I'm Matt. I currently live in Moreno Valley, just east of Riverside. I got into cycling when I was in college in Sacramento. I was in a head on accident and used some of my settlement money to buy an MTB. I never really rode it until gas prices went through the roof, then I bought slicks and started commuting on it. I was hooked and logged 200 miles in my first month of riding. When I graduated, my parents bought me a Trek 5200 so I could properly enjoy road cycling. Since I got it in June, I've logged close to 1000 miles, most of them solo.
I usually ride from my house up to and around Lake Perris. Sometimes I'll just ride where ever I can in hopes of finding a new loop. I even convinced my dad to take our bikes when we went on our annual extended family vacation and we rode from Ventura to Ojai. Our goal was to be ready to ride in the Amtrak century put on by the Orange County Wheelmen, but we missed the registration date. *argh*