo bad.... the dogs are tired of chasing bikes by then.
29. Bike people are GREAT.

30. You can't ride your bike without a front wheel.

31. The land fill really stinks.
32. When you ride long enough and without sleep, farm animals will start talking to you.
33. You'll get real weird tan lines that will generate lots of questions when you go swimming.
34. You are a target for rednecks and others that do not understand why we ride our bikes.
35. You'll find the best little stores in out of the way towns to get great food and conversation.
36. If you are lucky enough to ride across the USA then you will learn why the USA and its people are the best in the world.
37. If you are lucky you will see Elvis and Marilyn while riding though Arizona.
38. Beef Jerky and Chocolate milk are good biker food.
39. Single speeds rule.
40. Riding your bike is a lifetime adventure.

41. Great cardio exercise. No mater what level your in.

Bike riding not only allows, but encourages--nay, requires!--consumption of chocolate. Which we all know is heart healthy, so you get a double dose of heart goodness, and that doesn't count the people!

42. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean is a cyclist.
43. The colorful jerseys look awesome when large groups ride by.
44. The riders are as colorful as their jerseys.
45. The land fill stinks.
46. "It's about performance" - MC Spandex.
47. The food at Foglight's is excellent. Thanks Cary
48. How to clip in/out of "clipless" pedals.
49. Handlebar mirrors are better than sunglass mounted mirrors
50. Even though charity rides are not races, I like passing people and dislike being passed.

51. Even tandem riding kids like passing and dislike being passed. :)